The Tribune, Chandigarh, India

SPECIAL COVERAGE

CHANDIGARH

NATIONAL CAPITAL

THE TRIBUNE SPECIALS

50 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE

TERCENTENARY CELEBRATIONS

Extremes
Town	Max (in Celsius)	Min (in Celsius)

Ambala

24.1

13.8

Amritsar

21.4

9.6

Bhuntar

15.3

4.4

Hisar

24.4

14.5

Jammu

16.6

14.5

Ludhiana

23.6

13.9

Patiala

23.5

15.1

Rohtak

—

16.2

Shimla

15.0

5.2

Srinagar

8.3

3.1

Sundernagar

22.4

6.1

NATION

Read under headings Max (maximum temperature), Min (minimum temperature), R (rainfall in past 24 hours) and TR (total rainfall):

Station	Max	Min	R	TR
Ahmedabad	31	15	0	0
Bangalore	27	18	0	235
Bhopal	30	15	0	4
Chennai	30	23	0	323
Dehra Dun	23	13	6	13
Gangtok	19	08	0	253
Guwahati	26	12	0	205
Hyderabad	28	12	0	168
Jaipur	26	17	0	6
Kolkata	27	16	0	386
Mumbai	31	23	0	5
New Delhi	25	17	1	1
Panjim	33	21	0	58
Patna	28	12	0	132
Ranchi	25	10	0	366
Shillong	18	08	0	—
Srinagar	12	03	2	34

Rain, snow in HP, Uttaranchal
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, December 13
Rainfall: Rain or snow has occurred at many plaes in Himachal Pradesh and Uttaranchal and at a few places in Jammu and Kashmir. Rain or thundershowers have occurred at many places in Haryana, at a few places in Punjab and at isolated places in west Uttar Pradesh. Weather was dry in the rest of the region. Banihal and Batote (Jammu and Kashmir) each recorded 1 cm of precipitation.

Temperatures: Past 24 hours change: Minimum temperatures rose in Haryana, Punjab and east Rajasthan and changed little elsewhere. Departure: They were largely above normal in Punjab and east Rajasthan, markedly above normal in Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir, appreciably above normal in west Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal and above normal in Himachal Pradesh. The lowest temperature in the plains was 9.1°C recorded at Bikaner (Rajasthan).

Forecast valid until the morning of December 15: Rain or snow is likely at a few places in Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttaranchal. Rain or thundershowers are likely at isolated places in Haryana, Punjab, north Rajasthan and west Uttar Pradesh. Weather will be mainly dry in the rest of the region.

Forecast for Delhi and neighbourhood valid until the morning of December 15: Partly cloudy sky with possibility of light rain or thundershowers in some areas. Mist/fog in the morning. Minimum temperature will be around 11°C.

Farmers weather bulletin for Delhi: Forecast valid until the morning of December 15: Light rain is likely at a few palces.

Outlook for the subsequent two days: No large change.

Snow, rain in region dip mercury

Chandigarh, December 13
The higher reaches of Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh received fresh snow while the plains of Punjab and Haryana were lashed by rains today, intensifying the cold conditions in the region.

The ski resort of Gulmarg and hill areas of Baramula and the Siachen received snow in J-K while Dhundi, Patsio and the tribal areas of Lahaul-Spiti, Kinnaur and Pangi were covered by a white blanket, Meteorological Department sources said here.

Srinagar (1.6 mm) and Jammu (1.2 mm) were lashed by rains. Icy cold winds sweeping the Kashmir valley made people groan under intense chill.

Shimla was lashed by heavy rain and strong winds kept the mercury down while Sundernagar, Nahan, Una, Rampur, Sunni, Manali, Solang nullah and Sujanpur Tihra also received rains.

Chandigarh witnessed an overcast sky since morning today and sharp showers kept the day temperature down. The neighbouring towns of Ambala, Kurukshetra in Haryana also reported rains. Rohtak was also lashed by rains. In Punjab, Amritsar, Ludhiana, the Nangal dam area, Ropar and Patiala received some showers.

The Met has forecast moderate rain or snow at many places in Himachal Pradesh while light-to-moderate rain has been forecast at some places in Punjab and Haryana over the next two days. — PTI