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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	31.2	24.9
Amritsar	29.8	22.0
Bhuntar	21.3	16.1
Hisar	—	24.1
Jammu	—	19.8
Karnal	34.0	25.0
Ludhiana	24.0	22.2
Patiala	29.5	25.7
Shimla	20.1	13.0
Srinagar	—	15.1
Sundernagar	24.0	17.3

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	38	26	0	78
Bangalore	32	21	10	53
Bhopal	41	27	0	0
Bhubaneswar	35	28	0	181
Chennai	38	28	5	38
Dehra Dun	35	22	0	13
Gangtok	22	16	2	246
Guwahati	30	24	0	94
Hyderabad	39	23	0	11
Jaipur	39	23	5	98
Kolkata	35	24	5	65
Lucknow	39	27	0	147
Mumbai	34	28	1	184
Panjim	33	24	20	301
Patna	39	29	0	239
Ranchi	36	23	0	221
Shillong	26	17	2	85
Thiruvananthapuram	33	25	0	17

Rain, thundershowers likely in region
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, June 16
Rainfall: Rain, thundershowers have occurred at most places in Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir and at isolated places in Haryana and Punjab. Weather was mainly dry in the rest of the region.

The chief amounts of rainfall in cm are: Haryana: Guhla and Rewari 2 each and Hissar 1, Himachal Pradesh: Hamirpur 5, Shimla 3, Kandaghat and Solan 2 each, Barsar, Sundernagar, Dhundhi and Dharampur 1 each Punjab: Amritsar 1 and Jammu and Kashmir: Udhampur, Batote and Bhaderwah 2 each, Jammu, Quaziqund, Banihal, Phalgam and Katra 1 each.

Temperatures: Past 24 hours change: The maximum temperatures fell in Himachal Pradesh and changed little elsewhere. Departure: This was above normal in east Uttar Pradesh, markedly below normal in Himachal Pradesh and normal in the rest of the region. The highest temperature in the region was 42.3°C recorded at Varanasi A.P. (Uttar Pradesh).

Forecast valid until the morning of June 18: Rain, thundershowers will occur at many places in Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttaranchal and at a few places in Punjab and east Uttar Pradesh. Isolated dust-storm, thunderstorm is likely in Haryana, Rajasthan and west Uttar Pradesh. Isolated thundersquall is likely in Himachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal and east Uttar Pradesh.

Forecast for Delhi and neighbourhood valid until the morning of June 18: Mainly clear sky with dust haze. Duststrom, thunderstorm accompanied with squall is likely in some areas. The maximum temperature will be around 40°C.

Farmers' weather bulletin for Delhi: forecast valid until the morning
of June 18: Duststorm, thunderstorm 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.