The deep depression in the Bay of Bengal to the southeast of Sri Lanka (At 04:00 a.m. on Jan 9th, 2026 located about 170 km South east of Batticaloa) is very likely to intensify further and move northwestwards towards the coast of Sri Lanka between Pottuvil and Trincomalee in the evening today, the 9th January 2026.
Heavy falls above 100 mm are likely at some places in Northern, North-central provinces and in Matale, Trincomalee and Puttalam districts. Fairly heavy falls about (50-75) mm are likely at some places in Kandy, Nuwara-Eliya and Batticaloa districts.
Very strong winds at times about (50-60) kmph and gusting up to 70 kmph can be expected at times over Eastern slopes of the central hills, Northern, North-central, North-western, Central, Uva, and Eastern provinces and in Gampaha and Colombo districts.
