Kathmandu, April 12: The Meteorological Forecasting Division under the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology has predicted that the weather will be partly cloudy in the hilly regions, including Koshi province and fair rest of the parts of the country. It is due to the partial influence of westerly wind and local wind in the country, the Division claimed. 

According to the Division, the weather will be partly cloudy in the hilly region and fair in the rest of the country this afternoon. Light rain with lightning is likely to occur at a few places in the hilly regions of Koshi, Bagmati and Gandaki provinces and at one or two places in the rest of the hilly regions. 

Light snowfall is also likely to occur in some places in the high-hilly and mountainous regions. The weather will be partly cloudy in hilly regions, including Koshi Province tonight and fair in the rest of the part. 

Light rain accompanied by lightning is predicted to occur at one or two places in the hilly regions of Koshi and Gandaki provinces. Light snowfall is likely to occur at one or two places in the high hilly and mountainous regions of Koshi and Gandaki provinces.

According to a weather bulletin released by the Division this morning, there is a possibility of light snowfall at a few places in the high hilly and mountainous region of the country.  

The weatherly change is likely to partially affect daily life as well as agriculture, health, tourism, mountaineering, road and air transport in the region, the Division said, calling for adopting necessary alert measures. (RSS)