The Bay of Bengal is currently under the influence of a cyclonic circulation, bringing fairly widespread rain to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands at its eastern end. Light to moderate rain with one or two heavy spells may occur over the South coast of Andhra Pradesh and coastal Tamil Nadu. While Kerala may experience light rainfall. Light to moderate rain and thunderstorms are likely over Nagaland, Manipur, and Mizoram, while light rain may occur over Sikkim, Assam, Meghalaya, and Arunachal Pradesh. We do not expect any significant improvement in the air quality index of Delhi and NCR. It will remain in the very poor category. Other areas are expected to remain generally dry, however snowfall is expected to increase in western Ladakh over the weekend. Minimum temperatures continued to be above normal by 2-4℃ over Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat state, north Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and Gangetic West Bengal. Maximum temperatures were above normal by 2-4℃ over Rajasthan, Gujarat, and Chhattisgarh.