North Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and West Bengal are all affected by the monsoon trough. It is expected to hold its position over the next five days. Farmers are advised to provide hand weeding in paddy crop. If labours are not available then apply weedicides as post emergence (25-30 DAT) like Bispyribac sodium @ 200-250 ml per hectare or Ethoxysulfuron 100 gm dissolve in 500-600 litres of water per hectare sufficient for control of broad leaves and sedge weeds. • Within the following few days, a Cyclonic Circulation (CC) above northeast Uttar Pradesh and an east-west trough running from the heart of the CC will become gradually obscured. • Furthermore, Western Disturbance exists as a trough in the middle tropospheric westerlies roughly around Long. 69°E to the north of Lat. 28°N. • For the next few days, widespread rain with thunderstorms and isolated heavy rainfall (64.5mm/day) is expected across East, Northwest, and Northeast India. On August 25-26, isolated areas of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, and Meghalaya may get very high rainfall (115.6mm/day), as may Sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim, Bihar, East Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Himachal Pradesh. This activity will slow down starting on Sunday. Farmers are advised to Make proper arrangements for excessive rain water drainage in paddy, maize and vegetables crops. In the maize crop sown from time to time, do first weeding- hoeing after 15-20 days. • Furthermore, moist westerly flows from the Arabian Sea will continue to produce scattered rain along the Konkan coast, including Mumbai, for the next five days. • Maximum temperatures in the northwest of the country are expected to be lower than normal, but higher than normal in the west of South India. • Overnight minimums in Northwest India will be below-normal, while the rest of the country will see near-normal or slightly higher-than-normal temperatures.