Heavy showers above 100mm expected - Met Dept
September 3, 2024 08:41 am
The Department of Meteorology states that showers or thundershowers will occur at times in Western, Sabaragamuwa and North-western provinces and in Galle, Matara, Kandy and Nuwara-Eliya districts.
Heavy showers above 100 mm are likely at some places in Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and in Galle and Matara districts, it said.
Showers or thundershowers may occur at a few places in Eastern and Uva provinces during the evening or night.
Strong winds about 40-50 kmph can be expected at times over Western slopes of the central hills, Northern, North-central and North-western provinces and in Hambantota and Trincomalee districts.
Thus, the general public is kindly requested to take adequate precautions to minimize damages caused by temporary localized strong winds and lightning during thundershowers.
In the meantime, the sun is going to be directly over the latitudes of Sri Lanka during the 28 of August to the 06 of September due to its apparent southward relative motion.
The nearest places of Sri Lanka over which the sun is overhead today (03) are Negombo, Gampola, Bibile and Akkaraipattu about 12.09 noon, according to the Met. Department.
