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    Heavy rain and lightning in many areas

    May 20, 2018

    The Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre of the Meteorology Department this morning (20th May) issues a heavy rain and lightning advisory for the Western, Sabaragamuwa, Uva and Central provinces as well as the districts of Galle and Matara.

    The met department forecasts very heavy falls about 150mm in the Sabaragamuwa province and heavy falls above 100 mm can be expected at some places in other above-mentioned areas. The met department has also noted that due to the active cloudiness in the sea area to the West, South-west and South of Sri Lanka, Showers or thundershowers will occur in the sea areas off the coast extending from Puttalam to Hambantota via Colombo and Galle.

    The possibility for sudden roughness, associated with a sudden increase of wind speed in the sea areas in the above sea area is high.Sea area extending from Puttalam to Kankasanturai via Mannar and from Matara to Potuvil via Hambantota can be rough at times as the wind speed can increase u

       Weather Forecast for Main Cities                                                                          Date :    20-May-2018

                   Temperature (0C)            Relative Humidity (%)    Weather

    City        Max       Min        Max       Min

    Anuradhapura   31           24           95           75           Showers or thundershowers after 2.00p.m

    Batticaloa            32           24           95           75           Showers or thundershowers after 2.00p.m

    Colombo              28           25           95           80           Showers or thundershowers at times

    Galle      27           25           95           80           Showers or thundershowers at times

    Jaffna    32           27           90           65           Several spells of light showers

    Kandy   28           20           95           75           Showers or thundershowers after 2.00p.m

    Nuwara-Eliya     19           13           95           85           Showers or thundershowers at times

    Ratnapura           29           23           95           75           Showers or thundershowers at times

    Trincomalee       32           24           95           70           Showers or thundershowers after 2.00p.m

    Mannar                31           27           90           70           Showers or thundershowers

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