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• Rain likely in Punjab, HP

• Higher reaches in HP has snow

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

Rain likely in Punjab, HP
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, August 29
Rainfall: Rain/thundershowers have occurred at a few places in Punjab and east Uttar Pradesh and at isolated places in Jammu and Kashmir and Uttaranchal. Weather was mainly dry in the rest of the region. The chief amounts of rainfall in cm are: Punjab: Batala 4 and Ludhiana 2; east Uttar Pradesh: Lucknow Control Room 6, Hanumansetu 5, Lucknow 3, Bansi, Kakrahi and Sultanpur 2 each and Balrampur, Bhatpurwaghat and Elginbridge 1 each.

Forecast valid until the morning of August 31: Rain/thundershowers will occur at many places in Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, east Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal and at isolated places in the rest of the region.

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

Forecast for Delhi and neighbourhood valid until the morning of August 31: Partly cloudy sky with possibility of light rain in some areas.

Farmers weather bulletin for Delhi: Forecast valid until the
morning of August 31: Light rain is likely at a few places.

Outlook for the subsequent two days: Increase in rainfall likely over Haryana, Rajasthan and west Uttar Pradesh. No large change in the rest of the region.

Higher reaches in HP has snow

Chandigarh, August 29
The higher reaches in Himachal Pradesh experienced snowfall, while monsoon rains eluded the hill state and Haryana during the past 24 hours. High-altitude areas in tribal district of Lahaul-Spiti and Pangi and Bharmour areas in Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh had snowfall last night, bringing a considerable fall in the temperature in the tribal belt.

Keylong, the headquarters of Lahaul-Spiti district, and tribal Kinnaur district expereienced partially cloudy weather as the sun played hide and seek during the day.

There was no rainfall in lower areas of the state. Shimla, which remained enveloped in fog, also had no rain.

In Punjab, monsoon rains lashed Ludhiana and Amritsar overnight, recording 16 mm and 7.5 mm of rainfall, respectively. In Haryana, Ambala reported trace rainfall.

Humid weather conditions prevailed in most parts of Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh today. — UNI