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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	40.4	26.0
Amritsar	41.6	24.9
Bhunter	31.6	13.8
Hisar	42.0	29.8
Karnal	38.7	26.4
Ludhiana	39.6	26.0
Patiala	39.3	27.3
Rohtak	—	29.3
Shimla	28.4	17.2
Srinagar	25.6	—
Sundernagar	28.1	19.5

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	41	27	0	1
Bangalore	31	21	0	100
Bhopal	43	31	0	1
Bhubaneswar	46	30	0	3
Chennai	41	30	0	4
Dehra Dun	38	24	0	tr
Gangtok	24	18	17	231
Guwahati	33	27	3	16
Gaya	46	29	0	0
Hyderabad	38	29	0	11
Jaipur	41	27	0	7
Kolkata	38	30	0	58
Kolhapur	33	22	0	25
Lucknow	44	27	0	0
Mahabaleshwar	27	19	0	10
Mangalore	33	25	0	183
Mumbai	35	25	10	13
Nagpur	45	34	0	2
New Delhi	41	30	0	29
Panjim	33	24	23	69
Patna	42	27	0	0
Pune	36	25	0	6
Ranchi	42	27	0	7
Shillong	25	19	20	82
Thiruvanathapuram	32	25	8	141

Rain likely in HP, Punjab
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, June 14
Heat wave conditions continue to prevail in east Uttar Pradesh. they have abated form east Rajasthan and west Uttar Pradesh.

Rainfall: Rain/thundershowers have occurred at a few places in Rajasthan and at isolated places in Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir. Weather was dry in the rest of the region. The chief amounts of rainfall in cm are: Jammu and Kashmir: Pahalgam 1; East Rajasthan: Railmogra 3 Ladnu 2 and Asind, Banera, Hurda, Mandal, Raipur, Sharda, Udaipur AP, Loharia and Pindwara 1 each, West Rajasthan: Kolayat 1.

Temperature: Past 24 hours change: The maximum temperatures rose in Jammu and Kashmir and changed little elsewhere. Departure: They were markedly above normal in east Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal, appreciably above normal in west Uttar Pradesh, below normal in Jammu and Kahsmir, Punjab and west Rajasthan and normal in the rest of the region. The highest maximum temperature in the region was 45.2°C recorded at Varanasi AP (Uttar Pradesh).

Forecast valid until the morning of June 16: Rain/thundershowers are likely at a few places in Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab and Uttaranchal. Duststorm/ thunderstorm is likely at a few places in Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. Isolated thundersqualls are likely in Himachal Pradesh, Jammu division of Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab and Uttaranchal.

Forecast for Delhi and neighbourhood valid until the morning of June 16: Partly cloudy sky with dust haze. Duststorm/thunderstorm accompanied with squall is likely in some areas. The maximum temperature will be around 39°C.

Farmers’ weather bulletin for Delhi: Forecast valid until the morning
of June 16: Duststorm/thunderstorm is likely at a few places. Squall with wind speed exceeding 65 km ph is likely is likely at isolated places.

Outlook for the subsequent two days: No large change.

No cause for alarm on monsoon front
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, June 14
The government today stressed that there was no cause for alarm with regard to foodgrain production claiming that the monsoon was likely to be “satisfactory” despite being late as was the situation in 2003.

“The situation today is similar to that of 2003 and only two divisions have received excess rainfall so far.

But that year (2003) finally saw a bounty rainfall”, senior Agriculture Ministry officials said.

They said the situation could be salvaged, though it was too early to project any production target for 2005-06.

The meeting of the Crop-Weather Watch Group, headed by Agriculture Secretary Radha Singh yesterday took stock of the situation and it was felt that the monsoon would advance further in the next few days.