This file photo taken from the archives of New Business Age shows heavy snowfall in Dolakha.

February 3: The weather will be cloudy throughout the country from Thursday to Saturday (February 4 to 6) with chances of precipitation in many places, the state-owned national news agency RSS reported citing the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology.    
Light rainfall will take place in most of the areas of the country while snowfall will likely occur in the high hills and mountainous areas as the westerly wind will become active from Thursday, RSS quoted meteorologist Shanti Kandel as saying.    
According to Kandel, the temperature will start rising after this weather system exits and it will be hotter.    
The weather was partly cloudy in the hill areas while it was fair in the rest of the country on Tuesday.    
The weather update shared by the Meteorological Forecasting Division shows the minimum temperature of Kathmandu at 2.7 degrees Celsius and the maximum temperature at 18.8 degrees Celsius on Tuesday.    
Similarly, the lowest minimum temperature was recorded in Jumla. The lowest minimum temperature in Jumla was minus 4.5 degrees Celsius while Birendranagar recorded the highest minimum temperature of 8.2 degrees Celsius on Tuesday.