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)

City	Max	Min
Ambala	22.8	10.0
Amritsar	23.0	6.8
Bhuntar	18.8	3.5
Chandigarh	22.2	12.0
Hisar	—	11.8
Jammu	—	13.0
Karnal	—	8.2
Ludhiana	22.2	9.9
Patiala	22.6	10.4
Rohtak	—	10.3
Shimla	10.1	1.3
Srinagar	—	1.0
Sundernagar	21.0	4.6

NATION

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

Stations	Max	Min	R	Tr
Ahmedabad	30	15	0	0
Bangalore	34	22	0	0
Bhopal	30	14	0	0
Bhubaneswar	34	23	0	0
Chennai	32	24	0	0
Dehra Dun	13	08	3	16
Gangtok	11	07	16	26
Guwahati	27	17	0	0
Hyderabad	35	20	0	0
Jaipur	25	15	9	9
Kolkata	31	18	13	13
Lucknow	24	13	1	10
Mumbai	30	23	0	0
New Delhi	23	12	tr	9
Panjim	32	20	0	0
Patna	23	16	3	19
Ranchi	24	15	18	18
Shillong	16	09	3	3
Thiruvananthapuram	34	25	0	0

Snow in J&K likely
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, March 2
Rainfall: Rain/snow has occurred at most places in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand and at many places in Jammu and Kashmir. Rain/thundershowers have occurred at most places in east Uttar Pradesh, at a few places in west Uttar Pradesh and at isolated places in Haryana and east Rajasthan. Weather was dry in the rest of the region. The chief amounts of precipitation in cm are: Haryana: Chhachrauli 1; Himachal Pradesh: Dhundi 2 and Sunibhaji 1; Uttar Pradesh: Sultanpur 1; Uttarakhand: Tehri and Mukteshwar 1 each.

Temperature: Past 24 hours change: The maximum temperatures markedly rose in Himachal Pradesh, appreciably rose in Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab, rose in Haryana, markedly fell in east Uttar Pradesh, appreciably fell in east Rajasthan, fell in west Uttar Pradesh, west Rajasthan and Uttarakhand. Departure: They were largely below normal in east Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, markedly below normal in Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan, appreciably below normal in Punjab and west Uttar Pradesh and normal in the rest of the region. The highest temperature in the region was 27.1°C recorded at Rawatbhata (Rajasthan). The lowest temperature in the plains was 6.8°C recorded at Amritsar(Punjab).

Forecast (valid until the morning of March 4):

Weather will be mainly dry in the region. However, rain/snow is likely at a few places in Jammu and Kashmir and at isolated places in Himachal Pradesh from tomorrow.

Outlook for the subsequent two days: Rain/snow is likely at isolated places in Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir. The weather will be mainly dry in the rest of the region.

Forecast for Delhi and neighbourhood (valid until the morning of March 4): Mainly clear sky. Mist/shallow fog in the morning. The maximum and minimum temperatures will be around 26°C and 11°C, respectively.

Farmers weather bulletin for Delhi forecast (valid until the morning of March 4): Mainly dry weather.

Outlook for the subsequent two days: No large change.