Temperature likely 38 to 40 degree Celsius in Karachi   

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KARACHI: The heat-wave continued in the metropolis Karachi with the temperatures likely to touch 38 to 40 degree Celsius today.   

The Meteorological Department had issued heat wave alert for Karachi from Friday to Monday. The Met office has also forecasted hot and dry weather for other areas of the country.

The maximum temperature recorded in the metropolis on Sunday was 39 degrees Centigrade. Due to a high-pressure cell, the winds will take turn from southwesterly to northwesterly gradually which will bring hot and dry air mass to Karachi and other coastal areas cutting the sea breeze, it had said.

Winds will start blowing from the sea restoring the sea breeze from Wednesday, it added.