The Tribune, Chandigarh, India

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Read under headings Max (maximum temperature), Min (minimum temperature), R (rainfall in past 24 hours) and TR (Total rain since October 1):

Station	Max	Min	R	TR
Ahmedabad	38	28	0	19
Aurangabad	35	23	0	40
Bangalore	28	21	1	150
Baroda	—	27	0	3
Bhopal	38	27	0	38
Bhubaneswar	35	27	0	128
Chennai	33	27	1	7
Dehra Dun	33	22	7	79
Gangtok	23	16	37	666
Guwahati	31	26	02	228
Hyderabad	34	24	0	70
Indore	36	25	0	63
Jaipur	41	26	tr	tr
Jamshedpur	35	27	0	153
Kolkata	35	28	0	165
Lucknow	41	30	—	62
Mahabaleshwar	20	18	45	316
Mumbai	30	26	48	164
New Delhi	40	28	0	5
Panjim	27	24	32	717
Patna	36	26	0	33
Pune	29	23	0	88
Ranchi	35	24	0	61
Shillong	24	18	18	537
Thiruvananthapuram	32	24	0	164
Udaipur	36	27	0	3
Visakhapatnam	34	26	2	51

Rain in HP, Punjab
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, June 18
Rainfall: Rain or thundershowers have occurred at almost all places in Himachal Pradesh, at a few places in Punjab, west Rajasthan and Uttaranchal and at isolated places in Haryana, east Rajasthan and east Uttar Pradesh. Light rain or thundershowers have occurred at many places in Jammu and Kashmir. Weather was mainly dry in west Uttar Pradesh. The chief amounts of rainfall in cms are: Haryana: Chandigarh 1, Himachal Pradesh: Kahu, Kangra and Una 2 each and Arki, Bhuntar, Kasol, Nahan, Pandoh, Paonta, Shimla and Sunibhajji 1 each, Punjab: Balachaur and Nangal 1 each, Rajasthan: Pilani 5, Churu 3, Ajmer 2 and Sriganganagar and Suratgarh 1 each.

Temperature: Past 24 hours change: Maximum temperatures fell markedly in Jammu and Kashmir, fell appreciably in Himachal Pradesh, fell in Rajasthan, rose appreciably in Uttar Pradesh, rose in Uttaranchal, and changed a little elsewhere.

Departures: They were markedly below normal in Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab, below normal in Uttaranchal, above normal in east Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh and normal in the rest of the region.

The highest temperature in the region was 44.6°C recorded at Suratgarh (Rajasthan).

Forecast valid until the morning of June 20: Rain or thundershowers will occur at a few places in Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, east Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal. Duststorms or thunderstorms are likely at isolated places in Rajasthan and west Uttar Pradesh. Isolated thundersqualls are likely in Haryana, Punjab and Uttaranchal.

Forecast for Delhi and neighbourhood valid until the morning of June 20: Mainly clear sky becoming partly cloudy towards afternoon/evening with possibility of thunderstorm in some areas. Maximum temperature will be around 40°C.

Farmers weather bulletin for Delhi forecast valid until the morning of June 20: Thunderstorm with light rain is likely at a few places.

Outlook for the subsequent two days: No large change.

Rain brings relief to plains

Chandigarh, June 18
Temperatures at many places in Punjab and Haryana stayed a few degrees below normal today after rains lashed many areas in the region during the past 48 hours.

In Punjab, Ludhiana was down 6°C below normal at a high of 34.8°C. Patiala was also down by 6°C at 34.3°C while Amritsar recorded a maximum of 35.4°C, down 5°C, the Met Office here has said.

Chandigarh had a high of 36.8°C, down 2°C and Ambala was down 4°C at a high of 35.6°C.

Saying that the recent spell of rains which lashed the region were not pre-monsoon showers, Director of the Meteorological Department S.C. Bhan said that widespread rain had been caused due to an upper air cyclonic circulation over Punjab and adjoining central Pakistan.

Another weather system was active over south-west Jammu and Kashmir and the neighbourhood, he said.

Meanwhile, the Met Office has predicted light to moderate rain at few places in Punjab and Haryana and thunder squalls at isolated places in the region during the next 24 hours. PTI