The Tribune, Chandigarh, India

NATION

Read under headings Max (maximum temperature), Min (minimum temperature), R (rainfall in past 24 hours) and TR (Total rain since October 1):

Station	Max	Min	R	TR
Ahmedabad	27	10	0	0
Allahabad	25	17	0	0
Aurangabad	30	13	0	0
Bangalore	29	15	0	0
Baroda	28	11	0	0
Bhopal	26	13	0	0
Bhubaneshwar	31	17	0	2
Kolkata	29	19	0	0
Chennai	30	20	0	88
Dehra Dun	20	09	0	16
Gangtok	15	06	0	08
Guwahati	21	15	1	13
Gaya	25	16	0	0
Hyderabad	31	17	0	11
Indore	26	10	0	0
Jaipur	19	12	0	5
Jamshedpur	31	15	0	12
Lucknow	22	13	0	8
Mumbai	29	21	0	0
Nagpur	31	15	0	2
New Delhi	19	13	3	19
Patna	24	17	4	4
Pune	28	13	0	0
Ranchi	28	14	0	6
Shillong	16	10	1	6
Srinagar	03	-01	2	35
Tiruchirapalli	30	19	0	1
Thiruvananthapuram	33	20	0	0
Visakhapatnam	31	17	0	15

Weather dry in region
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, January 18
Rainfall: Rain or snow has occurred at many places in Jammu and Kashmir, at a few places in Himachal Pradesh and isolated places in Uttaranchal. Rain or thundershowers have occurred at a few places in Haryana and west Uttar Pradesh and at isolated places in east Uttar Pradesh. Weather was mainly dry in the rest of the region. The chief amount of precipitation in cm are: Himachal Pradesh: Kalpa 2 and Bangana, Berthin, and Nadaun each 1. Jammu and Kashmir: Batote 1.

Snowfall report (cm): Himachal Pradesh: Dhundi 12, Bhang 5, Solangnala 4 and Patisio 2.

Temperatures: Past 24 hours change: Minimum temperatures fell appreciably in west Rajasthan, rose in Uttar Pradesh and changed little elsewhere. Departures: They were markedly above normal in east Uttar Pradesh, appreciably above normal in Haryana, east Rajasthan and west Uttar Pradesh, above normal in Uttaranchal, below normal in west Rajasthan and normal in the rest of the region.

The lowest temperature in the plains was 2.4°C recorded at Bikaner (Rajasthan).

Forecast valid until the morning of January 20: Rain or snow will occur at many places in Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir and at a few places in Uttaranchal. Rain or thundershowers are likely to occur at a few places in Uttar Pradesh and at isolated places in Haryana, Punjab and east Rajasthan. Weather will be dry in west Rajasthan.

Forecast for Delhi and neighbourhood valid until the morning of January 20: Generally cloudy sky with possibility of light rain or thundershowers in some areas. Fog in the morning. Fall in minimum temperature.

Farmers weather bulletin for Delhi: forecast valid until the morning of January 20: Light rain is likely at a few places.

Outlook for the subsequent two days: No large change.

Cold wave persists in region

Chandigarh, January 18
The cold wave conditions revived after a brief lull, making the people in the north-west region to shiver even during the day with mercury slumping by two to three degrees below normal in the plains under an overcast sky and icy winds blowing across the snow-capped Himalayas.

Hisar in Haryana was the coldest during the day as the maximum temperature dipped to 18°C, four degrees below normal. Patiala in Punjab was colder at 18°C, two degrees less than the normal. Amritsar, Ludhiana and Delhi were other colder places reporting the highs of 18.4, 17.8 and 18.7°C, respectively today. However, the minimum temperatures rose by two to three degrees above normal under an overcast sky.

The maximum temperature in and around Chandigarh today hovered around 19.6°C while the minimum temperature was up by three degrees at 10.4°C as against 19.6°C and 9°C respectively, yesterday.

Shimla and the adjoining areas were experiencing rains in the evening after occasional drizzles during the day. Shimla, which had recorded the lowest temperatures of 0.5°C this winter on January 16, today had the low of 1.6°C and high of 10.2°C compared to 2.3 and 9°C yesterday.

The Kalpa valley reported the low of 4.5°C below freezing point this morning. The entire Dhauladhar ranges, overlooking Dharamsala in Kangra district were covered with snow. UNI