Hot & humid weather with scattered rains, thunderstorms likely in KP

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PESHAWAR: The Provincial Meteorological Center Peshawar on Tuesday predicted that hot & humid weather is expected over most districts of the province. However, it said that scattered rain/wind-thundershowers with a few heavy falls and hailstorm is likely to occur in Abbottabad, Mansehra, Haripur, Battagram, Torghar, Kohistan, Shangla, Chitral, Lower & Upper Dir, Swat, Buner, Malakand, Bajaur, Mohmand, Mardan, Swabi, Nowshera, Charsadda, Peshawar, Khyber, Kohat, Hangu, Karak, Orakzai, Kurram, Bannu, Lakki Marwat, Tank, D. I. Khan, North & South Waziristan districts. Dust storms and wind storms are also expected in Kohat, Karak, Bannu, Lakki Marwat & D. I. Khan districts. APP
During the last 24 hours hot & humid weather occurred over most districts of the province while very hot in plain areas. However, scattered rain/wind-thunderstorms occurred in Abbottabad, Mansehra, Swat and Buner districts.
Rain recorded (in mm): Kakul 58, Balakot 19, Malam Jabba 12 and Buner 03.
The maximum and minimum temperatures recorded in centigrade at different stations of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were Peshawar City 40/27, Chitral 39/20,Timergara 38/27, Dir 36/21, Mirkhani 40/19, Kalam 29/12, Drosh 38/24, Saidu Sharif 37/23, Pattan 38/27, Malam Jabba 25/13, Takht Bhai 38/26, Kakul 30/17, Balakot 33/20, Parachinar 31/16, Bannu 42/26, Cherat 33/22, D.I. Khan 42/28.
The highest temperature recorded in the province was 42°C in Dera Ismail Khan Airport and Bannu each.