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	22.8	5.2
Amritsar	22.4	1.6
Bhuntar	—	1.6
Hisar	22.6	7.3
Jammu	21.9	7.7
Ludhiana	21.0	4.1
Patiala	22.3	3.9
Shimla	17.3	4.3
Srinagar	10.0	3.2
Sundernagar	—	2.2

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	27	14	0	0
Bangalore	29	17	0	667
Bhopal	27	15	0	1
Bhubaneswar	30	17	0	305
Chennai	28	24	5	1399
Dehra Dun	22	7	0	5
Gangtok	15	8	0	157
Guwahati	26	15	0	128
Hyderabad	30	17	0	222
Jaipur	23	7	0	0
Kolkata	29	17	0	460
Lucknow	27	12	0	5
Mumbai	28	23	0	20
New Delhi	22	5	0	1
Panjim	33	23	0	126
Patna	29	16	0	40
Shillong	16	8	0	234
Thiruvananthapuram	32	23	0	597

Rain likely in J&K, HP

New Delhi, December 2
Rainfall: Weather was dry over the region.

Temperature: Past 24 hours change: The minimum temperature fell in east Rajasthan, rose in east Uttar Pradesh and changed little elsewhere.

Departure: They were appreciably below normal in Haryana, Punjab and west Rajasthan, appreciably above normal in east Uttar Pradesh, above normal in west Uttar Pradesh and normal in the rest of the region. The lowest temperature in the plains was 0.6°C recorded at Pilani (Rajasthan).

Forecast valid until the morning of December 4, 2005: Rain/snow is likely at isolated places in Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttaranchal. Weather will be mainly dry in the rest of the region.

Forecast for Delhi and neighbourhood valid until the morning of December 4, 2005: Mainly clear sky. Mist in the morning. The minimum temperature will be around 5°C.

Farmers weather bulletin for Delhi forecast valid until the morning of December 4, 2005: Sky will be mainly clear.

Outlook for the subsequent two days: No large change.