A few showers will occur in Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and in Galle and Matara districts.

Showers or thundershowers may occur at a few places in Central, Uva and Eastern provinces and in Mullaitivu and Vavuniya districts during the evening or night.

Mainly fair weather will prevail elsewhere over the Island.

General public is kindly requested to take adequate precautions to minimize damages caused by temporary localized strong winds and lightning during thundershowers.

LAST 24 HOURS

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Max. Temperature 38.5°C
Vauniya

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Min. Temperature 13.8°C
Nuwara Eliya

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Max. Rainfall 32.7mm
Maradankadawala (Anuradhapura)

Sea Area around Sri Lanka

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

Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 23 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 (40-50) kmph at times in the sea areas off the coast extending from Hambantota to Pottuvil, and from Puttalam to Kankasanthurai via Mannar.

State of Sea:

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

Increase of swell wave heights (about 2.0 - 2.5m) can be expected in the sea areasoff the coast extending from Galle to Pottuvil via Hambantota.

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 22 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 (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 from Puttalam to Kankasanthurai via and Mannar.

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

 

 

Bay of Bengal

Weather:

10N-20N, 80E-100E    : Showers or thundershowers at several places.

Other sea areas          : Showers or thundershowers at few places.

Winds:

05N – 20N, 80E-93E    : South-westerly / (30-40) kmph, gusting up to 50 kmph.

Other sea areas          : South-westerly / (20-30) kmph.

State of the Sea:

05N– 20N, 80E-93E      : Fairly rough, rough at times.

Other sea areas          : Slight to moderate.

 

 

Arabian Sea

 

Weather:

EQ-20N, 70E-80E         : Showers or thundershowers at few places.

Other sea areas          : Mainly fair weather.

Winds:

05N-10N, 75E-80E      : North-westerly to Westerly / (30-40) kmph, gusting up to 50 kmph.

15N-20N, 60E-70E      : South-westerly to North-westerly / (30-40) kmph, gusting up to (45-50) kmph.

Other sea areas          : South-westerly to North-westerly / (10-20) kmph.

State of the Sea

05N-10N, 75E-80E       : Moderate, fairly rough at times.

15N-20N, 60E-70E       : Moderate, fairly rough at times.

Other sea areas          : Slight to moderate.

South Indian Ocean:

Weather:

EQ-07S, 60E-100E       : Showers or thundershowers at most places.

Other sea areas          : Showers or thundershowers at few places.

 

Winds:

03S-10S, 60E-100E      : South-easterly/ (30-40) kmph, gusting up to (50-55)kmph.

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

State of the Sea:

03S-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 Meteorolog