Showers or thundershowers will occur at a few places in Sabaragamuwa, Central and Western provinces and in Galle and Matara districts. Weather Alert

A few showers may occur at some places in Northern provinces and in Trincomalee district.

The 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 33.9°C
Rathnapura

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Min. Temperature 14.9°C
Nuwara Eliya

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Max. Rainfall 175.0mm
Hiniduma (Galle)

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

Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 24 November 2023

Condition of Rain:

Showers or thundershowers will occur at a few places in the sea areas off the coast extending from Mannar to Hambantota via Colombo and Galle.

Winds:

Winds will be North-easterly or variable in direction over the sea areas around the island. Wind speed will be (20-30) kmph.

State of Sea:

The sea areas around the island will be slight.

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

Shipping Report

SR-47
SHIPPING REPORT
Shipping report for Sea areas around Sri Lanka
Issued by the National Meteorological Center, Department of Meteorology, Sri Lanka.
Valid period: 2023.11.24/0600UTC to 2023.11.25/0000UTC
Issued at 0300UTC on 2023.11.24


Synoptic situation:

Winds:
Moderate, OCNL'ly fresh E'ly to NE'ly winds over SW BoB.
Light to moderate, OCNL'ly moderate SW'ly to S'ly winds over Maldives and Lakshadweep.
Light to moderate, OCNL'ly moderate NE'ly winds over Basses.
Light to moderate VRB winds elsewhere.

Weather:
OCNL showers/T'showers over Lakshadweep and Maldives.
SCT showers/T'showers Basses, Commorin and SL West.
ISOL Showres/T'showers elsewhere.

Seas:-
Slight to moderate over SL area and neighbourhood.

Note: Seas can be very rough during thunderhowers.

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 24 November 2023, for next 24hours)

Sea areas around the Island

Condition of Rain:

Showers or thundershowers will occur at a few places in the sea areas off the coast extending from Mannar to Hambantota via Colombo and Galle.

Winds:

Winds will be North-easterly or variable in direction over the sea areas around the island. Wind speed will be (20-30) kmph.

State of Sea:

The sea areas around the island will be slight.

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

Bay of Bengal

Weather:

EQ- 05N, 80E-100E  : Showers or thundershowers over most places.

05N - 10N, 90E-100E   : Showers or thundershowers at several places.

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

Winds:

05N - 20N, 80E-100E   : North-easterly to Easterly / (20-30) kmph, gusting up to (40-45) kmph.

Other sea areas      : Variable / (10-20) kmph.

State of the Sea:

05N - 20N, 80E-100E   : Moderate to fairly rough.

Other sea areas      : Slight.

Arabian Sea

Weather:

EQ- 10N, 65E-80E  : Showers or thundershowers at most places.

EQ- 05N, 60E-65E  : Showers or thundershowers at several places.

10N- 15N, 70E-75E  : Showers or thundershowers at a few places.

Other sea areas      : Mainly fair.

Winds:

06N-15N, 70E-77E           : South-easterly to Easterly / (20-40) kmph.

07N-20N, 60E-70E   : North-easterly / (15-30) kmph.

Other sea areas      : South-westerly or Variable / (10-20) kmph.

State of the Sea:

06N-20N, 60E-77E           : Moderate, fairly rough at times.  

Other sea areas      : Slight.

South Indian Ocean:

Weather: 

EQ – 06S, 70E-85E   : Showers or thundershowers at several places.

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

        

Winds:

05S-10S, 70E-100E  : South-easterly to Easterly/ (20-30) kmph, gusting up to 40 kmph.

EQ – 05S, 68E-80E   : Easterly to South-easterly/ (15-30) kmph.

Other sea areas      : Variable / (10-20) kmph.

State of the Sea:

05S-10S, 70E-100E  : Moderate to fairly rough.

Other sea areas      : Slight.

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

Duty-Meteorologist

Department of Meteorology