Several provinces and districts across the country are expected to experience showers tomorrow (16) under the influence of a depression developing over the Bay of Bengal, the Department of Meteorology has announced.

Cloudy skies are expected to prevail across the entire island, with several spells of showers predicted in the Northern, North-Central, Eastern, Western, Sabaragamuwa and North-Western provinces and in the Kandy, Nuwara Eliya, Galle and Matara districts.

Showers or thundershowers may also occur at a few places in the Uva Province and Hambantota district after 2.00 p.m.

The Met. Department has urged the general public to take adequate precautions against possible damage caused by temporary localised strong winds and lightning during thundershowers.

Misty conditions are also expected in most parts of the island during the early morning hours.

Meanwhile, the low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal, located east of Sri Lanka, has developed into a depression.

According to the Met. Department, the system was located approximately 630 km northeast of Trincomalee, slightly east of the northeast direction, at 11.30 a.m. today (15).

The system is highly likely to move further away from Sri Lanka and intensify into a cyclonic storm by tomorrow evening over the southern and adjoining west-central Bay of Bengal.

It is subsequently expected to develop into a severe cyclonic storm over the west-central Bay of Bengal by November 17, according to the Met. Department.