North-easterly winds over the Bay of Bengal are expected to produce rain across South Peninsular India for next 4-5 days. Isolated heavy rainfall may batter Tamil Nadu and Kerala-Mahe and South Interior Karnataka for next 3-4 days. Forecasted weather is favourable for leaf folder infestation in paddy. For management farmers are advised to spray Chlorantraniliprole 18.5% 150 ml/ha. In case of Fall army worm infection in Maize, apply neem cake @ 250 kg/ha. Scattered rain with thunderstorms are likely over Coastal Andhra Pradesh, Yanam, Telangana, Rayalseema and Coastal Karnataka during next 3-4 days. Go for application of Hexaconazole @ 2 ml /lit or propiconazole 1 ml /lit to control sheath blight in paddy. To control Pink boll worm in cotton spraying with Profenophos @ 2ml/l and neem oil @ 5 ml/ l of water is recommended. Isolated rain with thunderstorms may occur over Sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim, Odisha, Chhattisgarh for next 2-3 days. A weak western disturbance may likely produce light rainfall or snowfall at isolated places over Jammu-Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit, Baltistan, Muzaffarabad and Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand during next 1-2 days. Fairly widespread rain with thunderstorms are likely over Andaman-Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep for next 2-3 days. Maximum temperatures will be above normal across much of India during this projection period and minimum temperatures will be above to above normal.