Several spells of showers will occur in Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and in Galle, Matara, Kandy and Nuwara-Eliya districts.

Several spells of showers will occur in Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and in Galle, Matara, Kandy and Nuwara-Eliya districts.

Showers or thundershowers will occur at a few places in Eastern, Uva and Northern provinces 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

max temperature

Max. Temperature 37.8°C
Anuradhapura

min temperature

Min. Temperature 14.6°C
Nuwara Eliya

max rain

Max. Rainfall 110.4mm
Kalavedi Ulpotha

Sea Area around Sri Lanka

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

Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 13 August 2023


Condition of Rain:

Showers will 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 (30-40) 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 Kankasanthurai via 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. The sea areas off the coast extending from Puttalam to Hambantota via Colombo and Galle can be moderately rough at times.

Shipping Report

SR-24
SHIPPING REPORT
Shipping report for Sea areas around the Sri Lanka

Issued by the National Meteorological Center, Department of Meteorology, Sri Lanka.
Valid period: 2023.08.12/1500UTC to 2023.08.13/0900UTC
Issued at 1100UTC on 2020.08.12

Synoptic situation:

Winds: -
Fresh to strong SW'ly winds over Basses.
Fresh, OCNL'ly strong SW'ly winds over SW BoB.
Fresh, OCNL'ly strong NW'ly to W'ly winds over Comorin.
Moderate to fresh W'ly to SW'ly winds over SL west.
Moderate, OCNL'ly fresh W'ly or NW'ly winds over elsewhere.

Weather: -
SCT showers/T'showers over Basses.
ISOL showers/T'showers over elsewhere.

Seas: -
Fairly rough, rough at times over Basses and South part of SW BoB.
Moderate to fairly rough over Comorin and SL west.
Slight to moderate over 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 12 August 2023, for next 24hours)

Sea areas around the Island

Condition of Rain:

Showers will occur at several 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 (30-40) kmph.

Wind speed may increase up to (45-50)kmph at times in the sea areas off the coast extending from Hambantota to Pottuvil and Puttalam to Kankasanthurai via Mannar.

Wind speed may increase up to 45kmph at times in the sea areas off the coast extending from Puttalam to Hambantota via Colombo, Galle and Matara. 

State of Sea:

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

Bay of Bengal

Weather:

EQ-05N, 80E-100E   : Showers or thundershowers at several places.

05N-20N, 90E-100E : Showers or thundershowers at several places.

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

Winds:

EQ – 20N, 80E-85E  : 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:

EQ– 20N, 80E-85E     : Fairly rough, rough at times.

Other sea areas      : Moderate, fairly rough at times.

Arabian Sea

Weather:

EQ-05N, 70E-80E     : Showers or thundershowers at several places.

EQ-05N, 60E-70E    : Showers or thundershowers at a 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 North-westerly / (30-40) kmph; gusting up to 50kmph.

Other sea areas      : South-westerly to North-westerly / (25-35) kmph.

State of the Sea

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

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

Other sea areas      : Slight to moderate.

South Indian Ocean:

Weather: 

EQ-10S, 65E-85E     : Showers or thundershowers at most places.

Other sea areas      : Showers or thundershowers at several places.

Winds:

05S-10S, 65E-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:

05S-10S, 65E-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

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