KATHMANDU – The weather will be partly cloudy throughout the country today with chances of light snowfall at one or two places of the high hilly and mountainous areas in Gandaki and Province no 1.
Currently there is the influence in the country of the westerly low pressure system and the low pressure area over the eastern region of Uttar Pradesh and around Bihar in India, the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology said.
The Department has urged for adoption of precaution against cold since there is possibility of light snowfall at one or two places of the high hilly and mountainous regions of Province no 1 and Gandaki province.
The weather will be partly to generally cloudy in Province no 1, Bagmati and Gandaki provinces, and partly cloudy in the rest of the provinces tonight. There is possibility of light snowfall at one or two places of the high hilly and mountainous region of these places.
As per the weather update issued by the Department, the minimum temperature in Kathmandu Valley was 4.5 degrees Celsius and the maximum 13.5 degrees Celsius in the last 24 hours.
Similarly, Jumla recorded the lowest of minus 4.5 degrees Celsius and Biratnagar the highest maximum of 24.7 degrees Celsius throughout the country in the last 24 hours.