A few showers will occur in Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and in Galle and Matara districts. Mainly fair weather will prevail elsewhere over the Island.


Fairly strong winds about (40-45) kmph can be expected at times in Northern, North-Central and North-Western provinces, and in Trincomalee and Hambantota districts.

Sea Area around Sri Lanka

WEATHER FORECAST FOR SEA AREAS AROUND THE ISLAND DURING NEXT 24 HOURS

Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 17 August 2023

Condition of Rain:

Showers may occur at a few places in the sea areas off the coast extending from Colombo to Matara via Galle.

Winds:

Winds will be south-westerly and speed will be (25-35) kmph.

Wind speed may increase up to (45-55)kmph at times in the sea areas off the coast extending from Hambantota to Pottuvil and Puttalam to Trincomalee via Kankasanthurai and Mannar.

State of Sea:

The sea areas off the coast extending from Hambantota to Pottuvil and Puttalam to Kankasanthurai via Mannar can be rough at times.

Shipping Report

SR-32
SHIPPING REPORT
Shipping report for Sea areas around the Sri Lanka

Issued by the National Meteorological Center, Department of Meteorology, Sri Lanka.
Valid period: 2023.08.16/1500UTC to 2023.08.17/0900UTC
Issued at 1100UTC on 2020.08.16

Synoptic situation:

Winds: -
Fresh, OCNL'ly strong SW'ly winds over SW BoB, Basses and Northern part of SL West.
Moderate to fresh W'ly to SW'ly winds over Comorin.
Moderate to fresh SW'ly winds over southern part of SL west.
Moderate W'ly or NW'ly winds over lakshadweep.
Light to moderate VRB winds elsewhere.

Weather: -
SCT showers/T'showers over Basses and Southern part of SL West.
ISOL showers/T'showers over Maldives, SW BoB and Lakshadweeep.
Mainly fair weather elsewhere.

Seas: -
Fairly rough, rough at times over Basses, Northern part of SL west and Southern part of SW BoB.
Moderate over Comorin, Northern part of SW BoB and Southern part of SL west.
Slight to moderate elsewhere.

Multi-day Boats Forecast

WEATHER FORECAST FOR MULTI-DAY BOATS

For the sea areas in between 20N - 10S and 60E-100E

(Issued at 07.00 a.m. on 17 August 2023, for next 24hours)

Sea areas around the Island

Condition of Rain:

Showers may occur at a few places in the sea areas off the coast extending from Colombo to Matara via Galle

Winds:

Winds will be south-westerly and speed will be (20-30) kmph.

Wind speed may increase up to (45-55)kmph at times in the sea areas off the coast extending from Hambantota to Pottuvil and Puttalam to Trincomalee via Kankasanthurai and Mannar.

State of Sea:

The sea areas off the coast extending from Hambantota to Pottuvil and Puttalam to Kankasanthurai via Mannar can be rough at times.

Bay of Bengal

Weather:

15N-20N, 80E-100E : Showers or thundershowers at most places.

EQ-05N, 80E-90E     : Showers or thundershowers at several places.

Other sea areas      : Showers or thundershowers at a few places.

Winds:

05N – 20N, 80E-100E  : South-westerly / (30-40) kmph, gusting up to (50-60) kmph.

Other sea areas      : South-westerly / (20-30) kmph, gusting up to 40 kmph.

State of the Sea:

05N– 20N, 80E-100E: Fairly rough, rough at times.       

Other sea areas      : Moderate, fairly rough at times.

Arabian Sea

Weather:

EQ-10N, 70E-80E   : Showers or thundershowers at few places.

Other sea areas      : Mainly fair weather.

Winds:

10N-20N, 60E-70E       : South-westerly / (30-40) kmph, gusting up to 50 kmph.

EQ-10N, 75E-80E   : Westerly to South-Westerly/ (30-40) kmph; gusting up to 50kmph.

Other sea areas      : North-westerly or VRB/ (10-20) kmph.

State of the Sea

10N-20N, 60E-70E   : Moderate, fairly rough at times.

EQ-10N, 75E-80E   : Moderate to fairly rough.

Other sea areas      : Slight to moderate.

South Indian Ocean:

Weather: 

06S-10S, 60E-67E    : Showers or thundershowers at most places.

EQ-10S, 70E-100E   : Showers or thundershowers at several places.

Other sea areas      : Mainly fair.

Winds:

02S-10S, 60E-100E  : South-easterly/ (35-45) kmph, gusting up to (50-60)kmph.

Other sea areas      : South-easterly or Variable / (20-30) kmph.

State of the Sea:

02S-10S, 60E-100E  : Fairly rough, rough at times.

Other sea areas        : Slight to moderate.

        

**Temporary strong gusty winds and rough seas can be expected during thundershowers.

Duty-Meteorologist

Department of Meteorology