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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	27.0	11.7
Amritsar	28.6	8.7
Bhuntar	24.0	6.8
Dharamsala	—	11.7
Hisar	—	13.8
Karnal	28.0	10.7
Ludhiana	29.4	10.3
Patiala	29.1	11.5
Shimla	16.6	8.4
Srinagar	—	4.4
Sundernagar	27.4	7.9

NATION

Read under headings Max (maximum temperature), Min (minimum temperature), R (rainfall in past 24 hours) and TR (total rainfall):

Stations	Max	Min	R	TR
Ahmedabad	35	16	0	0
Bangalore	32	19	0	0
Bhopal	32	17	42	45
Bhubaneswar	35	23	0	0
Chennai	33	25	5	26
Dehra Dun	27	12	0	0
Gangtok	19	10	0	0
Guwahati	32	13	0	0
Hyderabad	33	21	12	12
Jaipur	33	19	0	0
Kolkata	33	21	0	0
Lucknow	32	12	0	0
Mumbai	32	23	0	0
New Delhi	31	12	0	0
Panjim	33	24	0	0
Patna	31	13	0	0
Shillong	22	09	0	0
Thiruvananthapuram	34	25	32	30

Above normal temperatures in region
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, March 4
Rainfall: Weather was dry over the region.

Temperatures: Past 24 hours change: The maximum temperatures rose in west Uttar Pradesh and changed little elsewhere.

Departure: They were markedly above normal in Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir, appreciably above normal in Rajasthan and Uttaranchal and above normal in the rest of the region. The highest temperature in the region was 35.8°C recorded at Barmer (Rajasthan).

Past 24 hours change: The minimum temperatures rose appreciably in east Rajasthan, rose in west Rajasthan and changed little elsewhere. Departure: They were appreciably above normal in Rajasthan, above normal in Himachal Pradesh and west Uttar Pradesh and normal in the rest of the region. The lowest temperature in the plains was 8.7°C recorded at Amritsar (Punjab).

Forecast valid until the morning of March 6, 2006: Rain/snow is likely at a few places in Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir and at isolated places in Uttaranchal. Rain/thundershowers are likely at isolated places in Punjab and west Rajasthan. Weather will be mainly dry in the rest of the region.

Forecast for Delhi and neighbourhood valid until the morning of March 6, 2006: Partly cloudy sky. Mist in the morning. The maximum and minimum temperatures will be around 30°C and 12°C respectively.

Farmers weather bulletin for Delhi forecast valid until the morning of March 6, 2006: Sky will be partly cloudy.

Outlook for the subsequent two days: No large change.