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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	39.4	26.0
Amritsar	37.2	22.6
Bhuntar	23.8	14.0
Hisar	—	27.3
Jammu	—	25.0
Karnal	38.4	27.2
Ludhiana	37.5	25.7
Patiala	39.4	27.3
Rohtak	—	27.5
Shimla	24.6	15.0
Srinagar	—	11.4
Sundernagar	31.4	19.1

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	40	28	0	1
Bangalore	31	21	3	241
Bhopal	33	26	0	16
Bhubaneswar	38	27	0	173
Chennai	37	26	0	217
Dehra Dun	38	27	0	84
Gangtok	25	17	72	1037
Guwahati	33	25	13	550
Hyderabad	40	24	0	65
Jaipur	38	24	0	38
Jammu	37	25	0	175
Kolkata	36	28	0	309
Lucknow	44	29	0	46
Mumbai	34	28	0	0
New Delhi	40	29	0	43
Panjim	33	27	0	45
Patna	46	29	0	20
Ranchi	38	26	0	23
Shillong	26	18	0	456
Shimla	28	15	tr	185
Srinagar	—	11	8	215
Thiruvananthapuram	33	23	111	498

Rain, duststorms likely in region
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, May 30
Rainfall: Rain/thundershowers have occurred at many places in Jammu and Kashmir and at isolated places in Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan. Weather was mainly dry in the rest of the region. The chief amounts of rainfall in cms. are: Himachal Pradesh — Dhundhi 1; Jammu and Kashmir — Kupwara 1.

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

Departure: They were appreciably above normal in Himachal Pradesh and east Uttar Pradesh, markedly below normal in Jammu and Kashmir, appreciably below normal in east Rajasthan, below normal in west Rajasthan and normal in the rest of the region. The highest maximum temperature in the region was 45.7°C recorded at Varanasi A.P. (Uttar Pradesh).

Forecast valid until the morning of May 31, 2005: Rain/thundershowers are likely at a few places in Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttaranchal and at isolated places in Punjab. Duststorm/thunderstorm is likely at a few places in east Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh and at isolated places in Haryana and west Rajasthan.

Forecast for Delhi and neighbourhood valid until the morning of May 31, 2005: Partly cloudy sky with dust haze. Duststorm/thunderstorm accompanied with squall is likely in some areas. The maximum temperature will be around 41°C.

Farmers weather bulletin for Delhi forecast valid until the morning of May 31, 2005: Duststorm/thunderstorm 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.