Light rain with thunder and lightning forecast

Kathmandu, May 3 (RSS): The local wind, a low-pressure system developed from Uttar Pradesh to the flatlands of West Bengal in India and the Westerly wind have their influence in Nepal at present.    

The Meteorological Forecasting Division has said the weather is partly to generally cloudy throughout the country due to the impact of this weather system with light rain taking place at one or two places in Province no 1.

It will be partly to generally cloudy in the hilly region towards the afternoon while remaining generally fair in the rest of the parts of the country. There are chances of light to moderate rainfall accompanied by thunder and lightning at a few places in the hilly region.    

The weather will be partly to generally cloudy in the hilly region and partly cloudy in the remaining areas tonight with chances of light rainfall accompanied by thunder and lightning at some places of Province no 1, Lumbini province and Gandaki province, and a few places of the rest of the provinces.    

The weather in the federal capital, Kathmandu, is fair with warm sunshine in the morning. According to the Division, Kathmandu's maximum temperature was 28.7 degrees Celsius and a minimum of 16 degrees Celsius. The rainfall in Kathmandu was measured at 43.7 millimetres in the last 24 hours.