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 January 1):

Station	Max	Min	R	TR
Ahmedabad	41	27	0	10
Ahmednagar	39	29	0	3
Aurangabad	40	25	0	1
Bangalore	34	23	0	372
Baroda	40	27	0	0
Bhavnagar	39	26	0	10
Bhopal	41	28	0	6
Bhubaneswar	43	28	0	105
Bhuj	37	26	0	0
Chennai	42	29	0	99
Dehra Dun	40	23	0	95
Gangtok	—	13	11	566
Guwahati	29	23	0	357
Gaya	43	24	5	10
Hyderabad	41	27	0	76
Indore	39	23	0	4
Jaipur	43	29	0	19
Jamshedpur	46	26	0	79
Kolhapur	35	23	0	30
Kolkata	35	24	3	182
Lucknow	44	27	0	17
Mahabaleshwar	31	16	0	35
Mumbai	34	27	0	2
Nagpur	44	31	0	49
New Delhi	44	32	0	42
Panjim	34	27	0	7
Patna	35	23	2	39
Pune	37	23	0	2
Rajkot	40	26	0	4
Ranchi	—	23	1	100
Ratnagiri	34	26	0	0
Shillong	19	15	5	207
Shimla	29	22	0	186
Sholapur	42	25	0	26
Srinagar	30	13	0	133
Surat	34	27	0	0
Tiruchirapali	40	28	0	67
Thiruvananthapuram	34	26	0	366
Udaipur	41	14	0	8
Vishakhapatnam	39	29	0	22

Sriganganagar records 46.4°C
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, May 11
Heat wave to severe heat wave conditions are prevailing in Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab. Heat wave conditions are also prevailing in parts of Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, west Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal.

Rainfall: Weather was mainly dry over the region.

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

Departures: They were appreciably above normal in the remaining parts of Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Uttaranchal and above normal in the rest of the region. The highest temperature in the region was 46.4°C recorded at Sriganganagar (Rajasthan).

Forecast valid until the morning of 13th May: Rain or thundershowers are likely at isolated places in Himachal Pradesh, east Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal. Weather will be mainly dry in the rest of region.

Forecast for Delhi and neighbourhood valid until the morning of 13th May: Dust haze. Dust raising winds during day time. Possibility of duststorm/squall towards after-noon/evening. Maximum temperature will be around 43°C.

Farmers’ weather bulletin for Delhi: Forecast valid until the morning of 13th May: Squalls with wind speed exceeding 65 km.p.h. are likely at a few places.

Outlook for the subsequent two days: No large change.

Mercury touches 44.5°C in Delhi
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, May 11
Temp The heat wave continued in the Capital today with the mercury touching a record 44.50C and weathermen predicting respite in temperature in the coming days.

Delhi recorded maximum of 44.50C, up from 440C mark recorded yesterday. The minimum temperature recorded was 31.80C.

The Capital could experience duststorm tomorrow with wind pressure mounting in eastern side of Uttar Pradesh, the Met Office said adding that no change was expected in the level of temperature.

The heat wave conditions became worse with dust haze lifting and sun beating down unrelentlessly throughout the day, the Met Office added.