KATHMANDU, July 20: There is a possibility of rainfall in most places of the country on Wednesday and Thursday, the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology said. Meteorologist Manju Basi said that there are chances of increased monsoon activity on these two days as the monsoon low pressure system is close to the Nepali territory.

The weather will be generally to completely cloudy throughout the country on these two days due to the influence of this weather system with chances of light to moderate rain accompanied by thunder and lightning at many places of the hilly region and at some places of the rest of the regions. Similarly, there is a possibility of heavy rainfall at a few places of the Sudurpaschim, Lumbini, Gandaki, Bagmati and Madhesh provinces.

At present, the weather is generally cloudy across the country with light to moderate rain accompanied by thunder and lightning occurring at some places. Heavy rain is occurring at one or two places in Lumbini Province. The weather will be generally to fully cloudy throughout the country tonight with chances of light to moderate rain along with thunder and lightning at some places, the Department said.

There is also a possibility of heavy rain at a few places of the Bagmati, Gandaki, Lumbini and Sudurpaschim provinces tonight. As per the Meteorological Forecasting Division's weather update, the minimum temperature in the Kathmandu Valley was 21.2 degrees Celsius and the maximum temperature was 30.1 degrees Celsius in the last 24 hours.

 
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