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	42	27	0	0
Aurangabad	41	25	0	21
Bangalore	32	20	95	189
Bhopal	42	29	0	38
Bhubaneswar	33	25	0	124
Chennai	39	26	0	21
Dehra Dun	34	19	3	146
Gangtok	18	14	14	940
Guwahati	31	23	4	654
Hyderabad	38	24	6	71
Jaipur	42	27	0	4
Kolkata	37	27	0	161
Lucknow	36	24	0	2
Mumbai	35	28	0	16
New Delhi	39	21	46	49
Panjim	—	28	0	32
Patna	32	35	0	162
Pune	37	24	0	24
Shillong	23	15	2	571
Thiruvananthapuram	33	25	2	305

Normal monsoon predicted
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, May 26
Heatwave conditions have abated in Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Punjab.

Rainfall: Rain or thundershowers have been reported at most places in Haryana, at many places in Himachal Pradesh, at a few places in Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal and at isolated places in Punjab. Weather was mainly dry in the rest of the region. The chief amounts of rainfall in cms are:

Haryana: New Delhi (Safdarjung) 5, Chirag Delhi 4, Ambala, Chandigarh, New Delhi (Palam) and Rewari 2 each and Ballabhgarh, Delhi Ridge, Naraingarh and Thanesar 1 each, Himachal Pradesh: Shimla 2 and Nahan 1 and Uttar Pradesh: Varanasi 2 and Allahabad and Hindon 1 each.

Temperatures: Past 24 hours change; maximum temperatures fell markedly in east Uttar Pradesh, fell appreciably in Haryana, Punjab, west Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal and changed a little elsewhere. Departures: They were largely below normal in east Uttar Pradesh, appreciably below normal in Uttaranchal, below normal in Haryana and west Uttar Pradesh, appreciably above normal in Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir and normal in the rest of the region. The highest temperature in the region was 45.6°C recorded at Kota (Rajasthan).

Forecast valid until the morning of May 28: Rain or thundershowers will occur at many places in Himachal Pradesh and Uttaranchal, at a few places in Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab and east Uttar Pradesh and at isolated places in the rest of the region. Isolated thundersqualls are likely in Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and Uttaranchal.

Forecast for Delhi and neighbourhood valid until the morning of May 28: Partly cloudy sky with possibility of rain/thundershower in some areas. Fall in maximum temperature and will be around 35°C.

Farmers weather bulletin for Delhi: Forecast valid until the morning of May 28: Light to moderate rain is likely at a few places.

Outlook for the subsequent two days: Decrease in rainfall.

Squall report: New Delhi (Safdarjung) experienced a northerly squall at 22 hours 10 minutes IST yesterday with a maximum wind speed of 95 kmph.

Long range forecast for monsoon rainfall from June to September 2002: The rainfall for the south-west monsoon season for the country as a whole is likely to be normal, thus making the year 14th normal monsoon year in succession. The normal is defined as rainfall with (plus/minus) 10 per cent of its long-period average.

* Quantitatively, the rainfall over the country as a whole for the south-west moonsoon season is likely to be 101 per cent of its long-period average with an estimated model error of plus/minus 4 per cent.