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	24.7	9.1
Amritsar	24.3	6.4
Bhuntar	23.0	2.4
Hisar	26.4	13.0
Jammu	—	11.1
Karnal	23.0	9.5
Ludhiana	23.8	6.8
Patiala	24.4	9.3
Shimla	15.7	5.6
Srinagar	—	-2.0
Sundernagar	24.8	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	32	17	0	0
Bangalore	29	16	0	0
Bhopal	29	16	0	0
Bhubaneswar	35	17	0	0
Chennai	31	21	0	0
Dehra Dun	23	18	tr	0
Gangtok	17	09	0	4
Guwahati	28	14	0	0
Hyderabad	31	17	0	0
Jaipur	28	11	0	4
Kolkata	30	18	0	0
Lucknow	30	14	0	0
Mumbai	36	24	0	0
New Delhi	28	12	0	2
Panjim	35	23	0	2
Patna	27	15	0	0
Ranchi	30	14	0	0
Shillong	18	09	0	0
Thiruvananthapuram	34	23	0	2

Weather will be mainly dry
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, January 31
Rainfall: Rain or snow has occurred at a few places in Uttaranchal. Rain or thundershowers have occurred at a few places in Punjab and at isolated places in Haryana, east Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. Weather was mainly dry in the rest of the region. The chief amounts of precipitation in cm are: Haryana: Karnal 1; and Uttaranchal: Mukteshwar 2.

Temperature: Past 24 hours change: The minimum temperature fell appreciably in Haryana, Punjab, west Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal, fell in Jammu and Kashmir and east Rajasthan and changed little elsewhere. They were markedly above normal in east Uttar Pradesh, appreciably above normal in Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan and west Uttar Pradesh and normal in the rest of the region. The lowest temperature in the plains was 05.6°C, recorded at Adampur in Punjab.

Forecast valid until the morning of February 2: Weather will be mainly dry over the region.

Outlook for the subsequent two days: No large change.

Forecast for Delhi and neighbourhood valid until the morning of February 2: Mainly clear sky. Mist in the morning. The minimum temperature will be around 10°C.

Farmers weather bulletin for Delhi: Forecast valid until the morning of February 2: Sky will be mainly clear.

Outlook for the subsequent two days: No large change.

Mercury again dips in region

Chandigarh, January 31
After showing an upward movement during the last three days, mercury again plummeted today following showers at various places in the north-west India last night. However, it was another warm day for the people as the sun shone bright during the day in the region. The minimum temperatures dipped in Punjab and Haryana but hovered one degree to 6°C above normal. Amritsar, where the mercury touched 7.4°C yesterday, recorded 6.4°C today. Ludhiana and Patiala, which were lashed by rain overnight, also registered a fall in the temperatures, recording 6.8°C and 8.6°C respectively Nangal had rainfall.

In Haryana, Ambala, Karnal and Hisar recorded a decline in the mercury settling at 9.1°C, and 13.0°C at respective places. Karnal and Nelokheri experienced rain, respectivley measuring 9.2 mm and 3.2 mm till this morning. The minimum stayed 10.3°C at Narnaul in Mahendergarh district. Parts of Himachal Pradesh reported a decline in the temperature with Shimla recording 5.6°C, 4°C above normal, against 7.5°C registered yesterday. The mercury slightly rose at Bhuntar in Kullu district from 2°C to 2.4°C and remained static at 4.6°C at Sundernagar in Mandi district. Tribal areas of Himachal Pradesh continued to be under the impact of a severe cold wave. The minimum plunged at Kalpa in tribal Kinnaur district to -2.8°C from -1.5°C recorded yesterday.

Cold winds swept Chandigarh although a bright sunshine greeted the residents during the day. The city with 10.6°C, three degree above normal, recorded a fall of 2.6°C in the minimum temperature. There was no let-up in the cold wave in the Kashmir valley with the minimum temperatures again dropping to -2°C. However, Jammu was warmer today with the mercury staying at 11.1°C.

The Weather Office has predicted light rain or snow at isolated places in Himachal Pradesh and mainly sunny days with fog or mist occurring during night and morning in Punjab and Haryana in the next 24 hours. — UNI