The weather will be partly to generally cloudy throughout the country today.

Koshi, Bagmati and Gandaki will experience partly to generally cloudy weather while the rest of the country will be partly cloudy to mainly fair, the Meteorological Forecasting Division said.

Light to moderate rain with thunder, lightning and gusty wind is likely to occur at a few places of Koshi Province and hilly regions of Bagmati and Gandaki provinces. A few other places may also experience a similar weather phenomenon.

Kathmandu’s temperature will rise to a maximum of 31 degrees Celsius today, with mainly fair weather. Light rainfall is expected to occur at a few places later tonight.

In the rest of the country, the weather will remain partly to generally cloudy.

Those in Koshi and hilly regions of Bagmati and Gandaki provinces are advised to stay indoors as light rain with thunder and lightning has been forecast tonight.

The temperature in Dhangadi rose to 44.0 degrees Celsius on Monday while Jumla recorded a minimum temperature of 11.2 degrees Celsius.