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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	23.2	9.4
Amritsar	22.6	5.8
Bhuntar	17.1	1.7
Chandigarh	23.8	9.6
Hisar	24.4	10.8
Jammu	—	8.7
Karnal	23.0	9.6
Ludhiana	23.2	6.6
Patiala	23.5	9.5
Rohtak	—	10.0
Shimla	14.2	5.1
Srinagar	—	-0.5
Sundernagar	20.6	2.4

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	30	15	0	0
Bangalore	27	15	0	92
Bhopal	26	15	0	31
Bhubaneswar	31	19	0	102
Chennai	30	22	0	937
Dehra Dun	23	7	0	19
Gangtok	13	8	0	102
Hyderabad	31	17	0	68
Jaipur	27	8	0	4
Kolkata	28	15	0	158
Lucknow	27	10	0	39
Mumbai	31	23	0	254
New Delhi	26	11	0	3
Panjim	34	19	0	398
Patna	27	10	0	7
Ranchi	25	11	0	38
Shillong	14	6	0	128
Srinagar	12	-1	0	89
Thiruvananthapuram	34	21	0	887

Heavy snowfall likely in Himachal
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, December 2
Rainfall: Weather was dry over the region. Temperature: Past 24 hours change: The minimum temperatures changed little. Departure: They were normal over the region. The lowest temperature in the plains was 4C recorded at Adampur (Punjab) and Sarsawa (Uttar Pradesh).

Forecast valid until the morning of December 4: During next 24 hours, rain/snow is likely at isolated places over Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttaranchal whereas mainly dry weather is likely in the rest of the region. After 24 hours, rain/snow is likely at many places over Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttaranchal and rain/thundershowers are likely at a few places over west Rajasthan, Punjab and Haryana, including Chandigarh and Delhi, and over west Uttar Pradesh. Weather will be mainly dry in the rest of the region. Heavy rainfall warning: Isolated heavy rain/snow is likely over Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir after 24 hours.

Outlook for the subsequent two days: Increase in precipitation over Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttaranchal, west Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab and west Uttar Pradesh with possibility of heavy snowfall in Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttaranchal.

Forecast for Delhi and neighbourhood valid until the morning of December 4: Mainly clear sky, likely to become partly cloudy towards evening. Mist is likely in the morning. The minimum temperature will be around 13C.

Farmers’ weather bulletin for Delhi, forecast valid until the morning of December 4: Sky will be partly cloudy.

Outlook for the subsequent two days: Increase in rainfall likely.

Snow in higher reaches of HP

Chandigarh, December 2
Higher reaches in Himachal Pradesh experienced fresh snow today, plummeting the temperatures in the plains in the north-west region.

People reeled under cold climatic conditions in Punjab and Haryana with the temperatures staying low. Cold surface winds blew across the plains.

Adampur, Halwara, Ambala, Sirsa, Sarsawa, Srinagar and Jammu experienced haze in the morning.

High altitude areas in Lahaul-Spiti and Kinnaur had another spell of snow, making the people groan under severe cold wave conditions.

Rohtang Pass and the Dhauladhar also had snow.

Cold wave conditions also prevailed in many areas of Kulu, Chamba and Shimla districts. The minimum settled at 1.7 degrees at Bhuntar while Sunderdnagar recorded 2.4 degrees and Una 2 degrees.

Shimla and its surrounding areas also reeled under cold climatic conditions even as the minimum rose in the capital town to 5.1 degrees from 4.1 degrees celsius recorded yesterday.

In Punjab, Amritsar reeled under cold climatic conditions with the minimum hovering 5.8°C Ludhiana recorded 6.6°C one degree below normal, and Patiala 9.5°C.

In Haryana, the mercury dipped at Naranaul, Rohtak, Karnal and Hisar, respectively recording the minimum temperatures at 5 degrees, 10 degrees, 9.6 degrees and 10.8 degrees. — UNI