Thundershowers will develop at several places in the drought-affected Northern, North-central, Uva and Eastern provinces during the afternoon or evening, the Department of Meteorology said today.
The provinces have been experiencing extreme dry weather conditions for the past several months resulting in a shortage of drinking water among other issues.
Several spells of showers will occur in the Western, Sabaragamuwa and Central provinces as well as in the Galle and Matara districts. Showers may spread to the North-Western province too, the Met Department says.
There may be temporary localized strong winds during thundershowers while showers or thundershowers will occur at several places over the sea areas around the island.
Winds will be Southwesterly and the speed will be 20-40 kmph, it said.
The deep and shallow sea areas off the coast extending from Hambantota to Pottuvil and Puttalam to Kankesanthurai via Mannar will be rough at times as winds can strengthen up to 50kmph at times.
