Rain and snowfall likely from Monday

 

Most of the parts of the country will witness cloudy weather due to the partial influence of the western low pressure systems.

According to the Meteorological Forecasting Division of the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, the weather will be partly to generally cloudy this afternoon with chances of light rain in the hilly areas and snowfall in the mountainous areas on Monday.

Meteorologist Binu Maharjan of the Division said the weather will be generally cloudy in the eastern region of Karnali, Lumbini, Gandaki, Bagmati and Madhes provinces and partly cloudy in Koshi and Sudurpaschim provinces.

The weather will be partly to generally cloudy in the hilly and mountainous regions of the country this afternoon.

Light snowfall will occur at some places of the high hilly and mountainous regions of Koshi and Gandaki provinces tonight. "There will be dense cloud on Monday than today with the possibility of light rainfall in the hilly regions of Bagmati, Gandaki, Karnali and Sudurpaschim provinces," he said.

The minimum temperature in Kathmandu has increased slightly compared to Saturday.

According to Division, the minimum temperature in Kathmandu was recorded at 7.2 degrees Celsius this morning.

It was recorded at 5.9 degrees Celsius on Saturday. Meteorologist Maharjan said that the minimum temperature has increased slightly due to cloudy sky in Kathmandu at night.