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SPECIAL COVERAGE

CHANDIGARH

NATIONAL CAPITAL

THE TRIBUNE SPECIALS

50 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE

TERCENTENARY CELEBRATIONS

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

Ambala	33.2	14.5
Amritsar	31.0	14.0
Bhuntar	26.4	10.4
Hisar	—	17.2
Jammu	—	17.7
Karnal	—	13.3
Ludhiana	31.6	12.6
Patiala	32.5	13.7
Shimla	19.8	08.5
Srinagar	—	07.2
Sundernagar	28.3	10.8

NATION

Read under headings Max (maximum temperature), Min (minimum temperature), R (rainfall in past 24 hours) and TR (total rainfall):

Station	Max	Min	R	TR
Ahmedabad	39	22	0	0
Bangalore	36	23	0	0
Bhopal	39	19	0	0
Bhubaneswar	36	—	—	—
Chennai	35	24	0	0
Dehra Dun	34	18	0	0
Gangtok	24	15	—	139
Guwahati	32	22	0	11
Hyderabad	40	26	0	0
Jaipur	35	19	0	0
Kolkata	37	26	0	—
Lucknow	40	19	0	0
Mumbai	33	26	0	0
New Delhi	37	17	0	0
Panjim	33	26	0	0
Patna	40	21	0	0

Rain, snow likely in J&K, Himachal
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, March 25
Rainfall: Rain or snow has occurred at a few places in Jammu and Kashmir and at isolated places in Himachal Pradesh. Weather was dry in the rest of the region.

Temperatures: Past 24 hours change: Maximum temperatures fell markedly in Jammu and Kashmir, fell appreciably in east Rajasthan, fell in west Rajasthan and west Uttar Pradesh, rose appreciably in Himachal Pradesh and changed little elsewhere. Departure: They were markedly above normal in Himachal Pradesh, east Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal, appreciably above normal in Haryana, Punjab, east Rajasthan and west Uttar Pradesh and normal in the rest of the region. The highest temperature in the region was 41.2°C recorded at Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh).

Past 24 hours change: Minimum temperatures fell appreciably in Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Rajasthan and west Uttar Pradesh, fell in Uttaranchal and changed little in east Uttar Pradesh. Departure: They were appreciably above normal in Uttaranchal and normal in the rest of the region. The lowest temperature in the plains was 09.8°C recorded at Adampur (Punjab).

Forecast valid until the morning of March 27: Rain or snow is likely at a few places in Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and at isolated places in Uttaranchal. Rain or thundershowers are likely at isolated places in Haryana and Punjab. Weather will be mainly dry in the rest of the region.

Forecast for Delhi and neighbourhood valid until the morning of March 27: Partly cloudy sky. Maximum and minimum temperatures will be around 34°C and 18°C, respectively.

Farmers weather bulletin for Delhi forecast valid until the morning of March 27: Sky will be partly cloudy.

Outlook for the subsequent two days: No large change.