Showers or thundershowers will occur at times in Western, Sabaragamuwa, Southern, Central and North-western provinces. Heavy showers about 100mm are likely at some places in Western, Sabaragamuwa and Southern provinces.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR 03 September 2023

Showers or thundershowers will occur at times in Western, Sabaragamuwa, Southern, Central and North-western provinces. Heavy showers about 100mm are likely at some places in Western, Sabaragamuwa and Southern provinces.

Showers or thundershowers will occur at several places in Eastern and Uva province during the evening or night.

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

Fairly strong winds about (40-45) kmph can be expected at times in western slopes of the central hills, Western, North-western and North-central provinces.

On the apparent southward relative motion of the sun, it is going to be directly over the latitudes of Sri Lanka during 28th of August to 07th of September in this year. The nearest towns of Sri Lanka over which the sun is overhead tomorrow are Bangadeniya (Puttalam District), Wariyapola (Kurunegala District), Madawala (Matale District), Kokkadichcholai (Batticaloa District) about 12.10 noon.

LAST 24 HOURS

max temperature

Max. Temperature 36.2°C
Pottuvil

min temperature

Min. Temperature 15.1°C
Nuwara Eliya

max rain

Max. Rainfall 106.3mm
Labugama (Colombo)

Sea Area around Sri Lanka

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

Issued at 12.00 noon on 02 September 2023 


Condition of Rain:

Showers or thundershowers will occur at times in the sea areas off the coast extending from Puttalam to Hambantota via Colombo, Galle and Matara.

Winds:

Winds will be south-westerly and speed will be (30-40) kmph.

Wind speed may increase up to (50-60)kmph at times in the sea areas off the coast extending from Trincomalee to Pottuvil via Kankasanthurai, Puttalam, Colombo, Galle and Hambantota.

State of Sea:

The sea areas off the coast extending from Trincomalee to Pottuvil via Kankasanthurai, Puttalam, Colombo, Galle and Hambantota will be rough at times.

Temporarily strong gusty winds and very rough seas can be expected during thundershowers.

Shipping Report

SR-03
SHIPPING REPORT
Shipping report for Sea areas around Sri Lanka
Issued by the National Meteorological Center, Department of Meteorology, Sri Lanka.
Valid period: 2023.09.02/0600UTC to 2023.09.03/0000UTC
Issued at 0300UTC on 2023.09.02

Synoptic situation:

Winds: -
Strong SW'ly winds over SW BoB and Northern part of SL west.
Fresh OCNL strong SW'ly or W'ly winds over Southern part of SL west and Basses.
Fresh WSW'ly winds over Maldives and Comorin.
Moderate OCNL'ly fresh NW'ly winds over Lakshadweep.

Weather: -
OCNL showers/T'showers over Basses, SL west and Commorine.
SCT showers/T'showers over Lakshadweep and Maldives.
ISOL showers/T'showers elsewhere.

Seas: -
Rough over SW BoB and Northern part of SL west.
Moderate to fairly rough over Southern part of SL west and Basses.
Moderate elsewhere.