“We felt cold in Kathmandu during the day due to the massive drop in maximum temperature that came down to 12.7 degree Centigrade from Saturday´s 20,” said Rajendra Shrestha, senior meteorologist, Meteorological Forecasting Division. [break]
Shrestha explained that the temperature couldn´t drop drastically during the night due to the cloud cover, which also blocked the sun to reduce day´s temperature, resulting in rise in minimum temperature to 3.2 from Saturday´s 1.
“The cloud cover will remain in Kathmandu for another day and the day will be colder Monday while the minimum temperature will slightly rise. The weather will clear in Kathmandu and eastern Tarai from Tuesday while the eastern hills will take another couple of days to clear,” he added. Kathmandu also saw scattered rainfall at some places in the evening. Shrestha explained that the minimum temperature will again come down in Kathmandu once the cloud cover clears.
The western hills received snowfall while rainfall was seen in the plains. Normal life in Rukum and Rolpa has been affected by the heavy snowfall following incessant rainfall while crops have also been destroyed, reports our Rukum correspondent Kamal Thapa. The biting cold due to the cloud cover during the day stymied the movement of people.
Our Baglung correspondent reported snowfall in Dhorpatan of the district and Mustang. Annapurna Conservation Area Project (ACAP) said tourism activity was almost nil in Mustang following the snowfall while flights were also affected.
Manang and Lamjung districts also recorded heavy snowfall, reports our Tanahu correspondent. Chief District Officer (CDO) of Manang Shrawan Kumar Timilsina said normal life of locals in headquarters Chame became difficult due to accumulation of up to three feet of snow.
Classes were affected in district headquarters of Dailekh and other hill areas in the district due to sudden rainfall and snowfall, according to our Surkhet correspondent Kalendra Sejuwal. “Classes were affected after the first period and we declared holiday due to the cold,” said Khem Raj KC, principal, Tribhuvan Higher Secondary School. Flights to Karnali and other area in the region from Surkhet were also affected due to poor weather.
Our Jumla correspondent Tufan Neupane also reported sudden snowfall in Dolpa, Humla, Mugu and Kalikot districts of Karnali.
Only two landings at TIA
Sunday´s low visibility caused by heavy fog that hovered over Kathmandu and many parts of the country led to cancellation of a majority of flights in Kathmandu as well as outside.
Just two international flights out of around 40 scheduled flights (including landings and take-offs) were witnessed at the Tribhuvan International Airport on Sunday, said the airport´s general manager Ratish Chandra Lal Suman.
“While there were no international flights taking off from Kathmandu, only two flights -- that of Oman Air and Thai Airways -- landed in Kathmandu. The rest were diverted,” Suman said.
Also, the domestic terminal at the airport saw just 25 percent of over 200 flights conducted.
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