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	16.6	10.5
Amritsar	15.2	09.4
Bhuntar	05.9	02.9
Hisar	—	12.9
Karnal	12.2	11.5
Ludhiana	17.5	11.5
Patiala	16.6	10.4
Shimla	4.5	-00.1
Srinagar	—	00.0
Sundernagar	11.9	07.5

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	17	0	0
Bangalore	—	17	0	8
Bhopal	31	15	0	3
Bhubaneswar	32	18	0	13
Chennai	30	20	0	7
Dehra Dun	18	10	25	87
Gangtok	12	5	1	45
Guwahati	26	10	0	17
Hyderabad	31	18	0	50
Jaipur	24	14	0	1
Kolkata	30	19	0	25
Lucknow	26	13	0	16
Mumbai	28	21	0	1
New Delhi	19	13	2	11
Panjim	30	20	0	2
Patna	27	12	—	27
Ranchi	26	12	0	28
Shillong	14	7	0	13
Thiruvananthapuram	33	23	0	1

Isolated heavy rain/snow likely in HP, J&K
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, February 7
Rainfall: Rain/snow has occurred at most places in Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttaranchal.

Rain/thundershowers have occurred at most places in Haryana and Punjab, at many places in east Uttar Pradesh and at a few places in west Rajasthan and west Uttar Pradesh.

Weather was dry in the rest of the region. The chief amounts of precipitation in cms are: Haryana: Thanesar 2 and Ambala, Hisar, Naraingarh, Nilokheri, Pehowa, Pataudi, Tohana and Rewari 1 each, Himachal Pradesh: Bangana, Kandaghat, Kahu, Shimla and Sundernagar 3 each, Bhunter, Berthin, Guler, Kangra, Mehre, Pandoh, Pounta, Rampurbushahar and Sunnibhaji 2 each and Ghamroor, Jhandutta, Kasol and Sujanpurtira 1 each, Jammu and Kashmir: Banihal 7, Batote and Katra 6 each, Jammu 2 and Srinagar 1, Punjab: Nangal, Nawanshahar and Ropar 3 each and Amritsar, Batala, Balachaur, Garhshankar, Ludhiana, Patiala and Fazilka 1 each, west Rajasthan: Churu 2 and Bikaner 1, east Uttar Pradesh: Varanasi A.P. 1 and Uttaranchal: Dehra Dun and Tehri 3 each.

Temperatures: Past 24 hours change: Minimum temperatures rose in Haryana and Punjab and changed little elsewhere.

Departures: They were appreciably above normal in Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan and west Uttar Pradesh, above normal in east Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal and normal in the rest of the region. The lowest temperature in the plains was 9.4 degrees Centigrade recorded at Amritsar (Punjab).

Forecast valid until the morning of 9th February 2005: Rain/snow will occur at many places in Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttaranchal. Rain/thundershowers will occur at many places in Haryana, Punjab and west Uttar Pradesh, at a few places in north Rajasthan and east Uttar Pradesh and at isolated places in south Rajasthan. Isolated hailstorm is likely in Haryana, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh. Heavy rainfall warning: Isolated heavy rain/snow is likely in Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttaranchal during the next 48 hours.

Forecast for Delhi and neighbourhood valid until the morning of 9th February 2005: Generally cloudy sky with light rain/thundershowers in some areas. Mist/fog in the morning. Minimum temperature will be around 10 degree Centigrade..

Farmers weather bulletin for Delhi forecast valid until the morning of 9th February 2005: Light rain is likely at a few places.

Outlook for the subsequent two days: No large change.