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2024-12-11

Advisory for heavy rain, strong winds and rough seas. Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 02.00 p.m. 11 December 2024, valid until 02.00 p.m. 12 December 2024 තද වැසි, තද සුළං සහ මුහුද රළුවීම පිළිබඳ අවවාදාත්මක නිවේදනය කාලගුණ විද්‍යා දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවේ, ස්වභාවික විපත් පිළිබඳ පූර්ව අනතුරු ඇඟවීමේ මධ්‍යස්ථානය විසින් 2024 දෙසැම්බර් මස 12 දින ප.ව. 02.00 තෙක් වලංගු වන පරිදි 2024 දෙසැම්බර් මස 11 දින ප.ව. 02.00 ට නිකුත් කරන ලදී.

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WEATHER FORECAST FOR 12 DECEMBER 2024

Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 12 December 2024

Showers or thundershowers will occur at times in Northern, North-central, Eastern, North-western and Western provinces. Fairly heavy showers about 75mm are likely at some places in Northern province.

Showers or thundershowers may occur at several places elsewhere during the evening or night.

Misty conditions can be expected in Central, Sabaragamuwa, Southern, and Uva provinces during the morning.

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

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

Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 12 December2024

The low-pressure area over the southwest Bay of Bengal is very likely to continue to move west-northwestwards slowly, towards the Tamil Nadu coast close to Northern Sri Lanka during the next 24 hours. Naval and fishing communities are warned not to venture to the deep and shallow sea areas off the coast extending from Puttalam to Mullaitivu via Kankasanthurai and Mannar today (December 12).

Condition of Rain:

Showers will occur at times in the sea areas extending from Trincomalee to Puttalam via Kankasanthurai and Mannar.Showers or thundershowers will occur at a few places in the other sea areas around the island.

Winds:

Winds will be North-easterly to North-westerly in the sea areas extending from Trincomalee to Galle via Kankasanthurai and Colombo. Wind speed will be (30-40)kmph. Wind speed can increase up to (50-60) kmph at times in the sea areasextending from Trincomalee to Puttalam via Kankasanthurai and up to 50kmph in the sea areas extending from Puttalam to Galle via Colombo. Winds will be variable in direction in the other sea areas around the island and wind speed will be (25-35) kmph.

State of Sea:

The deep and shallow sea areas off the coast extending from Puttalam to Mullaittivu via Mannar and Kankasanthurai will be rough to very rough at times and the sea areas extending from Puttalam to Galle via Colombo can be fairly rough at times. The other sea areas around the island will be moderate.

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

GENERAL WEATHER FORECAST FOR NEXT 36 HOURS

Issued at 04.00 p.m. on 11 December 2024.

The low-pressure area over the southwest Bay of Bengal is very likely to continue to move west-northwestwards towards the Tamil Nadu coast close to Northern Sri Lanka during the next 24 hours.

Showers or thundershowers will occur at times in Northern, North-central, Eastern and North-western provinces. Heavy showers above 100 mm are likely at some places in Northern province.

Showers or thundershowers may occur at several places elsewhere during the evening or night.

Misty conditions can be expected in Central, Sabaragamuwa, Southern, Uva, Western and North-western provinces during the morning.

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

Weather Forecast for Main Cities				Date :	12-Dec-2024
City	Temperature (0C)		Relative Humidity (%)		Weather
City	Max	Min	Max	Min	Weather
Anuradhapura	33	23	95	70	Several spells of showers
Batticaloa	30	25	95	75	Several spells of showers
Colombo	30	25	90	60	Several spells of showers
Galle	30	25	95	75	Showers or thundershowers are likely after 2.00p.m
Jaffna	29	24	95	75	Showers or thundershowers at times
Kandy	29	22	95	60	Showers or thundershowers are likely after 2.00p.m
Nuwara-Eliya	22	11	95	55	Showers or thundershowers are likely after 2.00p.m
Ratnapura	33	23	95	60	Showers or thundershowers are likely after 2.00p.m
Trincomalee	30	24	95	70	Several spells of showers
Mannar	30	27	95	75	Showers or thundershowers at times

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