August 05, Colombo (LNW): Showers will occur at times in Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and in Kandy, Nuwara-Eliya, Galle and Matara districts, with several spells of showers being expected to occur in North-western province, the Department of Meteorology said in its daily weather forecast today (05).
Showers or thundershowers may occur at several places elsewhere in the island during the evening or night. Fairly heavy showers above 50 mm are likely at some places.
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 Puttalam to Galle via Colombo. Showers or thundershowers will occur at a few places in the other sea areas around the island particularly during the afternoon or night. |
| Winds: |
| Winds will be westerly to south-westerly and wind speed will be (30-40) kmph. Wind speed can increase up to 50 kmph at times in the sea areas off the coasts extending from Kankasanthurai to Puttalam via Mannar and from Hambantota to Pottuvil. |
| State of Sea: |
| The sea areas off the coasts extending from Kankasanthurai to Puttalam via Mannar and from Hambantota to Pottuvil will be fairly rough at times. |
