{"id":431675,"date":"2026-06-24T13:04:55","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T07:19:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/?p=431675"},"modified":"2026-06-24T13:04:57","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T07:19:57","slug":"heatwave-alert-for-lumbini-and-sudurpaschim-as-monsoon-splits-nepals-weather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/2026\/06\/24\/431675.html","title":{"rendered":"Heatwave alert for Lumbini and Sudurpaschim as monsoon splits Nepal\u2019s weather"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/weather.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-427426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/weather.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/weather-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/weather-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"p-rc_385f9495816fce9a-40\"><strong>KATHMANDU<\/strong>: The Department of Hydrology and Meteorology (DHM) has issued a heatwave warning for the Tarai plains of Lumbini and Sudurpaschim Provinces, while predicting rising temperatures and &#8220;hot day&#8221; conditions for Bagmati and Gandaki Provinces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"p-rc_385f9495816fce9a-41\">According to the Meteorological Forecasting Division (MFD), Nepal\u2019s weather is currently split by competing wind systems. Active monsoon currents are covering Koshi, Madhesh, and Bagmati Provinces, alongside parts of Gandaki and eastern Lumbini. Concurrently, western and local winds are dominating the rest of the country, keeping the western Terai plains clear, dry, and vulnerable to extreme heat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"p-rc_385f9495816fce9a-42\">While the western plains brace for heatwaves, the MFD reported light to moderate rainfall in parts of Koshi and Bagmati Provinces.<sup><\/sup> The division has forecast further moderate rain, thunder, and lightning across the hilly and mountainous terrains of Koshi, Bagmati, and Gandaki, alongside isolated high-altitude snowfall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The DHM has urged the public in affected regions to monitor official updates and take necessary health precautions against both severe lightning in the hills and extreme heat exhaustion in the plains.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KATHMANDU: The Department of Hydrology and Meteorology (DHM) has issued a heatwave warning for the Tarai plains of Lumbini and Sudurpaschim Provinces, while predicting rising temperatures and &#8220;hot day&#8221; conditions for Bagmati and Gandaki Provinces. According to the Meteorological Forecasting Division (MFD), Nepal\u2019s weather is currently split by competing wind systems. Active monsoon currents are &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":427426,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75,8,3,6,4,5,2],"tags":[],"reporter":[],"class_list":["post-431675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-administration","category-en-cover","category-english","category-en-featured","category-en-news","category-top-stories","category-top-stories-main"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431675"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=431675"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431675\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":431676,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431675\/revisions\/431676"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/427426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=431675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=431675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=431675"},{"taxonomy":"reporter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reporter?post=431675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}