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THE TRIBUNE SPECIALS

50 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE

TERCENTENARY CELEBRATIONS

Extremes
Town	Max (in Celsius)	Min (in Celsius)

Ambala	30.9	20.9
Amritsar	27.6	19.4
Bhuntar	29.4	17.5
Jammu	—	18.2
Karnal	—	22.3
Ludhiana	29.6	22.0
Patiala	29.3	22.1
Shimla	23.0	12.9
Srinagar	—	11.5
Sundernagar	29.6	19.7

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	32	24	6	915
Bangalore	31	20	0	378
Bhopal	29	22	9	977
Bhubaneswar	34	25	—	1334
Chennai	38	26	—	432
Dehra Dun	29	21	58	1573
Gangtok	22	17	2	2122
Guwahati	33	26	0	1295
Hyderabad	32	22	7	514
Jaipur	37	27	0	471
Kolkata	—	27	0	1020
Lucknow	27	24	27	722
Mumbai	28	24	9	1848
New Delhi	37	26	—	—
Patna	31	26	17	878
Ranchi	30	21	41	1028
Shillong	23	17	5	1466

Rain in J & K
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, September 25
Rainfall: Rain or thundershowers have occurred at many places in Jammu and Kashmir, east Rajasthan, east Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal, at a few places in Punjab and at isolated places in the rest of the region. The chief amounts of rainfall in cm are: Jammu and Kashmir — Jammu 5, Katra 4, Banihal and Patti 3 each, Batote, Basoli, Quazigund and Srinagar 2 each and Pahalgam 1; Punjab — Shahpur Kandi 4, Ranjitsagar Dam 3 and Madhpur 1; east Rajasthan — Nimbahera 4, Didwana, Gogunda, Kotputli, Matri Kundia and Moral Sagar 3 each, Agucha, Bassi, Gangapur city, Kota AP, Moral Dam and Rashmi 2 each and Bari Sadri, Choti Sadri, Gulabpura, Jagpura, Lalsot, Newai, Nainwa, Thanagazi and Talera 1 each; west Rajasthan — Sujangarh 1; east Uttar Pradesh — Kakrahi 11, Basti 9, Ghazipur, Mirzapur and Regoli 7 each, Mukhlispur 6, Balrampur, Chandradeepghat, Hanumansetu and Turtipar 5 each, Gorakhpur 4, Elginbridge, Palliakalan, Shardanagar and Varanasi A.P. 2 each and Allahabad, Bhinga and Bansi 1 each; west Uttar Pradesh — Bareilly 7 and Mohana 2 and Uttaranchal — Banbasa 17, Mukteshwar 7, Uttarkashi 5, Haripur 3, Dehradun 2 and Marora and Pantnagar 1 each.

Forecast valid until the morning of September 27, 2003: Rain or thundershowers will occur at many places in Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal, at a few places in Haryana, Punjab and east Rajasthan and at isolated places in west Rajasthan.

Heavy rainfall warning: Isolated heavy rain is likely in Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal during the next 48 hours.

Forecast for Delhi and neighbourhood valid until the morning of September 17, 2003: Mainly cloudy sky. Rain/thundershowers are likely in some areas.

Farmers' weather bulletin for Delhi: forecast valid until the morning of 27th September 2003: Light to moderate rain is likely at a few places.

Outlook for the subsequent two days: No big change.