Fairly heavy showers in Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and Galle and Matara districts

Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 17 January 2023 by Department of Meteorology

Showers or thundershowers will occur at several places in Western, Sabaragamuwa, Southern, Central, Uva and North-Western provinces during the afternoon or night. Fairly heavy showers about 75mm can be expected at some places in Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and in Galle and Matara districts.

Several spells of light showers may occur in the Eastern Province.

A few showers may occur in the Southern Province in the morning too.

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