Showers or thundershowers will occur at several places in Southern, Sabaragamuwa, Uva, Western and Central provinces during the afternoon or night, and several spells of showers may occur in Eastern province and in Polonnaruwa district, said the Department of Meteorology in a statement today (15).
Mainly fair weather will prevail elsewhere over the island.
General public is kindly requested to take adequate precautions to minimise damages caused by temporary localised strong winds and lightning during thundershowers.
Marine Weather:
| Condition of Rain: |
| Showers or thundershowers may occur at several places in the sea areas off the coast extending from Batticaloa to Hambanthota via Pottuvil and mainly fair weather will prevail over the other sea areas around the Island. |
| Winds: |
| Winds will be north-easterly and wind speed will be (20-30) kmph. Wind speed may increase up to (40-45) kmph at times over the sea areas off the coast extending from Mannar to Colombo via Puttalam and the sea areas off the coast extending from Hambantota to Pottuvil. |
| State of Sea: |
| Sea areas off the coast extending from Mannar to Colombo via Puttalam and the sea areas off the coast extending from Hambantota to Pottuvil will be fairly rough at times. The other sea areas around the island will be moderate. |
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