Thundershowers in Uva and Eastern Provinces
The Met. Dept. says that Several spells of showers will occur in the Central, Sabaragamuwa, Western, Northwestern and Southern provinces.
Thundershowers will develop at several places in the Uva and Eastern provinces during the afternoon or evening.
There may be temporary localized strong winds during thundershowers. General public is requested to take adequate precautions to minimize the damages caused by lightning activities.
On the apparent southward relative motion of the Sun, it is going to be directly over the latitudes of Sri Lanka during 28th of August and 07th of September in this year. The nearest towns of Sri Lanka over which the sun will overhead today (03), are Chilaw, Galgamuwa, Laggala, and Mankadu about 12:10 noon.
City Forecast:
Afternoon or evening thundershowers likely in Trincomalee and Batticaloa.
Several spells of showers in Rathnapura, Nuwara Eliya, Kandy, Colombo and Galle.
Mainly fair in Jaffna , Anuradhapura and Mannar.
Max. Temperature of 36 °C is expected from Trincomalee. Min. Temperature of 12 °C is expected from Nuwara Eliya.
The 24 hour period ending at 08.30 on 02.09.2014
Max. Temperature of 36.5 °C reported from Polonnaruwa.
Min. Temperature of 13.6 °C reported from Nuwara Eliya.
Maximum Rainfall of 50.7 mm reported from Mellawa (Dankotuwa).
(SDF/KH)