A western disturbance as a cyclonic circulation lies over east Iran and adjoining areas of Afghanistan in the middle and upper tropospheric levels, with an induced cyclonic circulation over central parts of Rajasthan and the neighbourhood in lower tropospheric levels. In addition, due to the likely interaction between moist southeasterly surface winds from the Bay of Bengal over East-Central, East and Northeast India with the middle tropospheric westerly trough, scattered to fairly widespread light or moderate rainfall with thunderstorms, lightning and gusty winds (speed 30-40 kmph) may lash Jammu-Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit-Baltistan, Muzaffarabad, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand. Isolated hailstorms may occur over Himachal Pradesh, Jammu- Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit-Baltistan and Muzaffarabad on March 16-17 and over Uttarakhand from March 16-19. Isolated hailstorms may impact Haryana and West Uttar Pradesh on March 17 and North Rajasthan from March 17-19. Further, scattered to fairly widespread light to moderate rainfall with thunderstorms, lightning, and gusty winds may lash Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha and Chhattisgarh from March 16-19. Isolated hailstorm activity is expected over East Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Maharashtra and Marathawada on March 16 and 17. Meanwhile, a north-south trough runs from North Interior Tamil Nadu to Konkan in the lower tropospheric levels.