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	36.7	22.2
Amritsar	38.3	18.4
Bhuntar	24.7	16.1
Hisar	38.7	22.1
Jammu	—	21.0
Karnal	34.6	23.5
Ludhiana	36.0	19.4
Patiala	37.3	21.6
Shimla	22.5	13.2
Srinagar	—	13.9
Sundernagar	30.5	18.2

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	26	0	4
Allahabad	38	27	0	57
Bangalore	34	19	24	244
Bhopal	41	28	0	126
Bhubaneswar	33	25	0	130
Chennai	41	27	0	40
Dehradun	26	20	23	220
Gangtok	24	17	0	636
Guwahati	33	23	0	419
Hyderabad	42	27	0	138
Jaipur	41	25	1	37
Kolkata	35	26	0	78
Lucknow	36	25	0	91
Mumbai	34	27	0	7
Nagpur	43	29	0	96

Squall likely in Haryana, Punjab

New Delhi, May 17
Heat wave conditions continue to prevail in some parts of west Rajasthan.

Rainfall: Rain/thundershowers have occurred at most places in Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir, at many places in Punjab and Uttaranchal, at a few places in Haryana and east Rajasthan and at isolated places in west Rajasthan and west Uttar Pradesh. Weather was dry in the rest of the region.

The chief amounts of rainflal in cms are: Haryana: Bhiwani and Sirsa 1 each; Himachal: Berthin 7, Dharamsala 6, Kangra and Nadaun 4 each, Dehra Gopipur, Guler, Jogindernagar and Nalagarh 3 each, Karsog, Kandaghat and Shimla 2 each and Kahu, Kasol, Nagrota Surian, Solan and Sundernagar 1 each; Jammu and Kashmir: Batote and Katra 2 each and Banihal, Jammu and Srinagar 1 each; and Punjab: Nangal 3, Muktsar 2 and Gurdaspur, Nawanshahr and Raya 1 each.

Temperatures: Past 24 hours change: The maximum temperature rose markedly in east Uttar Pradesh, rose in west Rajasthan, fell in Uttaranchal and changed little elsewhere.

Departure: They were appreciably above normal in Jammu and Kashmir, above normal in Himachal Pradesh and west Rajasthan, appreciably below normal in Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal, below normal in Haryana and normal in the rest of the region. The highest temperature in the region was 45.6C recorded at Churu.

Forecast valid until the morning of May 19: Rain/thundershowers will occur at many places in Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttaranchal and at a few places in Haryana, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh. Isolated duststorm/thunderstorm is likely in Rajasthan. Isolated squalls are likely in Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, west Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal.

Forecast for Delhi and neighbourhood valid until the morning of May 19: Partly cloudy sky with possibility of light rain/thundershowers accompanied with squall in some areas.

Farmers weather bulletin for Delhi until the morning of May 19: Light rain is likely at a few places. Squall with wind speed exceeding 65 km ph is likely at isolated places.

Outlook for the subsequent two days: No large change.