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	43.2	26.2
Amritsar	43.7	23.7
Bhunter	34.0	15.0
Hisar	46.4	30.3
Jammu	42.8	26.8
Karnal	42.2	25.7
Ludhiana	43.5	26.0
Patiala	42.9	27.0
Shimla	28.5	14.4
Srinagar	26.6	14.7
Sundernagar	39.1	18.6

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	42	30	0	2
Bangalore	29	21	0	100
Bhopal	42	27	0	1
Bhubaneswar	46	30	12	23
Chennai	40	30	0	4
Dehra Dun	39	24	0	tr
Gangtok	31	17	114	451
Guwahati	32	25	8	43
Hyderabad	37	25	0	37
Jaipur	43	31	0	7
Kolkata	39	30	0	72
Lucknow	46	30	0	0
Mumbai	32	25	35	33
New Delhi	44	30	0	29
Panjim	26	24	76	315
Patna	45	29	0	0
Ranchi	42	28	0	7
Shillong	26	18	1	138
Thiruvananthapuram	29	24	7	186

Rain in HP, Punjab areas
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, June 19
Rainfall: Rain/thundershowers have occurred at a few places in Himachal Pradesh and Punjab and at isolated places in Jammu and Kashmir. Weather was mainly dry in the rest of the region. Shimla recorded 2 cm of rainfall.

Temperature: Past 24 hours change: The maximum temperatures fell in Jammu and Kashmir and changed little elsewhere. Departure: This was largely above normal in east Uttar Pradesh, markedly above normal in west Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal, appreciably above normal in Haryana and Rajasthan, above normal in Himachal Pradesh and Punjab and normal in Jammu and Kashmir. The highest maximum temperature in the region was 46.8°C recorded at Varanasi AP (Uttar Pradesh).

Forecast valid until the morning of June 21, 2005: Rain/thundershowers are likely at a few places in Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab and Uttaranchal. Duststorm/ thunderstorm is likely at a few places in Rajasthan and east Uttar Pradesh and at isolated places in Haryana and west Uttar Pradesh.

Forecast for Delhi and neighbourhood valid until the morning
of June 21, 2005: Mainly clear sky with dust haze. Duststorm/thunderstorm accompanied with squall is likely in some areas. The maximum temperature will be around 44°C.

Farmers weather bulletin for Delhi forecast valid until the morning
of June 21, 2005: Duststorm/thunderstorm is likely at a few places. Squall with wind speed exceeding 65 kmph is likely at isolated places.

Outlook for the subsequent two days: No large change.

Heat wave continues in Orissa, Bihar, UP

Pune, June 19
Severe heat wave conditions prevailed in Gangetic West Bengal, Orissa, Jharkhand, Bihar, east Uttar Pradesh and north Chhattisgarh.

Heat wave conditions also prevailed in west Uttar Pradesh and west Madhya Pradesh and in some parts of Gujarat, Vidarbha and of north coastal Andhra Pradesh.

In the regions where southwest monsoon is yet to set in, day temperatures were appreciably above normal in Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, east Rajasthan, east Madhya Pradesh, Saurashtra and Kutch, north Madhya Maharashtra and north Telangana and in remaining parts of Gujarat and of Vidarbha and were above normal in west Rajasthan. They were appreciably below normal in Kashmir and were normal over the rest of the regions.

Southwest monsoon has been vigorous over Konkan and Goa and active over coastal Karnataka.

Heavy rains are likely to occur at many places in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim, south Gujarat State, Konkan and Goa, Kerala, Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Rain or thundershowers are likely to occur at many places in coastal Karnataka, Lakshadweep and at a few places in Gangetic West Bengal, Orissa, Jharkhand, north Gujarat State, Madhya Maharashtra, interior Karnataka and at isolated places in Bihar, Jammu and Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha, Chattisgarh, Marathwada, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. Mainly dry weather will prevail over the rest of the country. Heavy rains have occurred at most places in Konkan and Goa, coastal Karnataka and at many places in Assam and Meghalaya, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim.

Very light rain have occurred at isolated places in Jammu and Kashmir, Gujarat Region.

Rain or thundershowers have occurred at most places in Kerala and at many places in Himachal Pradesh, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep and at a few places in Arunachal Pradesh, Punjab, Vidarbha, Madhya Maharashtra, interior Karnataka and at isolated places in Orissa, west Madhya Pradesh, Saurtashtra and Kutch and Tamil Nadu. Mainly dry weather prevailed over the rest of the country.
— UNI