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	34.1	19.6
Amritsar	33.4	17.2
Bhuntar	28.7	10.6
Hisar	36.6	22.5
Jammu	33.7	20.8
Karnal	33.7	21.0
Ludhiana	34.2	20.7
Patiala	34.6	21.4
Shimla	19.5	11.5
Srinagar	22.6	09.7
Sundernagar	29.4	13.1

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	38	26	0	1
Bangalore	34	20	12	103
Bhopal	38	24	0	15
Bhubaneswar	37	26	0	166
Chennai	34	25	1	217
Dehra Dun	31	19	02	81
Gangtok	18	12	7	566
Guwahati	30	23	20	315
Hyderabad	36	25	0	50
Jaipur	35	21	0	38
Kolkata	37	21	18	232
Lucknow	34	22	0	46
Mumbai	33	26	0	0
New Delhi	35	23	1	42
Panjim	34	26	0	45
Patna	35	24	0	10
Ranchi	35	22	0	16
Shillong	22	14	2	283
Thiruvananthapuram	33	25	0	352

Thundersqualls at isolated places in HP
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, May 5
Rainfall: Rain/thundershowers have occurred at a few places in Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, west Rajasthan, west Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal and at isolated places in Jammu and Kashmir and east Rajasthan. Weather was mainly dry in the rest of the region. The chief amounts of rainfall in cm are: Haryana: Delhi Ridge 3, Himachal Pradesh: Bhuntar and Shimla 1 each, West Rajasthan: Churu 4, Bikaner 2 and Jodhpur 1 West Uttar Pradesh: Hindon 1 and Uttaranchal: Pantnagar 1.

Temperature: Past 24 hours change: The maximum temperatures rose appreciably in Himachal Pradesh changed a little elsewhere. Departure: They were largely below normal in west Uttar Pradesh, markedly below normal in Punjab and east Uttar Pradesh, appreciably below normal in Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttaranchal, below normal in Himachal Pradesh and normal in the rest of the region. The highest maximum temperature in the region was 38.3°C recorded at Kota AP (Rajasthan).

Forecast valid until the morning of May 7: Rain/thundershowers are likely at a few places in Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal and at isolated places in the rest of the region. Isolated thundersqualls are likely in Himachal Pradesh, east Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal.

Forecast for Delhi and neighbourhood valid until the morning of May 7: Partly cloudy sky.The maximum temperature will be around 37°C.

Farmers weather bulletin for Delhi: Forecast valid until the morning of May 7: Sky will be partly cloudy.

Outlook for the subsequent two days: No large change.