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	37.1	26.5
Amritsar	35.2	24.6
Bhuntar	31.8	19.9
Hisar	39.1	27.8
Jammu	—	25.8
Karnal	35.8	27.0
Ludhiana	36.0	27.0
Patiala	35.9	29.0
Shimla	24.4	15.8
Srinagar	—	14.1
Sundernagar	32.4	21.1

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	33	27	1	119
Bangalore	29	21	—	326
Bhopal	25	—	05	150
Bhubaneswar	34	28	0	242
Chennai	36	28	0	111
Dehra Dun	30	21	40	738
Guwahati	30	26	11	493
Hyderabad	32	23	—	179
Jaipur	39	27	00	37
Jammu	35	26	00	304
Kolkata	33	28	01	391
Lucknow	33	26	10	382
Mumbai	30	25	12	636
New Delhi	37	27	3	83
Panjim	33	25	9	940
Patna	33	25	05	511
Ranchi	29	22	1	371
Shillong	20	17	51	—
Shimla	25	16	9	330
Thiruvananthapuram	31	24	13	407

Monsoon advances towards region
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, July 18
South-west monsoon has further advanced towards remaining parts of Haryana, Punjab and Rajasthan, thus covering the entire region. Monsoon has been active in east Rajasthan, east Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal.

Rainfall: Rain or thundershowers have occurred at most places in Uttar Pradesh, at many places in Rajasthan, west Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal and at isolated places in Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab. Weather was mainly dry in the rest of the region. The chief amountof rainfall in centimeters are -East Rajasthan: Kapasan 13, Bhansroadgarh 12, Railmogra 9, Bhadesar, Bijolia and Mejadam 7 each, Dungla, Kharidam and Nimbahera 6 each, Bhim, Baseri, Chhatisadri, Khandar, Merta, Rawatbhata and Todaraisingh 5 each, Barisadri, Dholpur, Gangrar, Gangapur, Jaitpura, Jawaja, Mandawar, Matrikundia, Mandal, Masuda, Tatgarh and Udaipur city 4 each, Ajanbandh, Bhilwara, Bhinay, Chandsen, Devgarh, Manoharthana, Nagaur, Talabpura, Udaipur A.P. and Vijaynagar 3 each, Beawar, Devel, Rajsamand and Talabshahi 2 each and Bassi, Raipur and Rajgarh 1 each, West Rajasthan: Marwar junction 8, Bilara 7, Raipur 6, Sojat 5, Desuri and Jetrain 4 each and Bhopalgarh and Sumerpur 1 each, East Uttar Pradesh: Bhatpurwaghat 14, Khadda 10, Kakrahi 8, Bhinga 7, Bansi, Dalmau and Elginbridge 6 each, Jaunpur and Regoli 4 each, Allahabad and Balrampur 3 each, Basti, Birdghat, Palliakalan, Shardanagar and Turtipar 2 each and Ballia, Ghazipur, Lucknow and Mukhlishpur 1 each.West Uttar Pradesh: Ankinghat 5, Etawah 3, and Mohana, Narora and Kalp 1 each and Uttaranchal: Banbasa 13, Uttarkashi 6, Dehradun 4, Hardwar 3, Haripur, Joshimath and Rishikesh 2 each and Morara, Rudraprayag and Srinagar 1 each.

Forecast valid until the morning of July 20: Rain or thundershowers will occur at many places in east Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal and at a few places in the rest of the region.

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

Forecast for Delhi and neighbourhood valid until the morning of July 20: partly cloudy sky with possibility of light rain/thundery development in some areas.

Farmers’ weather bulletin for Delhi: Forecast valid until the morning of July 20: Light rain is likely at a few places.