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	20.6	4.0
Amritsar	19.6	-0.1
Bhuntar	19.1	-0.4
Hisar	—	6.6
Jammu	—	4.2
Karnal	20.2	4.2
Ludhiana	21.4	6.0
Patiala	21.2	5.4
Rohtak	—	3.9
Shimla	11.1	2.7
Srinagar	—	-4.2
Sundernagar	20.5	-0.2

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	28	11	0	0
Bangalore	30	17	0	0
Bhopal	26	10	0	0
Bhubaneswar	31	18	0	0
Chennai	29	21	0	0
Dehra Dun	21	05	0	0
Gangtok	04	03	0	3
Guwahati	23	07	0	0
Hyderabad	31	17	0	0
Jaipur	26	06	0	0
Jammu	19	04	0	0
Kolkata	25	13	0	0
Lucknow	22	05	0	0
Mumbai	29	20	0	0
New Delhi	22	05	0	0
Panjim	33	19	0	0
Patna	22	06	0	0
Ranchi	23	09	0	0
Shillong	12	03	0	0
Shimla	11	03	0	0
Srinagar	09	-4	0	0
Thiruvananthapuram	33	22	0	0

Temperatures remain below normal

New Delhi, January 16
Rainfall: Weather was dry over the region. Temperature: Past 24 hours change: The minimum temperatures changed little. Departure: They were appreciably below normal in east Uttar Pradesh, below normal in Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab and normal in the rest of the region. The lowest temperature in the plains was 0.2°C recorded at Adampur (Punjab).

Forecast valid until the morning of January 18: Weather will be mainly dry over the region.

Low temperature warning: Ground frost is likely at a few places over north Haryana, Punjab, north Rajasthan and north-west Uttar Pradesh during the next two nights.

Outlook for the subsequent two days: A Western Disturbance is likely to affect Jammu and Kashmir from January 18. Under its influence rain/snow is likely at a few places over Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir and at isolated places in Uttaranchal. Isolated rain/thundershowers may occur over Punjab.

Forecast for Delhi and neighbourhood valid until the morning of January 18: Mainly clear sky. Mist/shallow fog in the morning. The minimum temperature will be around 05°C.

Farmers weather bulletin for Delhi forecast valid until the morning of January 18: Sky will be mainly clear.

Outlook for the subsequent two days: No large change.