Kathmandu received winter rain; weather to remain fair from Wednesday

Kathmandu: Most of the country has witnessed the impacts of westerly wind and western low-pressure systems that began Sunday night in the Sudurpaschim region.

The country could receive only light rain despite the cloudy days due to the westerly low-pressure system.

The Kathmandu Valley and some parts of the country received light rain last evening.

Meteorologist at the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, Min Kumar Aryal, said there will be a gradual improvement in the weather from Wednesday and added that the parts of Karnali, Gandaki and Bagmati provinces are generally cloudy while it is partly cloudy in Lumbini Province.

Aryal said that Dadeldhura received nine millilitres of rain in the past 24 hours while it was recorded 4 ml during the period adding that snowfall was recorded in some high hilly and mountainous region.

He shared that there will be a gradual improvement in weather from Wednesday and chances are high for the development of another system from Friday night.

Meanwhile, flights to and from Humla district have been disrupted after the snowfall occurred in the district. Although the weather was clear till Monday afternoon, snowfall started occurring since last night, affecting the flights here, according to the Simkot Airport officials.

Likewise, thick fog has occurred in Simkot area.

Chief of Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal, Humla Station, Mohan Bista said that the airlines companies having their daily flights to Simkot from Nepalgunj could not make flights due to snowfall and fog.

Summit Air, Sita Air and Tara Air are making daily flights from Nepalgunj to Simkot, Humla.

Likewise, vehicular movement from Simkot to other areas in the district remained off the road on Tuesday after the snowfall.

The snowfall has occurred in Simkot, the district headquarters. Up to two inches of snow has accumulated here, while there was up to one feet of snow in the areas including in Namkha Rural Municipality.

The cold has increased with snowfall in the district. The dipping temperature with snowfall has also created complications in the movement.

Snowfall has affected normal life in Limi, Yari, Halji, Til and Hilsa Chala villages of Namkha of the district, it is reported.

The temperature has now reached minus seven in Simkot and upto minus 10 in the northern parts of the district.

Likewise, rainfall has occurred in the southern part of the district.

Chief District Officer Narayan Pandey has urged the elderly and children to stay safe during the snowfall and also cautioned the people of the surrounding settlement of possible avalanche.