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	38.8	27.0
Amritsar	40.6	25.0
Bhuntar	34.6	21.5
Hisar	43.0	31.1
Jammu	38.9	25.5
Karnal	38.4	27.6
Ludhiana	38.6	28.5
Patiala	38.3	28.6
Shimla	24.1	18.2
Sundernagar	32.4	22.6

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	28	0	102
Bangalore	27	20	1	75
Bhopal	36	25	—	43
Bhubaneswar	31	25	6	140
Chennai	36	26	17	99
Dehra Dun	31	24	17	456
Gangtok	22	17	13	573
Guwahati	34	26	1	215
Hyderabad	32	22	23	109
Jaipur	33	23	32	286
Jammu	39	26	6	118
Kolkata	34	27	29	313
Lucknow	35	24	25	289
Mumbai	32	25	45	367
Nagpur	35	25	1	139
New Delhi	41	27	2	73
Panjim	31	27	—	711
Patna	32	27	6	306
Ranchi	31	23	4	266
Shillong	25	18	4	278
Shimla	24	17	0	226
Thiruvananthapuram	30	24	2	312

More rainfall likely in region
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, July 4
Southwest monsoon has further advanced into some more parts of east Rajasthan, northern limit of monsoon passes through atitude 26°N, longitude 70°E, Udaipur, Ajmer, Jaipur, Gwalior, Mainpuri, Bareilly, Dehradun, Shimla and Jammu.

Conditions are becoming favourable for further advance of monsoon into the remaining parts of west Uttar Pradesh, parts of Haryana including Chandigarh and Delhi, Punjab and Rajasthan during the next 48 hours.

Southwest monsoon has been active in east Uttar Pradesh.

Rainfall: Rain or thundershowers have occurred at most places in Uttaranchal, at many places in east Rajasthan and east Uttar Pradesh, at a few places in Haryana and Himachal Pradesh and at isolated places in Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab. Weather was dry in the rest of the region. The chief amounts of rainfall in cm are: Haryana: New Delhi (Palam) 4 and Ayanagar 3, Himachal Pradesh: Kasol 2 and Pandoh 1, Jammu and Kashmir: Katra 3, east Rajasthan: Ajmer, Kishansagar and Meza 7 each, Atru, Shahbad and Umedsagar 5 each, Arwar, Begu and Raipur 4 each, Bhawani Mandi, Chhotiisadari, Chhabra, Chhapidam, Harish Chand Sagar, Kotri, Khairii, Kapatan, Naharsagar and Patan 3 each, Baseri, Chikliwas, Degod, Hindoli, Jaitpura, Kota, Ladpura, Motisagar, Nandsamand, Nawanshahar, Pidawa and Rajasmand 2 each and Bassi,Bhimsagar, Chaksu, Jhalawar and Viratnagar 1 each, east Uttar Pradesh: Elginbridge and Kanpur 4 each, Bhatpurwaghat, Banda, Dalmau, Lucknow A.P. and Shardanagar 3 each, Ghazipur and Regoli 2 each and Chillaghat 1 each and Uttaranchal: Uttarkashi 6, Dehradun 2 and Haripur 1.

Forecast valid until the morning of July 6: Rain or thudnershowers will occur at many places in Himachal Pradesh, east Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal, at a few places in Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab and at isolated places in the rest of the region.

Heavy rainfall warning: Isolated heavy rain iis likely in east Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal during the next 48 hours.

Forecast for Delhi and neighbourhood valid until the morning of July 6: Conditions are becoming favourable for advance of southwest monsoon in Delhi during the next 48 hours.

Generally cloudy sky with possibility of rain/thundershowers in some areas. Maximum temperature will be around 37°C.

Farmers weather bulletin for Delhi: Forecast valid until the mroning of July 6: Light rain is likely at a few places.

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