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	37.7	26.5
Amritsar	38.2	24.8
Bhuntar	34.4	18.6
Hisar	—	28.3
Jammu	—	27.1
Karnal	36.0	26.2
Ludhiana	36.6	26.5
Patiala	37.4	27.3
Rohtak	__	27.2
Shimla	25.2	16.3
Srinagar	—	15.3
Sundernagar	33.6	22.3

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	36	27	0	141
Bangalore	28	20	0	157
Bhopal	33	25	14	79
Bhubaneswar	33	26	23	269
Chennai	36	29	0	82
Dehra Dun	29	23	26	164
Gangtok	23	18	tr	496
Guwahati	35	27	0	154
Hyderabad	32	24	tr	84
Jaipur	37	28	0	140
Kolkata	35	28	0	120
Lucknow	34	25	29	205
Mumbai	29	25	99	529
New Delhi	36	25	0	158
Panjim	31	25	8	748
Patna	35	27	5	255
Shillong	25	19	3	229
Thiruvananthapuram	31	23	4	195

Rain likely in Himachal, Punjab
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, July 1
Rainfall: Rain/thundershowers have occurred at many places in Uttaranchal, at a few places in Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh and at isolated places in the rest of the region. The chief amounts of rainfall in cms are: Himachal Pradesh: Kahu 5, Berthin 2 and Bangana 1, East Rajasthan: Rajakhera and Sarwar 5 each, Banera 3, Bhilwara and Hamirgarh 2 each and Asind, Sambhugarh, Sallopat and Sajangarh 1 each, West Rajasthan: Nilara and Osiya 1 each, East Uttar Pradesh: Chandradeepghat 6, Balrampur 5, Kanpur and Lucknow 3 each, Bani, Bahraich, Chhatnag and Neemsar 2 each and Bansi, Kakardharighat and Rai Bareilly 1 each, West Uttar Pradesh: Sarsawa 5 and Etawah 2 and Uttaranchal: Dehradun 3, Hardwar 2 and Uttarkashi 1.

Forecast valid until the morning of July 3: Rain/thundershowers will occur at many places in east Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal, at a few places in Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, east Rajasthan and west Uttar Pradesh and at isolated places in the rest of the region.

Heavy rainfall warning: Isolated heavy rain is likely in east Uttar Pradesh during the next 48 hours.

Forecast for Delhi and neighbourhood valid until the morning of July 3: Generally cloudy sky with possibility of rain/thundershowers in some areas.

Farmers weather bulletin for Delhi forecast valid until the morning of July 3: Light rain is likely at a few places.

Outlook for the subsequent two days: No large change.

Monsoon clouds hover in region

Chandigarh, July 1
Certain areas in Himachal Pradesh experienced rain as monsoon clouds hovered in the entire state and parts of Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh today.

Western disturbance lay over north-east Afghanistan and adjoining north Pakistan and upper-air cyclonic circulation over Himachal Pradesh and neighbourhood, extending up to 2.1 km above sea level.

A fresh upper-air cyclonic circulation lay over central Pakistan and adjoining north-west Rajasthan and neighbourhood, extending up to 900 metres above sea level, according to the Weather Office here.

Light to moderate rain or thundershowers will occur at many places in Himachal Pradesh and a few places in Haryana and Punjab during the next 24 hours.

Serval areas in Himachal Pradesh, including Sundernagar, Suni, Kasol and Gamroor, continued to receive rain since last night, bringing a considerable fall in the temperature. Pandoh recorded 3.5 mm, Nagrota Surian 1.5 mm and Kahu 49.5 mm rainfall till this morning. — UNI