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    Winds, showers to continue: speed winds in sea areas

    August 16, 2018

    Prevailing winds and showery condition over the island are expected to continue today, Met. Department says.

     

    Showers or thundershowers will occur at times in Central and Sabaragamuwa provinces and in Kalutara, Galle and Matara districts. Fairly heavy falls about 75 mm can be expected at some places.

     

    Several spells of showers will occur in North-western province and in Colombo, Gampaha and Hambantota districts. Several spells of light showers will occur elsewhere.

     

    Strong gusty winds up to 60 kmph can be expected over the island particularly, Central, North-western, North-central, Northern, Eastern and Western provinces and in Matale and Hambantota districts.

     

    Marine Weather


    The speed of the winds over the sea areas around the island is still high.

     

    Showers or thundershowers will occur at several places in the sea areas extending from Trincomalee to Hambantota via Kankasanturai, Puttalam and Galle.

     

    Winds will be south-westerly in direction and wind speed will be 35-45 kmph.

     

    The sea areas around the island can be rough or very rough at times as the wind speed can increase up to 60-70 kmph at times.

     

    Naval and fishing communities are requested to be vigilant in this regard.

     

    City Weather

     

    City

    Temperature (0C)

    Relative Humidity (%)

    Weather

    Max

    Min

    Max

    Min

    Anuradhapura

    33

    25

    80

    55

    A few showers

    Batticaloa

    36

    27

    75

    45

    Several spells of light showers

    Colombo

    31

    24

    95

    80

    Showers or thundershowers at times

    Galle

    28

    24

    95

    85

    Showers or thundershowers at times

    Jaffna

    31

    24

    90

    70

    Several spells of light showers

    Kandy

    28

    21

    95

    70

    Showers or thundershowers at times

    Nuwara-Eliya

    17

    14

    95

    90

    Showers or thundershowers at times

    Ratnapura

    29

    23

    95

    75

    Showers or thundershowers at times

    Trincomalee

    36

    26

    80

    50

    Several spells of light showers

    Mannar

    31

    26

    85

    75

    Several spells of showers

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