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	—	18.3
Amritsar	33.4	19.0
Bhuntar	24.9	11.6
Hisar	—	20.8
Jammu	—	19.1
Ludhiana	32.5	15.0
Patiala	33.3	17.0
Rohtak	—	21.5
Shimla	19.5	10.7
Srinagar	—	12.2
Sundernagar	28.0	17.1

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	41	23	0	1
Bangalore	28	20	5	41
Bhopal	41	23	0	14
Bhubaneswar	36	24	0	61
Chennai	32	25	2	164
Dehra Dun	32	20	0	62
Gangtok	—	12	51	232
Guwahati	26	20	tr	167
Hyderabad	37	23	0	21
Jaipur	39	20	0	3
Jammu	32	19	0	145

Squall at isolated places in region
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, April 8
Rainfall: Rain/thundershowers have occurred at many places in Jammu and Kashmir and at a few places in Himachal Pradesh. Weather was mainly dry in the rest of the region. The chief amounts of rainfall in cm are: Himachal Pradesh: Solang Nala 3, Bhang 2 and Dhundi 1 and Jammu and Kashmir: Kupwara 1.

Temperature: Past 24 hours change: The maximum temperatures fell appreciably in Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and west Rajasthan, fell in Uttaranchal and changed little elsewhere.

Departure: They were appreciably above normal in Haryana, Punjab, east Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, appreciably below normal in Himachal Pradesh and normal in the rest of the region. The highest maximum temperature in the region was 42.5°C recorded at New Delhi (Palam).

Forecast valid until the morning of April 10: Rain/thundershowers will occur at many places in Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttaranchal, at a few places in Punjab and at isolated places in Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. Weather will be mainly dry in the rest of the region. Isolated squall is likely in Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal.

Forecast for Delhi and neighbourhood valid until the morning of April 10 : Mainly clear sky with dust haze with possibility of thundry development accompanied with squall in some areas towards evening/night. Fall in day temperature. the maximum temperature will be around 37°C.

Farmers weather bulletin for Delhi forecast valid until the morning of April 10: Development of thunder clouds is likely at a few places. Squall with wind speed exceeding 65 Km. p.h. is likely at isolated places.

Outlook for the subsequent two days: No large change.