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	41.0	20.4
Amritsar	40.4	22.0
Bhuntar	33.2	12.6
Hisar	—	26.3
Karnal	39.6	22.0
Ludhiana	40.6	24.4
Patiala	41.0	23.7
Rohtak	—	25.4
Shimla	26.8	16.6
Srinagar	—	08.8
Sundernagar	33.6	17.6

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	42	30	0	1
Bangalore	35	19	24	159
Bhopal	43	27	1	16
Bhubaneswar	40	30	0	171
Chennai	39	29	0	217
Dehra Dun	36	22	0	84
Gangtok	19	15	33	793
Guwahati	32	25	6	478
Hyderabad	41	25	0	65
Jaipur	41	26	0	38
Kolkata	35	28	0	309
Lucknow	42	28	0	46
Mumbai	34	28	0	0
New Delhi	40	26	0	43
Panjim	34	27	0	45
Patna	38	27	0	20
Shillong	21	15	45	444
Thiruvananthapuram	33	27	—	355

Thunderstorm likely in Haryana
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, May 24
Rainfall: Rain/thundershowers have occurred at many places in Jammu and Kashmir and at isolated places in Himachal Pradesh and Uttaranchal. Weather was mainly dry in the rest of the region. The chief amounts of rainfall in cm are: Jammu and Kashmir: Pahalgam 2; and Uttaranchal: Pantnagar 1.

Temperature: Past 24 hours change: The maximum temperatures changed a little. Departure: This was appreciably below normal in Jammu and Kashmir and normal in the rest of the region. The highest maximum temperature in the region was 44.7°C recorded at Jhansi (Uttar Pradesh).

Forecast valid until the morning of May 26: Rain/thundershowers will occur at many places in Himachal Pradesh and at a few places in Jammu and Kashmir and Uttaranchal. Isolated dust storm/thunderstorm is likely in Haryana, east Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. Weather will be mainly dry in the rest of the region.

Forecast for Delhi and neighbourhood valid until the morning of May 26: Mainly clear sky with dust haze with possibility of thundry development accompanied with squall in some areas during evening/night. Rise in day temperature. The maximum temperature will be around 42°C.

Farmers weather bulletin for Delhi forecast valid until the morning of May 26: Development of thunderclouds likely at a few places. Squall with wind speed exceeding 65 kmph is likely at isolated places.

Outlook for the subsequent two days: No large change.