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	39.6	27.6
Amritsar	40.6	27.3
Bhuntar	34.6	18.1
Hisar	44.4	30.7
Karnal	—	29.3
Ludhiana	40.0	28.5
Patiala	38.8	29.2
Shimla	27.4	17.3
Srinagar	—	17.3
Sundernagar	35.3	22.0

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	38	17	0	100
Bangalore	30	19	3	73
Bhopal	38	25	0	43
Bhubaneswar	37	29	0	131
Chennai	37	27	-	81
Dehra Dun	35	25	0	359
Gangtok	-	18	1	503
Guwahati	33	26	0	205
Hyderabad	32	24	0	30
Jaipur	40	30	0	30
Kolkata	35	28	3	282
Lucknow	41	29	0	265
Mumbai	31	27	1	311
New Delhi	41	30	0	71
Panjim	25	25	7	598
Patna	39	28	0	301
Ranchi	33	23	1	249
Shillong	25	17	0	306
Thiruvananthapuram	31	24	3	263
Visakhapatnam	38	29	0	216

Mercury soars further, no change likely
Tribune news Service

New Delhi, July 1
The hot and dry weather conditions intensified in the capital with the mercury shooting up further to 41.5 degree C today, making the wait for the monsson, expected this week, more painful. For the third day today, the sun shone bright as there was no cloud cover.

The maximum temperature, which had started rising after June 25, crossed 40 degree C yesterday and the sun shone brightly as there was no cloud cover.

The maximum temperature, which started rising after June 25, crossed 40 degree C yesterday. The weather office said the intense heat over the last three days might create some conditions locally under which squall or thundery developments may take place, bringing down the temperature.

Rainfall: Rain or thundershowers have occurred at isolated places in Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttaranchal. Weather was mainly dry in the rest of the region. The chief amounts of rainfall in cm are: Himachal Pradesh; Dharampur 5, Berthin and Jhaundutta 2 each and Baijnath 1.

Forecast valid until the morning of July 3: Rain or thundershowers are likely at isolated places in Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, west Rajasthan, east Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal. Weather will be mainly dry in the rest of the region.

Forecast for Delhi and neighbourhood valid the morning of July: Sultry day likely to become partly cloudy towards afternoon with possibility of thundery development accompanied with squall in some areas. Maximum temperature will be around 40 degree C.

Farmers weather bulletin for Delhii forecast valid until the morning of July 3: Development of thunderclouds likely at a few places. Squall with wind speed exceeding 65 km.p.h. Likely at isolated places.

Outlook for the subsequent two days: No large change.