No respite from heat in Pb, Haryana

Heat wave conditions today swept across Punjab and Haryana unabated with mercury hovering several notches above normal in most parts of the two states.
According to MeT office, maximum temperatures remained above 40 degrees Celsius at several places.
Amritsar was the hottest place in both the states as it recorded maximum at 43.5 degrees C, three notches above normal, it said.
Ludhiana and Patiala in Punjab experienced hot weather conditions at 42.4 degrees C and 42 degrees C, rising by up to four notches above normal.
In Haryana, Hisar sizzled at 43.1 degrees C, up by two notches above normal while Karnal, Narnaul, Bhiwani and Ambala settled at 41 degrees C, 42 degrees C, 41.6 degrees C and 39 degrees C respectively.

Union Territory Chandigarh had a high of 39.8 degrees C, two notches above normal.
MeT department, in a weather forecast, predicted light to moderate rain and thundershowers at isolated places in Haryana and Punjab during next 24 hours.