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	23.0	14.5
Amritsar	26.4	12.6
Bhuntar	19.1	11.2
Karnal	23.0	15.3
Ludhiana	24.2	14.3
Patiala	24.1	9.6
Shimla	10.5	5.6
Srinagar	—	3.0
Sundernagar	19.3	12.4

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	26	17	2	2
Bangalore	29	19	3	80
Bhopal	27	15	45	90
Bhubaneswar	37	21	0	5
Chennai	33	25	0	26
Dehra Dun	27	16	0	1
Gangtok	19	13	0	0
Guwahati	34	18	0	0
Hyderabad	32	18	7	35
Jaipur	28	16	0	0
Kolkata	36	24	0	0
Lucknow	34	18	4	4
Mumbai	28	20	7	7
New Delhi	30	19	0	3
Panjim	32	22	44	44
Patna	32	21	0	0
Ranchi	33	19	0	5
Shillong	23	13	0	0
Thiruvananthapuram	33	23	0	48
Visakhapatnam	34	24	0	0

Heavy rain, snow likely in Uttaranchal
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, March 11
Rainfall: Rain/snow has occurred at most places in Himachal Pradesh and Uttaranchal. Rain/thundershowers have occurred at most places in Haryana and east Uttar Pradesh, at many places in Punjab, Rajasthan and west Uttar Pradesh. Weather was mainly dry in the rest of the region. The chief amounts of rainfall in cm are: Haryana: Ambala 5, Chandigarh, Delhi Ridge and Naraingarh 4 each, Kalka and Karnal 3 each, Ayanagar, New Delhi (Palam) and Sirsa 2 each and Hisar, New Delhi (Safdarjung), Panchkula and Rohtak 1 each, and Bhuntar, Kahu, Pandoh and Sunibhaji 1 each, Punjab: Patiala 3 and Balachaur, Ludhiana and Nangal 1 each, East Rajasthan: Jhalawar 4 and Kota and Swai Madhopur 1 each, West Rajasthan: Bikaner and Churu 1 each, East Uttar Pradesh: Varanasi A.P. 2 and Bahraich, Sultanpur and Varanasi City 1 each, West Uttar Pradesh: Sarsawa 5 and Hindon 4 and Uttaranchal: Dehradun 9 and Mukteshwar and Tehri 3 each.

Temperatures: Past 24 hours change: The maximum temperatures fell largely in Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, fell markedly in Uttaranchal, fell appreciably in Punjab and Rajasthan, fell in Himachal Pradesh and changed little elsewhere.

Departure: This was above normal in Jammu and Kashmir, largely below normal in west Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, markedly below normal in Haryana and east Rajasthan, appreciably below normal in Punjab and Uttaranchal and normal in rest of the region. The highest temperature in the region was 26.4°C recorded at Udaipur A.P. (Rajasthan).

Past 24 hours change: The minimum temperatures fell appreciably in Punjab and Uttaranchal, fell in Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir and east Uttar Pradesh and changed little elsewhere.

Departure: This was appreciably above normal in Haryana and Himachal Pradesh and normal in the rest of the region. The lowest temperature in the plains was 9.6°C recorded at Patiala (Punjab).

Forecast valid until the morning of March 13: Rain/snow will occur at many places in Himachal Pradesh and Uttaranchal and at a few places in Jammu and Kashmir. Rain/thundershowers will occur at many places in east Uttar Pradesh, at a few places in east Rajasthan and west Uttar Pradesh and at isolated places in the rest of the region. Isolated hailstorms/thundersqualls are likely in east Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal.

Heavy rainfall warning: Isolated heavy rain/snow is likely in Uttaranchal during the next 36 hours.

Forecast for Delhi and neighbourhood valid until the morning of March 13: Partly cloudy sky with possibility of light rain/thundershowers in some areas. Weather is likely to improve by tomorrow. The maximum and minimum temperatures will be around 26°C and 13°C respectively.

Farmers weather bulletin for Delhi forecast valid until the morning of
March 13: Light rain or thundershowers are likely at a few places.

Outlook for the subsequent two days: No large change.