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Wind speed to increase further

August 08, 2018

The possibility of increasing the wind speed is still high over the island and surrounding sea areas (particularly in the sea areas to the Southeast and Northwest of the country).

 

Fairly strong gusty winds up to 50 kmph can be expected in Central hilly areas and in Uva, Sabaragamuwa, Northern, North-central, Southern, Eastern and Northwestern provinces.

 


Several spells of showers will occur in Sabaragamuwa, Central, Western and Northwestern provinces. Fairly heavy falls about 50 mm can be expected at some places in Sabaragamuwa and Central provinces and Galle and Matara districts.

 

Marine Weather

 

The possibility of increasing wind speed is still high over the surrounding sea areas particularly to the Southeast and Northwest of the country.


Winds will be south-westerly in direction and wind speed will be 30-40 kmph.


The sea areas extending from Puttalam to Trincomalee via Mannar and Kankasanturai and the sea area extending from Hambanthota to Pottuvil can be rough at times as the wind speed can increase up to 60 kmph at times. Other sea areas can be fairly rough at times as the wind speed can increase up to 50 kmph at times.


Several spells of showers may occur in the sea areas extending from Puttalam to Matara via Colombo and Galle. Mainly fair weather will prevail elsewhere.

 

City Weather

 

City

Temperature (0C)

Relative Humidity (%)

Weather

Max

Min

Max

Min

Anuradhapura

33

25

80

55

Mainly fair

Batticaloa

37

26

75

45

Mainly fair

Colombo

30

26

85

60

Several spells of showers

Galle

28

24

90

80

Several spells of showers

Jaffna

32

27

80

60

Mainly fair

Kandy

27

22

80

70

Several spells of showers

Nuwara-Eliya

19

13

90

65

Several spells of showers

Ratnapura

30

24

85

65

Several spells of showers

Trincomalee

36

26

75

45

Mainly fair

Mannar

31

26

85

70

Mainly fair