Thundershowers expected in several areas today

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Showers or thundershowers will occur at a few places in Western, Sabaragamuwa and Uva provinces and in Galle and Matara districts during the afternoon or night.

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

Mainly fair weather will prevail elsewhere over the island.

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

Winds will be north-easterly and wind speed will be 25-35 kmph. Wind speed may increase up to 45-55 kmph at times over the sea areas off the coast extending from Trincomalee to Colombo via Kankasanthurai, Mannar and Puttalam and the sea areas off the coast extending from Hambanthota to Pottuvil.

Sea areas off the coast extending from Trincomalee to Colombo via Kankasanthurai, Mannar and Puttalam and the sea areas off the coast extending from Hambanthota to Pottuvil will be rough at times. The other sea areas around the island may be slight to moderate.