Tarai to see clear skies today, cloudy conditions over Koshi-Bagmati hills and mountains; light rain likely in hills tomorrow

According to the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, the weather will remain mostly clear in Nepal's Tarai plains today, while hilly and mountainous areas of Koshi and Bagmati provinces will generally be cloudy.

The department said hills and mountains of Gandaki, Lumbini, Karnali and Sudurpashchim provinces will be partly cloudy. Light rain or snowfall is forecast at one or two places in the hilly and mountainous parts of Koshi and Bagmati today.

Tomorrow, hilly and mountainous areas across the country will generally be cloudy, while the Tarai will be partly cloudy. Light rain or snow is possible at a few places in the hills and mountains of Koshi and Bagmati, and at one or two places in the hills and mountains of the other four provinces tomorrow.

The department noted that the monsoon's low-pressure trough currently lies near its normal position, with the country under the partial influence of both monsoon and westerly winds.

According to the department, the temperature stood at 17 degrees Celsius in Kathmandu, 19 in Pokhara, 20 in Birendranagar, 22 in Nepalgunj, 23 in Janakpur and 24 in Biratnagar. Pokhara has a 20 percent chance of light rain with thunder. Kathmandu and Birendranagar will be partly cloudy, while the weather will remain mostly clear in Nepalgunj, Biratnagar and Janakpur. Other cities have zero percent chance of rain.