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THE TRIBUNE SPECIALS

50 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE

TERCENTENARY CELEBRATIONS

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

Ambala	35.0	23.0
Amritsar	33.2	20.2
Bhuntar	30.8	18.0
Hisar	37.7	27.3
Jammu	31.7	21.6
Karnal	—	23.8
Ludhiana	33.8	24.4
Patiala	33.5	24.6
Rohtak	—	26.3
Shimla	24.0	15.6
Srinagar	20.2	16.8
Sundernagar	30.9	20.6

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	28	24	13	879
Allahabad	36	28	0	369
Bangalore	27	20	1	304
Bhopal	28	23	0	835
Bhubaneswar	29	25	52	1031
Chennai	33	26	0	406
Dehra Dun	30	24	26	1060
Gangtok	26	18	16	1692
Guwahati	35	27	9	1079
Hyderabad	31	23	0	470
Jaipur	28	25	1	372
Kolkata	35	26	1	846
Lucknow	35	27	0	452
Mumbai	31	26	4	1650
New Delhi	34	27	1	944
Panjim	30	25	4	2389
Patna	35	27	28	792
Ranchi	31	22	44	800
Shillong	25	17	0	1340
Thiruvananthapuram	31	23	0	413

Isolated heavy rain likely in HP
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, August 27
Rainfall: Rain or thundershowers have been reported at most places in Himachal Pradesh and east Rajasthan, at many places in west Rajasthan, at a few places in Punjab and Uttaranchal and at isolated places in the rest of the region. The chief amounts of rainfall in cms are: Haryana: Chandigarh 6, Ayanagar 2 and Kalka and Naraingarh 1 each; Himachal Pradesh: Nadaun 10, Nahan and Pandoh 9 each, Shimla 8, Sundernagar and Una 7 each, Guler, Ghamroor and Hamirpur 6 each, Berthin and Sujanpurtira 5 each, Bangana, Barsar, Kahu, Kasol and Kangra 4 each, Bhuntar, Pachhad and Solan 3 each, Arki 2 and Kotkhai 1; Punjab: Nangal 7, Nawanshahr 5, Gharhshankar, Ludhiana, Patiala and Samrala 1 each; east Rajasthan: Makrana 12, Parbatsar 8, Nawa 6, Sambher 4, Chaksu 3, Bharatpur, Deedwana, Degana, Dholpur, Mozamabad, Phagi and Rajgarh 2 each and Ajmer, Amer, Devgarh, Garhi, Ghatol, Roopwas and Shahpura 1 each; west Rajasthan: Fatehgarh and Ratangarh 4 each, Pokhran and Shergarh 2 each and Barmer and Shardarshahr 1 each; east Uttar Pradesh: Gorakhpur 2 and Uttaranchal: Banbasa and Joshimath 4 each and Dehra Dun 3.

Forecast valid until the morning of August 29: Rain or thundershowers are likely at many places in Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Rajasthan and Uttaranchal and at a few places in the rest of the region.

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

Forecast for Delhi and neighbourhood valid until the morning of August 29: Mainly cloudy sky with a few spells of rain/thundershowers in some areas.

Farmers’ weather bulletin for Delhi, forecast valid until the morning of August 29: Light or moderate rain is likely at a few places.

Outlook for the subsequent two days: No large change.