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Monday, April 29, 2002, Chandigarh, India

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Barmer with 45.8°C hottest in region
Snow, rain in HP areas

CHANDIGARH

The maximum temperature on Sunday was 35.5°C (95.9°F) and the minimum 23.8°C (74.8°F).
The maximum relative humidity was 59 per cent and the minimum 21 per cent.
Sunset: Monday : 7.00
Sunrise: Tuesday: 5.40
OUTLOOK FOR MONDAY: Partly cloudy sky, possibility of dust storm.

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REGION

Extremes
Town	Max (in Celsius)	Min (in Celsius)
Ambala	36.6	24.0
Amritsar	36.4	23.2
Bhuntar	23.1	13.2
Hisar	41.5	25.6
Jammu	—	25.6
Ludhiana	37.5	23.7
Patiala	37.4	24.5
Shimla	22.4	15.4
Srinagar	16.6	08.9
Sundernagar	31.9	16.7

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	42	25	0	0
Ahmednagar	-	23	0	0
Allahabad	44	27	0	tr
Aurangabad	41	24	0	21
Baroda	40	25	0	tr
Bhavnagar	39	22	0	0
Bhopal	41	23	0	30
Bhubaneswar	42	-	0	18
Bhuj	40	24	0	0
Chennai	36	27	0	0
Dehra Dun	36	20	0	71
Gangtok	19	-	-	-
Guwahati	32	20	38	238
Gaya	43	26	0	-40
Hyderabad	39	27	0	18
Indore	40	22	0	28
Jaipur	41	47	0	4
Jammu	nil
Jamshedpur	42	26	0	39
Kolkata	37	28	0	81
Lucknow	36	20	0	0
Mahabaleshwar	31	18	0	0
Mumbai	32	24	0	15
New Delhi	35	17	0	0
Panjim	35	26	0	0
Patna	36	20	0	10
Pune	37	17	0	0
Tiruchirapalli	36	23	0	0
Thiruvananthapuram	33	25	0	30

Barmer with 45.8°C hottest in region
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, April 28
Heat wave conditions are prevail in parts of Rajasthan.

Rainfall: Rain/Thundershowers have occurred at a few places in Jammu and Kashmir. Weather mainly was dry in the rest of the region.

Temperatures: Past 24 hours change: Maximum temperature rose markedly in Haryana, appreciably in Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan and east Rajasthan and east Uttar Pradesh, rose in western Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan, it was above normal in Haryana, below normal in Jammu and Kashmir and normal in the rest of the region. The highest temperature in the region was 45.8°C recorded at Barmer (Rajasthan).

Forecast valid till the morning of April 30 2002: Rain or thudnershower likely at a few places in Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir and at isolated places in Punjab and Uttaranchal. Isolated duststorms or thunderstorms likely in Haryana, Punjab and north Rajasthan. Weather will mainly be dry in the rest of the region.

Forecast for Delhi and neighbourhood valid till the morning of April 30 2002: Mainly clear with the possibility of duststorm/thunderstorm accompanied by squall in some areas. Maximum temperature will be around 40°C.

Farmers weather bulletin for Delhi: Forecast valid till the morning of April 30 2002: Duststorm/thunderstorm with light rain accompanied by squall with wind speed exceeding 65 km likely at isolated places.

Snow, rain in HP areas

Shimla, April 28
The higher reaches in the tribal areas had fresh snow while the higher hills in the non-tribal areas of Himachal were lashed by high velocity winds accompanied by showers, causing sharp fall in the temperature.

Kaza, headquarter of the Spiti valley has been experiencing intermittent snowfall since last evening while higher reaches in the Lahaul and Pangi valleys had moderate snowfall. The spiti valley has been cut off from the rest of the state due to blockade of the Kaza-Samdoh road caused by snowfall and landslides.

Shimla and surrounding resorts of Kufri, Naldehra, Fagu and Wildflower Hall were also lashed by high velocity winds. PTI