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	34.4	19.1
Amritsar	35.6	16.8
Bhuntar	26.4	7.7
Hisar	—	20.9
Jammu	—	19.7
Karnal	33.4	17.7
Ludhiana	35.0	17.7
Patiala	35.2	19.7
Shimla	19.0	9.4
Srinagar	—	6.4
Sundernagar	29.2	10.6

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	39	24	0	4
Bangalore	34	22	0	125
Bhopal	36	21	0	126
Bhubaneswar	37	26	0	27
Chennai	35	27	0	40
Dehra Dun	27	15	0	167
Gangtok	16	10	5	275
Guwahati	27	20	2	206
Hyderabad	35	22	0	110
Jaipur	38	25	0	15
Kolkata	34	23	0	14
Lucknow	33	20	0	28
Mumbai	33	26	0	7
New Delhi	33	17	0	25
Panjim	33	25	0	44
Patna	29	19	0	25
Ranchi	31	17	0	45
Shillong	20	11	1	66
Thiruvananthapuram	34	26	0	118

Isolated rain likely in Punjab
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, April 20
Rainfall: Rain/thundershowers have occurred at a few places in Himachal Pradesh and Uttaranchal and at isolated places in Haryana, Rajasthan and east Uttar Pradesh. Weather was mainly dry in the rest of the region.

Temperatures: Past 24 hours change: The maximum temperatures rose in Himachal Pradesh, east Rajasthan and west Uttar Pradesh and changed little elsewhere. Departure: They were above normal in Jammu and Kashmir, largely below normal in east Uttar Pradesh, appreciably below normal in Himachal Pradesh, west Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal, below normal in Haryana and Punjab and normal in the rest of the region. The highest temperature in the region was 38.9°C recorded at Rawatbhata (Rajasthan).

Forecast valid until the morning of April 22: Rain/thundershowers are likely at a few places in Himachal Pradesh and Uttaranchal, and at isolated places in Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab and east Uttar Pradesh. Isolated duststorm/thunderstorm is likely in Haryana, east Rajasthan and west Uttar Pradesh. Weather will be mainly dry in rest of the region.

Forecast for Delhi and neighbourhood valid until the morning of April 22: Partly cloudy sky with possibility of thundry development in some areas. The maximum temperature will be around 36°C.

Farmers weather bulletin for Delhi forecast valid until the morning of April 22: Development of thunderclouds is likely at a few places.

Outlook for the subsequent two days: No large change.