The cyclone “Madi” in the Bay of Bengal has intensified in to a severe cyclone and is located about 500 km to the North-east of Jaffna. The Department of Meteorology says that it is slowly moving away from Sri Lanka.

However, under the influence of the system windy conditions are expected to continue over the country and over the suburb sea areas.
 
There will be intermittent showers or thundershowers in the deep sea areas off the coast extending from Batticaloa to Jaffna, says a severe weather advisory, issued by Early Warning Centre of the Met Department.
 
“Winds will be North-westerly (but rotating anticlockwise) and speed will be 30-50 kmph. The winds speed over the sea area off the coast extending from Batticaloa to Mannar via Trincomalee and Jaffna will be strengthening up to 80kmph at times and up to 60kmph at times in the other sea areas around the island.”
 
The sea areas off the coast extending from Batticaloa to Mannar via Trincomalee and Jaffna will be very rough and dangerous and the other sea areas around the Island will be rough at times, it said.

Tropical Cyclone Madi has developed over the Bay of Bengal, northeast of Sri Lanka and east of India.

Parts of eastern Sri Lanka have already received 150-300 mm (6-12 inches) of rainfall this week after rounds of rain and thunderstorms moved over the region.

Now that Tropical Cyclone Madi has formed it is expected to drift northward into early next week.

This track will take the heaviest rainfall away from Sri Lanka while also keeping it east of India over the open Bay of Bengal.

The southeast coast of India could still get isolated downpours from the storm, but any widespread heavy rainfall will remain offshore through early next week, AccuWeather reports.