The Tribune, Chandigarh, India

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

Station	Max	Min	R	TR
Ahmedabad	28	13	0	0
Allahabad	24	11	0	95
Bangalore	29	18	0	217
Bhopal	25	10	0	15
Bhubaneshwar	29	16	0	109
Chennai	30	20	0	825
Dehra Dun	20	4	0	18
Gangtok	8	6	5	143
Guwahati	23	12	0	86
Hyderabad	31	14	0	98
Jaipur	21	7	0	0
Kolkata	26	14	0	156
Lucknow	19	9	0	8
Mumbai	29	20	0	1
Nagpur	29	14	0	41
New Delhi	20	9	0	5

Dry weather over region
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, December 28
Rainfall: Weather was dry over the region.

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

The lowest temperature in the plains was 3.8°C recorded at Sarsawa (Uttar Pradesh).

Forecast valid until the morning of December 30: Rain or snow is likely at isolated places in Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir. Weather will be mainly dry in the rest of the region.

Forecast for Delhi and neighbourhood valid until the morning of December 30: Mainly clear sky. Mist or fog in the morning. Minimum temperature will be around 7°C.

Farmers’ weather bulletin for Delhi forecast valid until the morning of December 30: Sky will be mainly clear.

Outlook for the subsequent two days: No large change.

Dense fog hits life

Chandigarh, December 28
Amritsar in Punjab and Narnaul in Haryana were the coldest in the plains today, recording a similar minimum temperature of 4.8 °C while an intense cold wave continued to make people shiver at many places in Himachal and parts of the Kashmir valley. The mercury dropped to minus 2.5 °C in Srinagar, while Jammu recorded a low of 7.0 °C, according to the Meteorological Department here.

Shimla, which recorded a minimum of 4.2 °C, had a clear sky till late afternoon, but icy cold winds blowing in and around the town made people shiver. The neighbouring Solan also recorded a low of 1.0 °C.

Fog reduced visibility in the morning at many places, including Jammu, Udhampur, Pathankot, Amritsar, Bathinda, Ambala and Sirsa. Chandigarh had a clear sky today. However, poor visibility in the morning caused by mist delayed the Chandigarh-Delhi-Mumbai Goa flight by 90 minutes, airline sources said.

PHAGWARA: A thick blanket of fog engulfed this region on the third day today, adversely affecting rail and road traffic.

Railway sources said the 3049 Up Howrah Express, bound for Amritsar, was running behind schedule by eight hours and 15 minutes. The Flying Mail was running behind schedule by two hours. The fog was so dense that railway employees had to burst crackers for giving clearing signals to trains from signal posts. UNI, OC