February 18, Colombo (LNW): Showers or thundershowers may occur at several places in Galle, Matara, Kaluthara and Rathnapura districts in the evening or night, and a few showers may occur in Uva province and in Ampara and Hambantota districts, the Department of Meteorology said in its daily weather forecast today (18).
Mainly dry weather will prevail over other areas of the island.
A cold weather can be expected in the Northern, North-central provinces and Trincomalee district during the early morning.
Misty conditions can be expected at some places in Western, Sabaragamuwa and Central provinces and in Galle, Matara and Badulla districts during 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.
Marine Weather:
| Condition of Rain: |
| Showers or thundershowers may occur at several places in the sea areas off the coasts extending from Pottuvil to Kaluthara via Hambantota and Galle. Mainly fair weather will prevail over other sea areas around the island. |
| Winds: |
| Winds will be north-easterly and speed will be (20-30) kmph. Wind speed can increase up to 40 kmph at times in the sea areas off the coast extending from Colombo to Mannar via Puttalam and from Matara to Pottuvil via Hambantota. |
| State of Sea: |
| The sea areas off the coasts extending fromColombo to Mannar via Puttalam and from Matara to Pottuvil via Hambantota will be fairly rough at times. |
