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	39	25	28	48
Allahabad	36	27	1	31
Aurangabad	21	20	69	191
Bangalore	30	20	0	181
Baroda	36	24	103	116
Bhavnagar	37	—	0	22
Bhopal	34	24	0	110
Bhubaneswar	29	26	1	180
Bhuj	35	28	0	0
Chennai	39	28	0	9
Dehra Dun	34	26	0	92
Guwahati	33	26	1	358
Gaya	35	25	1	46
Hyderabad	27	21	tr	164
Indore	28	23	63	169
Jaipur	38	29	0	27
Jamshedpur	32	24	22	366
Kolkata	31	25	49	315
Kolhapur	25	21	11	223
Lucknow	37	27	0	76
Mumbai	29	25	20	384
Minicoy	32	26	3	318
Nagpur	28	22	24	322
New Delhi	38	29	0	48
Panjim	30	26	2	1017
Patna	34	25	15	77
Pune	25	22	9	116
Rajkot	36	28	0	44
Ranchi	28	22	8	186
Ratnagiri	30	24	17	1287
Shillong	24	18	1	688
Shimla	25	16	7	52
Srinagar	26	18	0	72
Surat	30	25	67	221
Tiruchirapalli	37	26	0	115

Monsoon advances into Rajasthan, UP
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, June 26
Southwest monsoon has further advanced into some parts of south Rajasthan and some more parts of east Uttar Pradesh. Conditions are favourable for its further advance into more parts of Rajasthan and rest of Uttar Pradesh. Northern limit of monsoon passes through 22 N, 65E, Deesa, Udaipur, Guna, Khujraho, Allahabad, Gorakhpur, Pantnagar, Dehra Dun, Shimla and Srinagar.

Rainfall: Rain or thundershowers have occurred at a few places in east Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal and at isolated places in Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and west Rajasthan. Weather was mainly dry in the rest of the region. The chief amounts of rainfall in cms are: Haryana: Chandigarh 3, Himachal Pradesh: Amb 2 and Kasol and Sarkaghat 1 each Uttar Pradesh: Varanasi AP 5, Gaighat and Rajghat 2 each and Palliakalan 1 and Uttaranchal: Ranikhet 6, Marora 5 and Uttarkashi 1.

Temperature: Past 24 hours change: Maximum temperatures rose markedly in Uttaranchal, rose appreciably in Haryana, rose in west Uttar Pradesh, fell in east Rajasthan and changed little elsewhere. Departures: They were appreciably above normal in west Rajasthan, above normal in east Rajasthan, appreciably below normal in Jammu and Kashmir, below normal in Punjab and normal in the rest of the region. The highest temperature in the region was 43.8°C recorded at Bikaner (Rajasthan).

Forecast valid until the morning of June 28: Rain or thundershowers is likely at a few places in Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, south Rajasthan, east Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal and at isolated places in the rest of the region.

Forecast for Delhi and neighbourhood valid until the morning of June 28: Partly cloudy sky with possibility of thundery development/light rain in some areas. Maximum temperature will be around 38°C.

Farmers weather bulletin for Delhi: Forecast valid until the morning of June 28, 2002: Light rain is likely at a few places.

Outlook for the subsequent two days: No large change.

Rain lashes city, surrounding areas

Chandigarh, June 26
Chandigarh and surrounding areas were lashed by rains downpour accompanied by thunder squalls in the early hours today as the south-west monsoon stayed entrenched in parts of neighbouring Himachal Pradesh and Srinagar of Jammu and Kashmir for the past 48 hours.

About 25.8 mm of rain in less than four hours inundated low- lying areas and flooded labour colonies. While the day temperature today dipped to 36.8 °C, one degrees below normal, people sweated in torrid humid conditions. The relative humidity hovered around 96 per cent maximum and 46 per cent minimum.

Weather Bureau Director S.C. Bhan said here today that the south-west monsoon having already advanced into most of Himachal Pradesh and parts of Jammu and Kashmir, was likely to keep its date of June 29 with the plains of the region. He said conditions were favourable for its further advance in more parts of Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan over the next 48 hours. Consequent upon this, monsoon and pre-monsoon rains or thunder showers were likely to occur at a few places in in Haryana, H P and isolated in Punjab and J&K during period.

Hisar and Ambala in Haryana saw the maximum dipping to the normal of 39.9°C and 38.6°C, respectively.

The day temperature plummeted by three degrees below normal at Ludhiana which reported the high of 36.9°C. Amritsar and Patiala reported the highs of 36.9°C and 37.6 C, two and one degree below normal, respectively.

Mercury dipped at many places in Himachal Pradesh following fresh spells of rains during the past 24 hours, which ended at 8.30 a.m..

Shimla and its surrounding areas were lashed by 6.8 mm of intermittent rain, even as the state’s capital remained enveloped in dense fog in the morning. The minimum temperature fell to 15.9°C, from 17.7° yesterday, while the maximum today dipped to 22.6°C, one degree below normal. Bhuntar and Sundernagar reported the a high of 32.7°C and 32.1°C respectively. UNI