A cyclonic circulation persists over southwest Rajasthan and the neighbourhood. A trough runs from this cyclonic circulation over Southwest Rajasthan to Himachal Pradesh across Haryana and Punjab in the lower tropospheric levels. As a result, heavy rains are forecast at isolated places over Jammu, Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit, Baltistan, and Muzaffarabad, Himachal Pradesh. Similar weather is expected over Uttarakhand. In view of the rising temperatures in coming days, farmers are advised to maintain optimum soil moisture through giving light irrigation in vegetables and fruit crops. Additionally, a trough or wind discontinuity extending from North Interior Karnataka to South Tamil Nadu may produce light isolated rainfall with thunderstorms, lightning and gusty winds over parts of Maharashtra during the next five days. By utilizing the dry period, harvest the matured blackgram and greengram plants. Heatwave conditions are expected to scorch isolated or some pockets over Gangetic West Bengal and Bihar during the next three days, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim and Odisha during the next 24 hours, and Jharkhand on April 18-19. Farmers are advised to frequently irrigate the crops like sugarcane, summer maize, pulses and vegetables to avoid high temperature stress. Similar conditions may prevail in isolated pockets over Coastal Andhra Pradesh and Yanam during the next two days. Light clouds will form over Kutch in Gujarat tomorrow afternoon, which is expected to cause drizzle or light rain at isolated places. The weather will remain almost clear and warm in the rest of Gujarat, there is no possibility of rain in other places.