Heavy showers expected today (3)

The Department of Meteorology says that showery condition is expected to enhance some extent in the south-western part (Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and in Kandy, Nuwara-Eliya, Galle, and Matara districts) of the island from today (03) afternoon for next few days.

Showers will occur at times in the Western, Sabaragamuwa, and North-Western provinces and in Kandy, Nuwara-Eliya, Galle, and Matara districts. 

Fairly heavy rainfalls above 50mm may occur at some places in Sabaragamuwa province and Kandy, Nuwara-Eliya, and Kaluthara districts.

Several spells of showers will occur in the Jaffna district.

Showers or thundershowers will occur at a few places in Uva province and Batticaloa and Ampara districts during the evening or night.

Strong winds of about 50 kmph can be expected at times over the western slopes of the Central hills.      

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

On the apparent southward relative motion of the sun, it is going to be directly over the latitudes of Sri Lanka until the 07th of September in this year. 

The nearest towns of Sri Lanka over which the sun is overhead today (03) are Kakkapalliya (Puttalam District), Habarewewa (Kurunegala District), Kirimetiyawa (Matale District), Habarawa (Badulla District), and Divulana (Batticaloa District) about 12.10 noon.