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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	37.2	27.6
Amritsar	41.5	27.0
Bhuntar	34.0	14.0
Hisar	43.4	26.5
Jammu	—	30.5
Karnal	36.4	27.4
Ludhiana	39.0	27.7
Patiala	38.1	27.7
Shimla	24.6	17.0
Srinagar	—	16.1
Sundernagar	34.0	22.6

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	41	27	0	11
Allahabad	33	25	0	57
Bangalore	34	23	0	220
Baroda	39	27	0	1
Bhopal	41	28	0	126
Bhubaneswar	39	22	47	130
Bhuj	36	27	0	11
Chennai	39	29	0	40
Dehra-Dun	34	25	0	197
Gangtok	23	16	0	636
Guwahati	33	23	0	419
Gaya	37	24	12	39
Hyderabad	41	27	0	138
Jaipur	42	27	0	35
Kolkata	34	24	0	79
Lucknow	31	22	2	97
Mangalore	33	17	0	15
Mumbai	34	28	0	7
Nagpur	45	30	0	96
Patna	35	26	0	25
Pune	37	23	0	4
Rajkot	41	26	0	1
Shillong	23	15	0	142
Thiruvananthapuram	34	26	0	139
Visakhapatnam	37	27	3	80

Rain likely in Himachal Pradesh
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, May 16
Rainfall: Rain/thundershowers have occurred at a few places in east Uttar Pradesh, at isolated places in Haryana, east Rajasthan and Uttaranchal. Weather was mainly dry in the rest of the region. The chief amounts of rainfall in cms are: East Rajasthan: Pilani 1.

Temperature: Past 24 hours change: The maximum temperatures fell markedly in east Uttar Pradesh, fell in west Uttar Pradesh and changed little elsewhere.

Departure: They were markedly above normal in Jammu and Kashmir, appreciably above normal in Himachal Pradesh, largely below normal in east Uttar Pradesh, appreciably below normal in west Uttar Pradesh and normal in the rest of the region. The highest temperature in the region was 45.8C recorded at Sriganganagar (Rajasthan).

Forecast valid until the morning of May 18: Rain/thundershowers are likely at a few places in Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal and at isolated places in Punjab and Haryana. Isolated duststorm/thunderstorm is likely in east Rajasthan. Weather will mainly be dry in the rest of the region. Isolated thunder-squalls are likely in Haryana, Punjab and west Uttar Pradesh.

Forecast for Delhi and neighbourhood valid until the morning of May 18: Partly cloudy sky with possibility of light rain/thundery development accompanied with squall in some areas. The maximum temperature will be around 40 °C.

Farmers’ weather bulletin for Delhi forecast valid until the morning of May 18: Light rain is 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.