Showers or thundershowers will occur at several places in Northern, North-Central, Eastern and Uva provinces during the afternoon or night, and showers may occur in Puttalam, Ampara, Batticaloa, Mannar and Jaffna districts during the morning too, said the Department of Meteorology in a statement today (12).
A few showers are likely in Western, Sabaragamuwa and Central provinces and in Galle and Matara districts.
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 will occur at several places in the sea areas off the coast extending from Kankasanthurai to Colombo via Mannar and Puttalam. Showers or thundershowers will occur in the sea areas off the coast extending from Batticaloa to Kankasanthurai via Trincomalee during the evening or night. |
| Winds: |
| Winds will be south-westerly to south-easterly and wind speed will be (20-30) kmph. The wind speed can increase up to 50 kmph at times in the sea area off the coast extending from Kankasanthurai to Colombo via Mannar and from Matara to Pottuvil via Hambanthota. |
| State of Sea: |
| The sea area off the coast extending from Kankasanthurai to Colombo via Mannar and from Matara to Pottuvil via Hambanthota will be rough at times. Temporarily strong gusty winds and very rough seas can be expected during thundershowers. |
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