Monsoon expected to enter Nepal within two to four days

Published On: June 5, 2022 04:00 PM NPT By: Republica | @RepublicaNepal

KATHMANDU, June 5: Though the monsoon is yet to start in Nepal, pre-monsoon activities are taking place. The Meteorological Forecasting Division, Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, said the monsoon is likely to enter the country within the next two to four days.

Meteorologist Hira Bhattarai said that the monsoon is expected to set in motion from the eastern Nepal within the next few days. It is likely to start from the surroundings of the Mechi zone. “Now we are in the monsoon transition phase,” Bhattarai said.

Though rainfall is predicted in some parts of Province 1, Madhesh Province and Bagmati Province today and tomorrow, it is unlikely in the western parts of the country.

In Nepal, the monsoon tentatively begins on June 10 and it enters the country from the eastern parts, moving toward the west gradually.

Four months from June to September are defined as the monsoon period in South Asia. During this period, Nepal receives 80 percent of its annual rainfall.

Presently, Nepal is under the influence of local winds and the low pressure area spreading from Uttar Pradesh of India to east Bangladesh.

According to the Division, due to the same atmospheric conditions, the weather is currently generally to completely cloudy in Province 1, Madhesh Province and Bagmati Province and light to moderate rain with thunder and lightning is likely to occur at some places of Province 1, Bagmati Province and Gandaki Province, and at a few places of Madhesh Province.

Likewise, tonight the weather will be partly to generally cloudy in Province 1, Madhesh Province, Bagmati Province and Gandaki Province along with partly cloudy to mainly fair in the rest of the country. Light to moderate rain with thunder and lightning is likely to occur at a few places of Province 1, Madhesh Province, Bagmati Province and Gandaki Province, the Division said.

Today the minimum temperature of Kathmandu was measured 20 degrees Celsius and the maximum temperature at 28 degrees Celsius.