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SPECIAL COVERAGE

CHANDIGARH

DELHI

THE TRIBUNE SPECIALS

50 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE

TERCENTENARY CELEBRATIONS

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

Ambala	17.8	08.3
Amritsar	18.2	02.4
Bhuntar	10.7	06.2
Hisar	—	09.7
Jammu	—	08.3
Karnal	—	09.7
Ludhiana	18.0	08.4
Patiala	18.4	08.6
Shimla	06.0	03.2
Srinagar	—	-0.6
Sundernagar	12.6	08.3

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	25	10	0	0
Bangalore	29	18	0	0
Bhopal	25	14	0	0
Bhubaneswar	30	16	0	0
Chennai	31	20	0	0
Dehra Dun	21	11	0	1
Gangtok	14	06	0	0
Guwahati	23	10	0	0
Hyderabad	28	19	0	0
Jaipur	23	08	0	0
Kolkata	29	17	0	0
Lucknow	25	13	0	0
Mumbai	27	18	0	0
New Delhi	22	10	0	0
Panjim	29	21	0	0
Patna	22	10	0	0
Ranchi	27	14	0	0
Shillong	17	08	—	—
Thiruvananthapuram	32	23	0

Amritsar coldest in the plains
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, January 3
Rainfall: Rain or snow has occurred at many places in Jammu and Kashmir and at a few places in Himachal Pradesh. Rain or thundershowers have occurred at isolated places in Punjab. Weather was mainly dry in the rest of the region. The chief amounts of precipitation in cms are: Himachal Pradesh: Patsio 1 and Jammu and Kashmir: Pahalgam and Quazigund 3 each, Batote and Banihal 2 each and Srinagar 1.

Departures: Past 24 hours change: Minimum temperatures fell in east Uttar Pradesh and changed little elsewhere. Departures: They were appreciably above normal in Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, east Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal, above normal in Jammu and Kashmir and west Uttar Pradesh and normal in the rest of the region. The lowest temperature in the plains was 2.4C recorded at Amritsar (Punjab).

Forecast valid until the morning of January 5: Rain/snow will occur at many places in Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir and at a few places in Uttaranchal. Rain/thundershowers are likely at isolated places in Uttar Pradesh. Weather will be mainly dry in the rest of the region.

Heavy rainfall warning: Isolated heavy rain/snow is likely in Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir during the next 48 hours.

Forecast for Delhi and neighbourhood valid until the morning of January 5: Partly cloudy sky. Fog till forenoon. Fall in night temperature. Minimum temperature will be around 07C.

Farmers weather bulletin for Delhi forecast valid until the morning of January 5: Sky will be partly cloudy.

Outlook for the subsequent two days: No large change.