Thundershowers at a few places in the Uva and Eastern provinces
The Met. Dept. says that a few showers will occur in the Western, Sabaragamuwa and Central provinces and in the Galle and Matara districts particularly during the morning. Thundershowers will develop at a few places in the Uva and Eastern provinces during the afternoon or evening.
Strong winds at times (up to 60kmph) can be expected over the central hills, Northern parts of the country and over the sea areas off the Northern, Northeastern and Eastern coast.Winds speed can strengthen up to 70-80kmph at times in the Bay of Bengal.
Due to apparent southward relative motion of the Sun, the nearest towns of Sri Lanka over which the sun will overhead today (31), are Musalkutti, Kudagama, Bandara Ulpota and Mankanai around 12:11 noon.
City Forecast:
Afternoon or evening thundershowers likely in Batticaloa.
Several spells of showers in Rathnapura, Nuwara Eliya, Kandy, Colombo and Galle.
Mainly fair in Jaffna , Anuradhapura, Trincomalee and Mannar.
Max. Temperature of 35 °C is expected from Trincomalee.
Min. Temperature of 12 °C is expected from Nuwara Eliya.
The 24 hour period ending at 08.30 on 30.08.2014
Max. Temperature of 36.5 °C reported from Pottuvil.
Min. Temperature of 13.3 °C reported from Nuwara Eliya.
Maximum Rainfall of 05.9 mm reported from Bandaragama.
(SDF/KH)