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Showers will occur at times in Western, Sabaragamuwa, North-western, Northern, North-central and Southern provinces and in Kandy and Nuwara Eliya districts

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2024/06/7

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Weather observations issued by the Department of Meteorology on 2024 06 07

Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 07 June 2024 by the Department of Meteorology

Showers will occur at times in Western, Sabaragamuwa, North-western, Northern, North-central and Southern provinces and in Kandy and Nuwara Eliya districts. Showers or thundershowers may occur at a few places in Eastern and Uva provinces in the evening or night.

Winds will be south-westerly and wind speed will be (25-35) kmph. Strong winds of about (40-50) kmph can be expected at times over Northern, North-central, North-western provinces and in the Hambantota district. Wind speed may increase up to (50-60) kmph at times in the sea areas off the coasts extending from Mullaitivu to Puttalam via Kankasanthurai, Mannar and from Hambantota to Pottuvil.

The sea areas off the coasts extending from Mullaitivu to Puttalam via Kankasanthurai, Mannar, and from Hambantota to Pottuvil can be rough at times while strong gusty winds and very rough seas can be expected during thundershowers. Naval and fishing communities are also requested to be attentive in this regard.

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

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Showers in the Sabaragamuwa, Western and North-western provinces and in Galle, Matara, Kandy and Nuwara-Eliya districts

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

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The sun is going to be directly over the latitudes of Sri Lanka from 28th of August to 07th of September due to its apparent southward relative motion.

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Sun directly overhead Pallawarayankaddu, Akkarayankulam, Ariviyal Nagar, Puthukkudiyiruppu, Ananthapuram at about 12.11 noon today (29)

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