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	34.2	23.6
Amritsar	32.4	22.5
Bhuntar	31.4	19.1
Hisar	—	26.8
Jammu	—	25.8
Karnal	—	24.0
Ludhiana	33.4	21.9
Patiala	34.0	25.2
Rohtak	—	25.5
Shimla	23.4	16.1
Srinagar	—	14.8
Sundernagar	31.6	20.1

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	32	25	6	763
Bangalore	29	20	1	414
Bhopal	29	24	0	476
Bhubaneswar	28	25	8	571
Chennai	38	29	0	142
Dehra Dun	30	22	4	1418
Gangtok	22	18	17	1377
Guwahati	33	27	1	643
Hyderabad	30	22	0	324
Jaipur	32	24	0	464
Kolkata	33	27	tr	807
Lucknow	31	24	9	474
Mumbai	29	25	14	1776
New Delhi	35	26	—	249
Panjim	30	25	4	1646
Patna	32	27	20	654
Ranchi	30	22	35	918
Shillong	23	18	12	—

Thundershowers likely in region
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, August 20
Rainfall: Rain or thundershowers have occurred at most places in east Uttar Pradesh, at many places in Punjab, east Rajasthan and Uttaranchal, at a few places in Haryana, and west Uttar Pradesh and at isolated places in Himachal Pradesh. Weather was mainly dry in the rest of the region. The chief amounts of rainfall in cm. are: Haryana: Kalka 2, Himachal Pradesh: Solangnala 1, Punjab: Ludhiana 3, Amritsar and Kapurthala 2 each and Nawanshahr and Phillaur 1 each, east Rajasthan: Talabshahi 9, Rajakhera 6, Hindaun, Mangral and Neem ka thana 5 each, Atru, Bari and Kishanganj 4 each, Karauli and Khetri 3 each, Dholpur, Gangapur city, Indergarh, Khanpur, Malakhera, Niwai, Nagar fort, Patan, Sapotra, Thanagazi and Urmila sagar 2 each and Arnod, Baswa, Behror, Bahadurpur, Bakani, Banswara, Chhabra, Galiakot, Garhi, Jhunjhnu, Kotputli, Kotkasim, Kesarpur, Mount Abu, Nadbai, Rajgarh, Sangod, Todabhim and Viratnagar 1 each, east Uttar Pradesh: Neemsar, 9, Bhinga, Chillaghat, Kanpur (FM) and Mirzapur (FM) 7 each, Bhatpurwaghat, Jaunpur and Varanasi A.P. 6 each, Birdghat, Ghazipur (FM) and Mukhlishpur 5 each, Banda (FM) 4, Bani, Basti (FM), Gorakhpur, Kakrahi and Sultanpur (FM) 3 each, Sultanpur and Turtipar 2 each and Ballia (FM), Dalmau and Lucknow A.P. 1 each, west Uttar Pradesh: Etawah 2, Bareilly and Mathura 1 each, and Uttaranchal: Banbasa 5, Rishikesh 3, Haripur and Uttarkashi 2 each and Dehra Dun (FM), Haridwar, Mukteshwar and Pantnagar 1 each.

Forecast valid until the morning of August 22: Rain or thundershowers will occur at many places in Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal, at a few places in Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab and east Rajasthan and at isolated places in west Rajasthan.

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

Forecast for Delhi and neighbourhood valid until the morning of August 22: Generally cloudy sky with rain/thundershowers in some areas.

Farmers weather bulletin for Delhi forecast valid until the morning of August 22: Light rain will occur at a few places.

Outlook for the subsequent two days: No large change.