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THE TRIBUNE SPECIALS

50 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE

TERCENTENARY CELEBRATIONS

Extremes
City	Max	Min
Ambala	29.4	25.6
Bhuntar	26.9	20.4
Hisar	31.3	27.3
Jammu	—	26.1
Karnal	—	25.4
Ludhiana	31.7	25.4
Patiala	30.5	27.7
Rohtak	—	25.0
Shimla	19.6	16.2
Srinagar	31.2	14.0
Sundernagar	25.9	22.0

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	33	26	0	491
Allahabad	31	27	0	345
Bangalore	29	20	4	217
Baroda	33	26	0	654
Bhopal	30	23	17	758
Chennai	35	26	0	374
Dehra Dun	30	24	4	863
Gangtok	23	18	25	1532
Guwahati	35	27	tr	969
Hyderabad	31	23	0	402
Indore	30	23	tr	771
Jaipur	33	25	0	347
Jammu	35	26	0	—
Jamshedpur	32	25	0	617
Kolkota	29	26	7	752
Lucknow	31	26	3	360
Mumbai	30	26	5	1592
Nagpur	33	25	1	705
New Delhi	32	25	23	911
Patna	34	27	3	712
Pune	27	21	2	300
Rajkot	31	24	0	853
Ranchi	29	23	26	674
Shillong	26	20	tr	1300
Shimla	22	16	7	790
Sholapur	32	24	1	84
Srinagar	29	14	0	124
Surat	34	27	0	1373
Thiruvananthapuram	32	23	0	363
Udaipur	33	25	0	278
Visakhapatnam	36	28	0	264

Heavy rain may lash Punjab, HP
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, August 15
Rainfall: Rain or thundershowers have occurred at most places in east Rajasthan, at many places in Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal, at a few places in Haryana and west Rajasthan and at isolated places in Punjab. Weather was dry in Jammu and Kashmir. The chief amounts of rainfall in cm are: Haryana: Mohna 8, Ayanagar and Masani Barrage 5 each, Dhansa and Dadri Toye 3 each and Delhi Ridge and New Delhi (Palam and Safdarjung) 2 each, Himachal Pradesh: Kasol 2 and Nadaun, Rampur Bushahr, Sundernagar and Sunibhaji 1 each, Punjab: Halwara 2, east Rajasthan: Kaman 15, Pahari and Sawai Madhopur 8 each, Bonli, Govindgarh and Neemrana 5 each, Aligarh, Aklera, Deeg, Kumher, Khandar and Tizara 4 each, Bamanwas, Kathumer, Manoharthana, Niwai and Nagar 3 each, Asnawar, Khanpur, Nadbai, Rawatbhata, Shahpura, Sikar, Sapotra, Shahbad and Thanagaji 2 each and Neem ka Thana and Phagi 1 each, west Rajasthan: Rajgarh 1, east Uttar Pradesh: Jaunpur 7, Fatehgarh 5, Bansi, Bhatpurwaghat, Katerniaghat and Sultanpur 3 each, Ankinghat, Balrampur, Chandradeepghat, Ghazipur and Kakrahi 2 each and Ayodhya, Basti, Shardanagar and Varanasi A.P. 1 each, west Uttar Pradesh: Dabri 6, Hindon and Narora 3 each, Bareilly 2 and Mathura 1, and Uttaranchal: Haripur and Marora 4 each, Hardwar and Pantnagar 1 each.

Forecast valid until the morning of August 17: Rain or thundershowers will occur at many places in Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, east Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal and at a few places in the rest of the region.

Heavy rainfall warning: Isolated heavy rain is likely in Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, east Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal during the next 48 hours.

Forecast for Delhi and neighbourhood valid until the morning of August 17: Mainly cloudy sky with a few spells of rain or thundershowers.

Farmers weather bulletin for Delhi forecast valid until the morning of August 17: Moderate to heavy rain will occur at many places.

Outlook for the subsequent two days: No large change.