The Tribune, Chandigarh, India

NATION

Read under headings Max (maximum temperature), Min (minimum temperature), R (rainfall in past 24 hours) and TR (Total rain since October 1):

Station	Max	Min	R	TR
Ahmedabad	19	12	0	0
Allahabad	22	14	3	3
Aurangabad	19	15	3	3
Bangalore	26	19	0	0
Bhavnagar	25	14	0	0
Bhopal	16	13	4	4
Bhubaneswar	29	14	0	0
Bhuj	26	13	0	0
Calcutta	27	14	0	0
Chennai	30	23	0	0
Dehra Dun	18	10	tr	tr
Gangtok	15	8	tr	tr
Guwahati	25	12	0	0
Gaya	25	5	1	1
Hyderabad	29	20	0	0
Indore	17	10	6	6
Jaipur	25	11	1	1
Jamshedpur	—	11	0	0
Kodaikanal	20	11	11	11
Kolhapur	28	21	1	1
Lucknow	17	10	1	1
Mahabaleswar	17	15	6	6
Mangalore	32	23	0	0
Mumbai	23	18	1	1
Nagpur	28	15	4	4
New Delhi	24	13	2	2
Patna	25	15	0	0
Pune	19	17	7	7
Rajkot	—	11	0	0
Ranchi	25	13	1	1
Ratnagiri	31	21	33	33
Sholapur	30	18	3	3
Surat	24	12	0	0
Tiruchirapalli	29	24	tr	tr
Thiruvananthapuram	32	25	0	0
Udaipur	22	10	0	0
Udhagamandalam	19	9	0	0
Visakhapatnam	29	18	0	0

More snow likely in Himachal
Tribune News Service

NEW DELHI, Jan 1 — Rainfall: Rain or snow has occurred at most places in Himachal Pradesh, at a few places in Uttaranchal and at isolated places in Jammu and Kashmir. Rain or thundershowers have occurred at most places in Haryana and Punjab, at a few places in east Uttar Pradesh and at isolated places in the rest of the region. The chief amounts of precipitation in cms are: Haryana: Narwana 5, Guhla and Jhajjar 4 each, Gohana and Kaithal 3 each, Hisar and Rohtak 2 each and Ambala, Chandigarh, Narnaul, Nilokheri, New Delhi (Palam) and Thanesar 1 each, Himachal Pradesh: Dharampur and Una 3 each, Barsar, Dehragopipur, Hamirpur, Nadaun and Nalagarh 2 each and Berthin, Ghamroor, Kahu, Kasol, Rajgarh, Shimla and Sundernagar 1 each, Punjab: Nawanshahr 4, Balachaur and Patiala 3 each, Ludhiana and Nangal 2 each and Adampur, Bathinda, Faridkot, Gurdaspur, Halwara and Talwandi Bhai 1 each and Rajasthan: Churu 1.

Temperature:
Past 24 hours change: Minimum temperatures rose appreciably in Haryana, rose in Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab and west Uttar Pradesh, fell markedly in east Rajasthan, fell appreciably in west Rajasthan and changed little elsewhere.

Departures: They were markedly above normal in Haryana and Punjab, appreciably above normal in Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal and above normal in Himachal Pradesh. The lowest temperature in the plains was 7.6°C recorded at Jodhpur city (Rajasthan).

Forecast valid until the morning of January 3: Rain or snow will occur at many places in Himachal Pradesh and Uttaranchal and at a few places in Jammu and Kashmir. Rain or thundershowers are likely at a few places Haryana, Punjab and west Uttar Pradesh and at isolated places in east Rajasthan and east Uttar Pradesh. Weather will be mainly dry in west Rajasthan.

Heavy rainfall warning : Heavy rain or snow is likely at isolated places in Himachal Pradesh and Uttaranchal during the next 24 hours.

Low temperature warning : In Punjab, minimum temperatures are likely to fall up to 4°C or less during the next two nights leading to cold wave conditions. Possibility of ground frost at a few places during the same period.

Forecast for Delhi and neighbourhood valid until the morning 3 January : Partly cloudy sky. Fog during night and morning. Mainly clear sky with strong winds later. Appreciable fall in minimum temperature and will be around 6°C.

Farmers weather bulletin for Delhi: Forecast valid until the morning of January 3 : Sky will be partly cloudy.

Outlook for the subsequent two days : Decrease in rainfall.