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	20.1	16.3
Amritsar	24.0	13.8
Bhuntar	19.6	10.5
Hisar	22.6	18.0
Jammu	27.3	17.3
Karnal	19.8	15.3
Ludhiana	23.4	15.4
Patiala	20.2	15.6
Shimla	14.3	8.3
Srinagar	17.4	5.2
Sundernagar	18.5	11.8

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	26	17	2	2
Bangalore	29	19	3	80
Bhopal	27	15	45	90
Bhubaneswar	37	21	0	5
Chennai	33	25	0	26
Dehra Dun	27	16	0	1
Gangtok	19	13	0	0
Guwahati	34	18	0	0
Hyderabad	32	18	7	35
Jaipur	28	16	0	0
Kolkata	36	24	0	0
Lucknow	34	18	4	4
Mumbai	28	20	7	7
New Delhi	30	19	0	3
Panjim	32	22	44	44
Patna	32	21	0	0
Ranchi	33	19	0	5
Shillong	23	13	0	0
Thiruvananthapuram	33	23	0	48
Visakhapatnam	34	24	0	0

Thunder-squalls likely in Haryana, Punjab
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, March 10
Rainfall: Rain/ thundershowers have occurred at many places in west Uttar Pradesh and west Rajasthan, at a few places in Punjab, east Rajasthan and east Uttar Pradesh and at isolated places in Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttaranchal. Weather was mainly dry in the rest of the region. The chief amounts of rainfall in cm are: west Rajasthan: Barmer 4, Jaisalmer 2, west Uttar Pradesh: Bareilly and Jhansi 1 each.

Temperatures: Past 24 hours change: The maximum temperatures fell largely in west Rajasthan, fell markedly in Himachal Pradesh and east Rajasthan, fell appreciably in Haryana, Punjab and west Uttar Pradesh, fell in Jammu and Kashmir and Uttaranchal, rose in east Uttar Pradesh. Departure: This was above normal in Jammu and Kashmir and Uttaranchal, appreciably below normal in west Rajasthan and west Uttar Pradesh, normal in rest of the region. The highest temperature in the region was 34.3°C recorded at Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh).

Past 24 hours change: The minimum temperatures fell appreciably in east Rajasthan, fell in west Uttar Pradesh and changed little elsewhere.

Departure: This was appreciably above normal in Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, east Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal, above normal in west Uttar Pradesh and normal in east Rajasthan. The lowest temperature in the plains was 12.8°C recorded at Barmer (Rajasthan).

Forecast valid until the morning of March 12: Rain/snow will occur at many places in Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttaranchal. Rain/thundershowers will occur at many places in Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, at a few places in rest of the region.

Isolated hailstorms/thunder-squalls are likely in Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttaranchal.

Forecast for Delhi and neighbourhood valid until the morning of March 12: Generally cloudy sky with possibility of rain/thundershowers in some areas. Mist likely in the morning. The maximum and minimum temperatures will be around 26°C and 17°C, respectively.

Farmers weather bulletin for Delhi forecast valid until the morning of
March 12: Rain or thundershowers are likely at a few places.

Outlook for the subsequent two days: No large change.