Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 28 August 2023
Showery condition is expected to enhance to some extent in the south-western part of the Island in the next few days starting from today.
Several spells of showers will occur in Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and in Nuwaraeliya, Kandy, Galle and Matara districts.
Showers or thundershowers will occur at a several places in Uva province and in Ampara and Batticaloa districts during the evening or night.
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 during 28th of August to 07th of September in this year. The nearest towns of Sri Lanka over which the sun is overhead today (28) are Kovilan point and Mallakam (Jaffna District) about 12.11 noon.
