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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	33.9	25.7
Amritsar	29.2	24.0
Bhuntar	29.9	17.8
Hisar	35.4	27.3
Jammu	26.8	23.3
Karnal	33.0	25.8
Ludhiana	32.4	24.4
Patiala	32.5	25.6
Shimla	20.6	15.7
Srinagar	23.3	18.5
Sundernagar	28.7	21.0

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	31	25	32	533
Bangalore	27	19	0	203
Bhopal	29	22	4	557
Bhubaneswar	29	25	4	770
Chennai	37	26	0	217
Dehra Dun	28	23	24	1036
Gangtok	21	17	13	1226
Guwahati	33	25	0	443
Hyderabad	24	22	10	430
Jaipur	33	24	0	275
Kolkata	29	24	8	770
Lucknow	30	24	0	585
Mumbai	27	25	44	1443
Panjim	28	23	27	1221
Patna	32	26	0	629
Ranchi	28	21	0	804
Thiruvananthapuram	32	24	0	362

Rains lash many places in North

Chandigarh, August 6
Moderate to heavy rains lashed many places in Himachal Pradesh and a few places in Punjab and Haryana today, with the local Met Department predicting more rains in the region during the next two days.

Shimla was lashed by 16.4 mm of rain during the day and the residents experienced a cold day as the maximum plummetted to 20.6°C.

Pandoh, Rampur, Chamba, Nadaun, Sujanpur Tira, Nagrota Surien, Gamrur, Kahu and Kasol in HP were also lashed by rains.

The maximum at Chandigarh settled at 33°C as light rains lashed some parts of the city. Ambala in Haryana received 11 mm of rain during the day and the high there touched 33.9°C. Kalka and Panchkula were also lashed by light showers.

Srinagar (6 mm) and Jammu (4.6 mm) were also lashed by rains while Madhopur town in Punjab, bordering Jammu, was lashed by heavy rains at 40.4 mm.

Among other places in Punjab, the Shahpur Kandi area received 40.2 mm of rain and Balachaur was lashed by 21.1 mm.

Patiala received 14 mm of rain while Amritsar had a pleasant day at 29.2°C after receiving 7 mm of rain.

Hisar in Haryana and Safdarjung in Delhi braved some sultry weather recording respective maximums of 35.4°C and 34.5°C.

The Met has forecast moderate to rather heavy rain or thunder showers at many places in HP and Punjab and at a few places in Haryana over the next two days.The possibility of heavy rain is there at isolated places in HP, north and north-east parts of Punjab and extreme northern places in Haryana. — PTI

Widespread rain likely in HP, J&K
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, August 6
Monsoon has been active in Jammu and Kashmir.

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

Forecast valid until the morning of August 8: Rain/thundershowers will occur at many places in Himachal Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir and at a few places in rest of the region.

Heavy rainfall warning: Heavy to very heavy rain is likely at a few places in Himachal Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir during the next 48 hours.

Forecast for Delhi and neighbourhood valid until the morning of August 8: Generally cloudy sky with possibility of one or two spells of rain/thundershowers.