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Showers or thundershowers may occur at a few places in Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and in Galle, Matara and Nuwara-Eliya districts in the evening or night

Published

2 years ago

2024/02/29

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Weather observations issued by the Department of Meteorology on 2024 02 29

Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 29 February 2024 by the Department of Meteorology

A few showers will occur in Eastern and Uva provinces and in Polonnaruwa and Matale districts. Showers or thundershowers may occur at a few places in Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and in Galle, Matara and Nuwara-Eliya districts in the evening or night.

Winds will be north-easterly and wind speed will be (25-35) kmph. Fairly strong winds about (30-40) kmph can be expected at times in eastern slopes of the central hills and in Northern, North-central, North-western, Uva and Eastern provinces and in Hambantota district. Wind speed may increase up to (45-50) kmph at times in the sea areas off the coasts extending from Colombo to Kankasanthurai via Puttalam and Mannar and from Galle to Hambantota via Matara.

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

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

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Showers will occur at times in the Central, Uva, Eastern, Northern and North-central provinces and in Hambantota district

Published

3 hours ago

2026/02/12

Priyan

WEATHER FORECAST FOR 12 FEBRUARY 2026
Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 12 February 2026 by the Department of Meteorology

Misty conditions can be expected at some places in the Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central and North-western provinces and in Galle and Matara districts during the early hours of the morning.

Showers will occur at times in the Central, Uva, Eastern, Northern and North-central provinces and in Hambantota district. Fairly heavy showers, above 50 mm are likely at some places in Nuwara-Eliya, Matale, Badulla and Polonnaruwa districts.

Showers or thundershowers will occur at several places elsewhere after 2.00 p.m. and fairly heavy showers above 50 mm are likely at some places.

The 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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Except for a few showers in the Ampara, Batticaloa, Monaragala and Hambantota districts, mainly fair weather will prevail over the island.

Published

1 day ago

2026/02/11

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WEATHER FORECAST FOR 11 FEBRUARY 2026
Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 11 February 2026 by the Department of Meteorology

Misty conditions can be expected at some places in the Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central, Uva, North-central and North-western provinces and in Galle and Matara districts during the early hours of the morning.

The prevailing dry weather conditions are expected to change from tomorrow (12th).

Except for a few showers in the Ampara, Batticaloa, Monaragala and Hambantota districts, mainly fair weather will prevail over the island.