Showers or thundershowers will occur at times in Western, Sabaragamuwa, Southern, Central and North-Western provinces.

Heavy falls above 100mm can be expected at some places in Sabaragamuwa, Western and Central provinces and in Galle and Matara districts.

Strong gusty winds up to 60 kmph can be expected over the island particularly in Western, Southern, Central, Northern, North-central and North-western provinces and Monaragala district.

Marine weather

Due to active south-west monsoon, prevailing strong windy condition is expected to continue further in the sea areas around the island in next few days.

Showers or thundershowers will occur at several places in the sea areas extending from Puttalam to Hambantota via Colombo and Galle.

Winds will be south-westerly in direction in the sea areas around the island and wind speed will be 35-45 kmph.

Sea area extending from Galle to Trincomalee via Colombo, Puttalam and Kankasanthurai and the sea area extending from Matara to Pottuvil via Hambantota can be rough or very rough at times as the wind speed can increase up to 60-70 kmph at times.

Other sea areas can be rough at times as the wind speed can increase up to 50-60 kmph at times.

Naval and fishing communities are requested to be vigilant in this regard.

City weather