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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	24.0	9.2
Amritsar	19.2	2.6
Bhuntar	11.0	5.1
Hisar	—	9.8
Jammu	—	10.1
Karnal	17.8	—
Ludhiana	21.2	9.0
Patiala	22.3	9.2
Shimla	21.2	4.2
Srinagar	—	0.1
Sundernagar	19.6	5.7

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	29	12	0	9
Bangalore	29	15	0	179
Bhopal	27	12	0	13
Bhubaneshwar	31	18	0	219
Chennai	30	19	0	624
Dehra Dun	20	08	0	70
Gangtok	11	07	0	190
Guwahati	26	13	0	358
Hyderabad	31	13	0	72
Jaipur	22	07	0	104
Kolkata	28	20	0	352
Lucknow	21	13	0	13
Mumbai	30	22	0	74
New Delhi	19	13	0	89
Panjim	31	18	0	146
Patna	22	13	0	6
Shillong	14	07	0	755
Thiruvananthapuram	32	21	0	333

Amritsar coldest in plains at 2.6°C
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, December 21
Rainfall: Rain or snow has occurred at a few places in Himachal Pradesh and at isolated places in Jammu and Kashmir. Weather was mainly dry in the rest of the region. The chief amounts of rainfall in cms are: Himachal Pradesh: Nagrotasurian 2 and Bangana and Guler 1 each.

Temperatures: Past 24 hours change: Minimum temperatures fell appreciably in east Rajasthan, fell in Punjab and changed little elsewhere. Departures: These were appreciably above normal in Haryana and east Uttar Pradesh, above normal in Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and west Uttar Pradesh and normal in the rest of the region. The lowest temperature in the plains was 2.6°C recorded at Amritsar (Punjab).

Forecast valid until the morning of December 23: Rain or snow is likely at a few places in Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttaranchal. Rain or thundershowers are likely at isolated places in west Uttar Pradesh. Weather will be mainly dry in the rest of the region.

Forecast for Delhi and neighbourhood valid until the morning of December 23: Partly cloudy sky with possibility of thundry development in some areas. Mist/fog in the forenoon-Minimum temperature will be around 11°C.

Farmers weather bulletin for Delhi forecast valid until the morning of
December 23: Development of thunderclouds likely at a few places.

Outlook for the subsequent two days: No large change.

Higher reaches of HP, J&K get
fresh spell of snowfall

Chandigarh, December 21
The higher reaches of Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir received fresh a spell of snow for the second consecutive day today, intensifying the cold wave conditions.

An intense cold wave sweeping hills of Himachal further tightened its grip as the entire tribal belt and other higher reaches were covered with a thick white blanket.

Bhang in Manali got 12 cm of snowfall, while Solang Nullah and Dhundi had 59 cm and 70 cm, snowfall,respectively. Patsio had 8 cm of snowfall.

Many other places in Himachal were lashed by rains. They included Bhuntar, Rampur, Sunni, Berthin, Sujanpur Tira, Nadaun, Guler, Nagrota Surian, Gamrur and Baggi.

The Kashmir Valley also continued to reel under cold wave conditions.

Gulmarg and Kunzalwan had light snow. Sonamarg had 20 cm of snowfall and Banihal Top was covered by 12 cm of snowfall.

Meanwhile, the foggy conditions, which had thrown life out of gear in the region for past few days, witnessed some improvement even as the minimum temperatures continued to hover a few degrees above the normal range. — PTI