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	21.2	14.3
Amritsar	18.4	12.2
Bhuntar	7.6	5.0
Hisar	—	14.3
Karnal	22.4	14.4
Ludhiana	19.4	13.3
Patiala	20.3	13.6
Shimla	7.0	4.3
Srinagar	—	0.5
Sundernagar	11.3	8.6

NATION

Read under headings Max (maximum temperature), Min (minimum temperature), R (rainfall in past 24 hours) and TR (total rainfall):

Stations	Max	Min	R	TR
Ahmedabad	33	13	0	0
Bangalore	—	19	0	1
Bhopal	32	15	0	0
Bhubaneswar	33	15	0	0
Chennai	29	20	0	1
Dehra Dun	17	12	2	18
Gangtok	10	6	0	2
Guwahati	22	11	0	0
Hyderabad	33	15	0	0
Jaipur	30	13	0	0
Kolkata	29	15	0	0
Lucknow	28	10	0	0
Mumbai	33	21	0	0
New Delhi	27	13	0	1
Panjim	33	21	0	0
Patna	19	9	0	0
Ranchi	29	11	0	0
Shillong	14	5	0	1
Srinagar	04	0	13	101
Thiruvananthapuram	26	22	20	32

Rain, thundershowers likely in region
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, January 17
Rainfall: Rain, snow has occurred at most places in Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir and at isolated places in Uttaranchal. Rain, thundershowers have occurred at most places in Punjab, at a few places in Haryana and at isolated places in west Rajasthan. Weather was mainly dry in the rest of the region. The chief amounts of precipitation in cm are: Haryana: Chandigarh 2, Himachal Pradesh: Dhundhi 9, Bhang and Shimla 4 each, Bhuntar, Solangnala and Sunibhaji 3 each, Kahu, Patsio and Rampurbushahar 2 each and Berthin, Kasol, Kasauli, Pandoh and Sundernagar 1 each, Jammu and Kashmir: Batote 7, Banihal 6 and Jammu, Katra, Kupwara and Quazigund 2 each and West Rajasthan: Sriganganagar 1.

Temperatures: Past 24 hours change: The minimum temperatures rose appreciably in Himachal Pradesh, rose in west Uttar Pradesh and changed little elsewhere.

Departure: They were largely above normal in Punjab and east Rajasthan, markedly above normal in Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, west Rajasthan and west Uttar Pradesh, appreciably above normal in Himachal Pradesh and Uttaranchal and normal in the rest of the region. The lowest temperature in the plains was 6.8° C recorded at Varanasi AP (Uttar Pradesh).

Forecast valid until the morning of January 19: Rain, snow will occur at many places in Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttaranchal. Rain, thundershowers are likely at a few places in Haryana and Punjab and at isolated places in north Rajasthan and west 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, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttaranchal during the next 24 hours.

Forecast for Delhi and neighbourhood valid until the morning of January 19: Partly cloudy sky with possibility of thundry development, light rain in some areas. Mist, fog in the morning. The minimum temperature will be around 12 ° C.

Farmers weather bulletin for Delhi forecast valid until the morning of January 19: Light rain is likely at a few places.

Outlook for the subsequent two days: No large change.