KATHMANDU: Meteorological Forecasting Division (MFD) has predicted thunderstorms accompanied with gusty winds and lightning at a few places in the country today.

According to the forecast, the weather will be partly to generally cloudy throughout the country.

Similarly, the weather will remain partly to generally cloudy in the hilly regions, and partly cloudy in the rest of the country due to the impact of the local winds and partly due to the western winds, said Barun Paudel, a meteorologist.

Thunderstorms coupled with gusty winds and lightning are likely to occur at a few places of the central and western hilly regions and one or two places in the eastern region tonight.