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    Cloudy skies, speed winds today

    August 15, 2018

    The possibility of increasing showery condition and wind speed over the island is still high and cloudy skies can be expected over the island today, Met. Department says.

     

    Showers or thundershowers will occur at times in Central, Sabaragamuwa, Western and North-western provinces and in Galle, Matara districts.

     

    Heavy falls about 100mm can be expected at some places in Central, Sabaragamuwa provinces and in Kaluthara district, and fairly heavy falls above 50mm can be expected at some places in Kurunegala, Galle, Matara, Colombo and Gampaha districts.

     

    Several spells of showers will occur elsewhere.

     

    Strong gusty winds up to 60 kmph can be expected over the island particularly, North-western, North-central, Northern and Eastern provinces and Matale and Hambanthota districts.

     

    Marine Weather

     

    The possibility of increasing the wind speed is still high over the sea areas around the island.

     

    Showers or thundershowers will occur at several places in the sea areas extending from Trincomalee to Hambantota via Kankasanturai, Puttalam and Galle.

     

    Winds will be south-westerly in direction and wind speed will be 35-45 kmph.

     

    The sea areas around the island can be rough or very rough at times as the wind speed can increase up to 60-70 kmph at times. Naval and fishing communities are requested to be vigilant in this regard.

     

    City Weather

     

    City

    Temperature (0C)

    Relative Humidity (%)

    Weather

    Max

    Min

    Max

    Min

    Anuradhapura

    32

    25

    85

    55

    A few showers

    Batticaloa

    35

    26

    80

    45

    Mainly fair

    Colombo

    29

    26

    90

    80

    Showers or thundershowers at times

    Galle

    28

    25

    90

    85

    Showers or thundershowers at times

    Jaffna

    30

    27

    85

    65

    Mainly fair

    Kandy

    26

    21

    95

    80

    Showers or thundershowers at times

    Nuwara-Eliya

    16

    14

    95

    90

    Showers or thundershowers at times

    Ratnapura

    28

    24

    95

    75

    Showers or thundershowers at times

    Trincomalee

    35

    26

    85

    50

    Mainly fair

    Mannar

    30

    26

    90

    80

    A few showers

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