Weather to remain cloudy for three more days

The Meteorological Forecasting Division of the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology has predicted light rain along with lightning for the next three days in the hilly regions of Koshi, Bagmati and Gandaki Provinces.

According to the Division, there is a possibility of light rainfall in the hilly areas of the far-western and mid-western regions from today.

Meteorologist Saroj Pudasaini said there is a possibility of rain in the hilly regions of different provinces and snowfall in the high hills and mountainous areas.

"There is an influence of westerly wind and local wind in Nepal now and it is still partly cloudy in the hilly parts of the country including Koshi Province," he said, adding, "Although there was rain in the eastern part of the country earlier, there was no rain in the western region."

According to the Division, light rain with thunder and lightning is likely to occur at a few places of the hilly region of Koshi, Bagmati and Gandaki Provinces and at one or two places of the Madhes Province and the rest of the hilly regions in the next 24 hours.

Cloudy weather will continue till Thursday, says Met office

The cloudy weather that started from the west last night is spreading across the country today. This process will continue till Thursday and the weather will gradually improve from Friday, said Ganga Nagarkoti, a meteorologist of the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology.

The weather has become cloudy with light to moderate rain in some places of Gandaki, Karnali and Sudurpaschim provinces. There is also a possibility of rain in Kathmandu on Thursday with sporadic drizzle before that.

There is currently the influence of westerly winds in Nepal. However, the weather is partly to mostly cloudy in Gandaki, Karnali and Sudurpaschim Provinces, while in the rest of the land the weather is partly to mostly clear.

A few places in the Tarai are experiencing light rain.