A few showers in Eastern, Sabaragamuwa and Uva provinces and in Galle and Matara districts today

Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 20 February 2024 by the Department of Meteorology

Misty conditions can be expected at some places in Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces during the morning.

A few showers may occur in Eastern and Uva provinces in the morning. Showers or thundershowers may occur at a few places in Sabaragamuwa province and in Galle and Matara districts in the evening or night. Mainly fair weather will prevail elsewhere.

Winds will be north-easterly and wind speed will be (25-30) kmph. Fairly strong winds about (30-35) kmph can be expected at times in eastern slopes of the central hills and in North-central, North-western, Uva, Southern and Eastern provinces and in Matale and Kandy districts. Wind speed may increase up to (40-45) kmph at times in the sea areas off the coasts extending from Galle to Pottuvil via Hambantota and from Colombo to Kankasanthurai via Puttalam.

The sea areas off the coasts extending from Galle to Pottuvil via Hambantota and from Colombo to Kankasanthurai via Puttalam can be fairly rough at times.

The public is kindly requested to take adequate precautions to minimize damages caused by temporary localized strong winds and lightning during thundershowers.