A change in prevailing dry weather condition is expected, leading to showers at times in Eastern and Uva provinces and in Polonnaruwa and Matale districts, said the Department of Meteorology in a statement today (05).
Fairly heavy showers about 50mm can be expected at some places in these areas.
Several spells of showers will occur in the Northern Province and in Anuradhapura district.
Showers or thundershowers will occur at a few places in Western, Sabaragamuwa and North-Western provinces and in Galle, Matara, Kandy and Nuwara-Eliya districts during the afternoon or night.
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 will occur at times in the sea areas off the coast extending from Kankasanthurai to Pottuvil via Trincomalee and Batticaloa. |
| Winds: |
| Winds will be north-easterly and wind speed will be (25-35) kmph. It may increase up to (45-50) kmph at times over the sea areas off the coast extending from Kankasanthurai to Colombo via Mannar and Puttalam and from Hambantota to Pottuvil. |
| State of Sea: |
| Sea areas off the coast extending from Kankasanthurai to Colombo via Mannar and Puttalam and from Hambantota to Pottuvil will fairly rough at times. The other sea areas around the island will be slight to moderate. Temporarily strong gusty winds and very rough seas can be expected during thundershowers. |
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