The Tribune, Chandigarh, India

THE TRIBUNE SPECIALS

50 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE

TERCENTENARY CELEBRATIONS

Extremes
Town	Max (in Celsius)	Min (in Celsius)

Ambala	37.7	24.5
Amritsar	32.4	23.7
Bhuntar	30.7	19.3
Hisar	34.2	26.8
Ludhiana	33.2	25.5
Patiala	34.2	25.6
Shimla	22.6	16.5
Srinagar	—	17.0
Sundernagar	31.4	21.6

NATION

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

Station	Max	Min	R	TR
Ahmedabad	30	24	34	459
Bangalore	30	20	—	201
Bhopal	30	23	tr	637
Bhubaneswar	33	25	32	720
Chennai	35	24	8	295
Dehra Dun	29	23	27	680
Gangtok	26	18	9	1371
Guwahati	35	27	0	946
Hyderabad	29	22	15	359
Jaipur	33	25	22	275
Kolkata	33	27	—	687
Lucknow	34	27	0	231
Mumbai	30	27	3	1429
New Delhi	33	27	0	835
Panjim	30	24	88	2185
Patna	35	28	0	634
Ranchi	30	21	0	526
Shillong	27	17	5	1245

Widespread rain in region

Rainfall: Rain or thundershowers have occurred at most places in Himachal Pradesh, at many places in Jammu and Kashmir, east Rajasthan and Uttaranchal, at a few places in Haryana and west Rajasthan and at isolated places in Punjab and west Uttar Pradesh. Weather was mainly dry in east Uttar Pradesh. The chief amounts of rainfall in cms are: Haryana: Ratia 7, Naraingarh 6, Kalka 4, Fatehabad, Loharu and Narwana 2 each and Chandigarh, Jind and Kaithal 1 each, Himachal Pradesh: Sunibhaji 8, Sundernagar 5, Pandoh 4, Barsar, Bangana, Bhang, Bhuntar, Berthin, Kasol and Sujanpurtira 3 each, Chamba, Dhudhi, Nadaun and Solangnala 2 each and Guler, Khairi, Nagrotasurian and Shimla 1 each, Jammu and Kashmir: Basoli and Batote 5 each, Bhoond 4, Banihal 2 and Pahalgam and Quazigund 1 each, Punjab: Shahpur Kandi 6 and Ranjit Sagar Dam Site 5, East Rajasthan: Ajmer 5, Dholpur 3 and Jaipur, Kota and Pilani 2 each, West Rajasthan: Churu 1, West Uttar Pradesh: Agra (F.M) 1 and Uttaranchal: Dehradun and Haripur 3 each and Joshimath and Uttarkashi 1 each.

Forecast valid until the morning of 7th August 2003: Rain or thundershowers will occur at many places in Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, east Rajasthan and Uttaranchal and at a few places in the rest of the region.

Heavy rainfallwarning: Isolated heavy rain is likely in Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab and Uttaranchal during the next 48 hours.

Forecast for Delhi and neighbourhood valid until the morning of 7th August 2003: Mainly cloudy sky with one or two spells of rain or thundershowers, may be heavy in some areas.

Farmers weather bulletin for Delhi forecast valid until the morning of 7th August 2003: Light to moderate rain will occur at a few places.

Outlook for the subsequent two days: No large change.