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SPECIAL COVERAGE

CHANDIGARH

DELHI

THE TRIBUNE SPECIALS

50 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE

TERCENTENARY CELEBRATIONS

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

Ambala	36.1	22.8
Amritsar	33.4	19.0
Bhuntar	33.6	21.6
Hisar	—	29.6
Jammu	—	22.9
Karnal	—	26.7
Ludhiana	32.9	21.7
Patiala	36.0	24.1
Shimla	23.4	15.6
Srinagar	—	19.9
Sundernagar	31.6	21.1

NATION

Read under headings Max (maximum temperature), Min (minimum temperature), R (rainfall in past 24 hours) and TR (total rainfall):

Station	Max	Min	R	TR
Ahmedabad	34	27	0	56
Allahabad	28	25	14	177
Bangalore	29	20	0	56
Baroda	34	27	0	43
Bhopal	29	25	1	38
Bhubaneshwar	36	28	0	131
Chennai	37	27	0	52
Dehra Dun	30	22	120	339
Gangtok	23	18	21	290
Guwahati	33	26	7	76
Hyderabad	33	22	4	27
Jaipur	39	29	0	8
Jammu	36	23	10	-
Kolkata	35	28	0	151
Lucknow	28	24	111	151
Mangalore	32	25	4	759
Mumbai	29	22	70	286
Nagpur	30	25	0	116
New Delhi	39	27	0	13
Panjim	30	26	4	465
Patna	33	25	47	81
Pune	27	21	6	220
Shillong	25	17	1	79
Shimla	21	16	9	165
Srinagar	33	20	0	33
Surat	31	26	5	126
Thiruvananthapuram	29	23	22	212
Udaipur	37	26	0	29
Visakhapatnam	36	27	1	206

Heavy rain likely in HP, Uttaranchal
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, June 18
Rainfall: rain or thundershowers have occurred at most of the places in east Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal, at many places in Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and west Uttar Pradesh, at a few places in Jammu and Kashmir and at isolated places in Rajasthan. Weather was mainly dry in the rest of the region. The chief amounts of rainfall in cm are: Himachal Pradesh: Nahan 8, Bangana 4, Paonta 3, Una, Sujanpurtira and Baijnath 2 each, and Kahu, Kasol, Dharampur, Shimla and Solan 1 each,

Jammu and Kashmir: Katara 2 and Jammu 1, Punjab: Balachaur 5, Amritsar and Ludhiana 2 and Nangal 1; east Rajasthan: Jaghura and Nithau 5 each, Gulabpur, Hurda, Loharia and Bagidora 4 each, Ghatol, Abhardam, Banera Mandalgarh and Aspur 3 each Gaddi, Bar Sadri, Badesar, Sangwara and Sabala 2 each, Alsuna, Sajjangarh, Mandal and Jhalwar 1 each; west Rajasthan: Jodhpur 5 Gopalgarh and Kosai 3 each, Sujan 2; east Uttar Pradesh: Balarampur 15, Bhinga 12, Lucknow 11, Chandradeepghat, Paliakalan, Mukhlishpur and Bhaturbatha 9 each, Dalmau 8, Rae Bareilly 7, Turtipar and Kankardharighat 5 each, Sultanpur and Fatehpur 4 each, Gorakhpur, Basti, Gazipur, Katarniaghat and Birdghat 3 each, Kanpur and Jaunpur 2 each, Allahabad and Ankinghat 1 each, West Uttar Pradesh: Dabri 4, Bareilly, Mainpuri and Jhansi 1 each and Uttaranchal: Dehra Dun 12, Muktesar 3, Banbasa and Uttarkashi 2 each and Almora, Hardwar and Rudraprayag 1 each.

Temperatures: Past 24 hours change: Maximum temperatures rose in east Rajasthan, fell appreciably in Himachal Pradesh, fell in Punjab and east Uttar Pradesh and changed little elsewhere.

Departure: They were largely below normal in east Uttar Pradesh, markedly below normal in west Uttar Pradesh, appreciably below normal in Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Uttaranchal and normal in the rest of the region. The highest temperature in the region was 43.3°C recorded at Sriganganagar (Rajasthan).

Forecast valid until the morning of June 20: Rain or thundershowers will occur at many places in Himachal Pradesh, south 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 Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal during the next 48 hours.

Forecast for Delhi and neighbourhood valid until the morning of June 20: Generally cloudy sky with possibility of rain/thundershowers in some areas. Maximum temperature will be around 37°C.

Farmers weather bulletin for Delhi forecast valid until the morning of June 20: Light rain is likely at a few places.

Outlook for the subsequent two days: Increase in rainfall likely.