The Tribune, Chandigarh, India

SPECIAL COVERAGE

CHANDIGARH

DELHI

THE TRIBUNE SPECIALS

50 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE

TERCENTENARY CELEBRATIONS

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

Ambala	35.9	25.2
Amritsar	39.8	22.6
Bhuntar	32.5	15.6
Hisar	42.2	28.3
Karnal	—	25.6
Ludhiana	37.9	27.3
Patiala	36.8	26.8
Shimla	24.7	12.7
Sundernagar	33.9	17.8

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	40	29	0	0
Bangalore	29	20	0	37
Bhopal	41	24	13	14
Bhubaneswar	39	27	0	3
Chennai	36	27	0	27
Dehra Dun	32	19	19	23
Gangtok	—	15	34	83
Guwahati	31	24	13	33
Hyderabad	33	24	tr	19
Jaipur	42	29	0	0
Jammu	39	17	35	—
Kolkata	35	24	0	50
Lucknow	37	26	0	tr
Mumbai	33	28	3	5
New Delhi	36	26	0	9
Panjim	31	24	38	115
Patna	37	26	0	7
Ranchi	36	19	2	23
Shillong	23	16	—	—
Srinagar	30	14	—	—
Thiruvananthapuram	31	21	8	82

Rain, thundershowers likely in HP
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, June 7
Heat wave conditions prevailing again in some parts of west Rajasthan. These are likely to abate in a day or two.

Rainfall: Rain or thundershowers have occurred at most places in Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttaranchal, at many places in Punjab, at a few places in Haryana and east Uttar Pradesh and at isolated places in west Uttar Pradesh. Weather was mainly dry in the rest of the region. The chief amounts of rainfall in cm are: Haryana: Chandigarh 3 and Ambala 1, Himachal Pradesh: Baijnath and Rampur Bushar 3 each, Bhuntar, Ghamroor, Jhandutta, Kahu, Pandoh, Paonta, Shimla and Sundernagar 2 each and Arki, Guler, Kasol, Nagrota Suriyan and Sunni Bhajji 1 each, Jammu and Kashmir: Jammu 3 and Batote, Banihal, Quazigund and Srinagar 1 each, Punjab: Ludhiana and Patiala 1 each, East Utar Pradesh: Varanasi AP 4 and Varanasi city 1, Uttaranchal: Dehradun 2 and Mukteshwar, Pantnagar and Tehri 1 each.

Temperatures: Past 24 hours change: Maximum temperatures fell in Haryana, west Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal and changed little elsewhere.

Departure: This was appreciably below normal in Haryana, Punjab and west Uttar Pradesh, below normal in east Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal, above normal in Rajasthan, and normal in the rest of the region. the highest temperature in the region was 47.9°C recorded at Churu (Rajasthan).

Forecast valid until the morning of June 9: Rain or thundershowers will occur at many places in Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttaranchal, at a few places in Haryana, Punjab and east Uttar Pradesh and at isolated places in west Uttar Pradesh. Isolated duststorms or thunderstorms are likely in Rajasthan.

Forecast for Delhi and neighbourhood valid until the morning of June 9: Partly cloudy sky with the possibility of rain/thundershowers in some areas. Maximum temperature will be around 38°C.

Farmers weather bulletin for Delhi: Forecast valid until the morning of June 9: Light rain is likely at a few places.

Outlook for the subsequent two days: No large change.