By: Isuru Parakrama
April 06, Colombo (LNW): Showers or thundershowers will occur at several places in Northern, Eastern, North-central, Central and Sabaragamuwa provinces and in Puttalam, Galle and Matara districts after 2.00 p.m., the Department of Meteorology said in its daily weather forecast today (06).
Showers may occur in coastal areas of Western province and in the Puttalam and Jaffna districts in the morning.
Misty conditions can be expected at some places in Central, Sabaragamuwa and Uva provinces and in Ampara district during the early hours of the morning.
The general public is kindly requested to take adequate precautions to minimise damages caused by temporary localised strong winds and lightning during thundershowers.
On the apparent northward relative motion of the sun, it is going to be directly over the latitudes of Sri Lanka during April 05 to 15 this year. The nearest areas of Sri Lanka over which the sun is overhead today (06) are Beruwala, Gurulubadda, Rakwana, Godakawela, Udawalawe and Thanamalwila at about 12:13 noon.
Marine Weather:
Condition of Rain:
Showers or thundershowers are likely at a few places in the sea areas off the coast extending from Kankasanthurai to Pottuvil via Mannar, Puttalam, Colombo, Galle and Hambantota.
Winds:
Winds will be South-westerly or Westerly in direction.
Wind speed will be (25-35) kmph.
Wind speed can increase up to (40-45) kmph at times in the sea areas off the coast extending from Galle to Pottuvil via Matara and Hambantota.
State of Sea:
The sea areas off the coast extending from Galle to Pottuvil via Matara and Hambantota may be fairly rough at times.
The other sea areas around the island may be slight or Moderate.
Temporarily strong gusty winds and very rough seas can be expected during thundershowers.