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Kathmandu: The monsoon system has its influence in most of the parts of Koshi, Madhesh, Bagmati, and Gandaki provinces and the eastern parts of Lumbini province while the local and westerly winds have partial influence in the rest of the provinces at present. 

The Department of Hydrology and Meteorology stated that there is a possibility of torrential rain in some places of Gandaki province tonight and urged the general public of these places to take precautions against the possible risk of flood and landslide.

The weather will remain partly to generally cloudy in Koshi province and partly to mainly fair in the rest of the provinces. Light rain along with thunder and lightning is taking place in some places of Gandaki province and a few places of Koshi, Madhes, and Bagmati provinces.

It will be partly cloudy in the Madhesh Province and the hilly region of Koshi, Bagmati, Gandaki, and Lumbini provinces, and partly to generally fair in the rest of the provinces in the afternoon, according to the Department. There is a possibility of light to moderate precipitation accompanied by thunder and lightning at some places of Koshi, Bagmati, and Gandaki provinces, in one or two places of Madhesh and Lumbini provinces, and in some places in the rest of the country. 

Similarly, the weather will be generally to completely cloudy in Koshi, Madhesh, Bagmati and Gandaki provinces, partly to generally cloudy in Lumbini province and partly cloudy to mainly fair in the rest of the areas tonight. There is possibility of light to moderate rain accompanied by thunder and lightning at some places of Gandaki province and at one or two places of some parts of Koshi, Madhes, Bagmati and Lumbini provinces. There is possibility of heavy rainfall at one or two places of Gandaki province.

Likewise, there is possibility of light to moderate rainfall along with thunder and lightning at some places of Koshi, Bagmati, Gandaki and Madhesh provinces and at one or two places of the remaining parts in the next 24 hours. The Department said that there is possibility of heavy rain at one or two places of Gandaki province and therefore of chances of the daily life, agriculture, tourism, mountaineering, and road and air travel being partly affected at these places with chances of heavy rain, and thus urged for precaution.