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DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY SRI LANKA

ADVISORY

2018-09-20

Strong Winds and Rough seas Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre At 02.00 p.m. 20th September 2018 for the period until 02.00 p.m. 21st September 2018

Weather Forecasts

Public Weather
Marine Weather
City Forecasts

WEATHER FORECAST FOR 24^th September 2018

(Issued at 1200 noon on 23^rd September 2018)

Showers or thundershowers will occur in the Northern, Eastern, North-central, Uva and Central provinces and in the Galle, Matara Kaluthara and Kurunagala districts after 2.00p.m. Heavy falls about 100 mm can be expected at some places.

Showers or thundershowers will occur at several places in Sabaragamuwa province. Several spells of light showers will occur in Coastal areas of the Western and North-western provinces in the morning.

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

WEATHER FORECAST FOR SEA AREAS AROUND THE ISLAND DURING

NEXT 24 HOURS (Issued at 1200 noon on 23^rd September 2018)

Showers or thundershowers will occur at several places in the sea areas extending from Puttalam to Matara via Colombo and Galle.

Showers or thundershowers may occur at few places in the sea areas extending from Batticaloa to Mulaithivu via Trincomalee in the evening or night.

Winds will be south-westerly in direction in the sea area around the island. Wind speed will be 20-30 kmph.

The sea area extending from Hambantota to Batticaloa via Pottuvil can be fairly rough at times as the wind speed can increase up to 40-45 kmph at times.

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

WEATHER FORECAST FOR NEXT 36 HOURS

(ISSUED AT 1600 HOURS ON 23^rd SEPTEMBER 2018)

Tonight: Showers or thundershowers will occur in the Northern, Eastern, Uva, Sabaragamuwa and Central provinces and in the Kaluthara, Colombo and Hambanthota districts.

Tomorrow: Showers or thundershowers will occur in the Northern, Eastern, North-central, Uva and Central provinces and in the Galle, Matara Kaluthara and Kurunagala districts after 2.00p.m.

Heavy falls about 100 mm can be expected at some places.

Showers or thundershowers will occur at several places in Sabaragamuwa province. Several spells of light showers will occur in Coastal areas of the Western and North-western provinces in the morning.

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

Weather Forecast for Main Cities				Date :	23-Sep-2018
City	Temperature (⁰C)		Relative Humidity (%)		Weather
City	Max	Min	Max	Min	Weather
Anuradhapura	34	25	90	50	Showers or thundershowers after 2.00p.m
Batticaloa	33	24	80	50	Showers or thundershowers after 2.00p.m
Colombo	29	24	90	75	Several spells of showers
Galle	29	24	90	80	Several spells of showers
Jaffna	32	26	85	60	A few showers
Kandy	28	19	95	80	Showers or thundershowers after 2.00p.m
Nuwara-Eliya	17	12	95	80	Showers or thundershowers after 2.00p.m
Ratnapura	29	23	95	90	Showers or thundershowers
Trincomalee	36	24	85	40	Showers or thundershowers after 2.00p.m
Mannar	31	25	85	70	A few showers