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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	38	28	0	14
Allahabad	43	27	11	27
Bangalore	32	20	0	384
Baroda	39	29	0	0
Bhavnagar	36	27	0	10
Bhopal	40	24	13	59
Bhubaneswar	43	28	0	183
Bhuj	38	27	0	0
Calcutta	34	28	0	203
Chennai	41	29	tr	111
Dehra Dun	34	22	0	162
Gangtok	20	15	2	854
Guwahati	33	24	0	509
Gaya	41	28	0	13
Hyderabad	39	26	0	76
Indore	36	22	6	21
Jaipur	42	27	0	59
Jammu	41	—	—	—
Jamshedpur	36	28	0	193
Lucknow	39	23	4	52
Mahabaleshwar	24	17	2	69
Mumbai	33	27	3	10
New Delhi	42	24	5	59
Patna	35	27	0	43
Pune	33	23	0	4
Ranchi	37	23	2	105
Shillong	26	16	0	290
Shimla	26	17	0	253
Srinagar	29	13	0	146
Surat	35	28	0	0
Tiruchirapalli	38	25	0	110
Tiruvananthapuram	30	24	7	410
Udaipur	40	27	0	10
Visakhapatnam	39	31	0	59

Heat wave abates in north India
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, May 27
Heat wave conditions have abated in Haryana (including Delhi), Punjab and Uttar Pradesh that is in the entire region.

Rainfall: Rain or thundershowers occurred at a few places in Haryana and east Uttar Pradesh and at isolated places in Himachal west Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal. Weather was mainly dry in the rest of the region. The chief amounts of rainfall in cms are: Haryana: Rewari 3 and Narnaul 1 and Uttar Pradesh: Banda and Kanpur A.P. 2 each and Allahabad 1.

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

Departures: These were above normal in Jammu and Kashmir, below normal in east Uttar Pradesh and normal in the rest of the region. The highest temperature in the region was 43.8C recorded at Hisar (Haryana).

Forecast valid until the morning of May 29: Rain or thundershowers will occur at many places in east Uttar Pradesh, at a few places in Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, west Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal and at isolated places in Jammu and Kasshmir, Punjab and east Uttar Pradesh. Thundersqualls are likely at isolated places in Haryana, Himachal and Uttar Pradesh. Duststorms/thunderstorms are likely at isolated places in Punjab and Rajasthan. Weather will be mainly dry in west Rajasthan.

Farmers weather bulletin for Delhi: Forecast valid until the morning of May 29: Light to moderate rain will occur at a few places.

Outlook for the subsequent two days: No large change.

Squall Report: New Delhi (Palam) experienced a northwesterly squall at 1.50 pm I.S.T. on May 26 ‘2001 with a maximum wind speed of 73km.p.h.

Earthquake report: An earthquake of moderate intensity having its magnitude 5.2 on the richter scale occurred at 8.22 pm I.S.T. on May 26, 2001 with its epicentre at latitude 25.4N, longitude 95.0E in India-Myanmar border region.