The Tribune, Chandigarh, India

SPECIAL COVERAGE

CHANDIGARH

DELHI

THE TRIBUNE SPECIALS

50 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE

TERCENTENARY CELEBRATIONS

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

Ambala	17.4	5.1
Amritsar	17.8	—
Bhuntar	17.3	3.0
Hisar	20.4	5.9
Jammu	19.3	7.2
Karnal	18.4	5.8
Ludhiana	17.5	3.1
Patiala	17.7	6.4
Rohtak	—	3.3
Shimla	16.5	—s
Srinagar	3.7	0.1
Sundernagar	18.6	2.7

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	30	16	0	9
Allahabad	23	07	0	0
Baroda	33	17	0	21
Bhavnagar	30	19	0	36
Bhopal	27	12	0	13
Bhubaneswar	27	13	0	219
Bhuj	30	15	0	3
Chennai	31	23	—	624
Dehra Dun	16	06	0	70
Gangtok	13	06	0	191
Guwahati	22	08	0	358
Gaya	22	07	0	11
Hyderabad	28	14	0	72
Indore	29	14	0	68
Jaipur	23	09	0	104
Jamshedpur	25	06	0	75
Kolkata	23	13	0	352
Kolhapur	30	15	0	55
Lucknow	21	06	0	13
Mahabaleshwar	26	14	0	76
Mangalore	33	21	0	216
Mumbai	33	22	0	74
Nagpur	30	13	0	13
New Delhi	21	05	0	89
Panjim	34	21	0	146
Patna	20	07	0	07
Pune	29	13	0	19
Rajkot	32	13	0	29
Ranchi	21	06	0	144
Ratnagiri	32	20	0	47
Shilong	14	04	0	756
Surat	33	17	0	39
Thiruchirapalli	30	00	0	366
Thiruvananthapuram	34	23	0	333
Udaipur	27	11	0	48
Visakhapatnam	30	18	0	142

Isolated heavy rain, snow in HP, J&K in next 48 hrs
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, December 30
Rainfall: Weather was mainly dry over the region.

Temperatures: Past 24 hours change: Minimum temperatures rose appreciably in east Rajasthan and Uttaranchal, rose in Haryana, Punjab and west Uttar Pradesh and changed little elsewhere. Departures: They were markedly above normal in Himachal Pradesh, East Rajasthan and Uttaranchal, appreciably above normal in Jammu and Kashmir and west Rajasthan and normal in the rest of the region. The lowest temperature in the plains was 2.0°C recorded at Amritsar (Punjab).

Forecast valid until the morning of January 1: Rain/snow will occur at many places in Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir and at a few places in Uttaranchal. Rain/thundershowers are likely at a few places in Haryana and Punjab and at isolated places in the rest of the region.

Heavy rainfall warning: Isolated heavy rain or snow is likely in Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir during next 48 hours.

Forecast for Delhi and neighbourhood valid until the morning of January 1: Generally cloudy sky with possibility of light rain/thundershowers in some areas. Mist/shallow fog in the morning. Minimum temperature will be around 08°C.

Farmers weather bulletin for Delhi: Forecast valid until the morning of January 1: Light rain is likely at a few places.

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