The Department of Meteorology says showers are expected in several parts of Sri Lanka in the afternoon or night today.
Showers or thundershowers will occur at several places in the Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central, North-western and North-central provinces and in the Galle and Matara districts during the afternoon or night.
The public is requested to take adequate precautions to minimize damages caused by temporary localized strong winds and lightning during thundershowers.
Meanwhile, showers or thundershowers may occur at a few places in the sea areas off the coast extending from Puttalam to Galle via Colombo during the night.
Winds will be south-westerly to southerly over sea areas around the island and wind speed will be 20-30 kmph. Wind speed may increase up to 40-45 kmph at times in the sea areas off the coast extending from Kankasanthurai to Mannar.
The sea areas off the coast extending from Kankasanthurai to Mannar will be fairly rough at times. The other sea areas around the island will be slight to moderate.
Temporarily strong gusty winds and very rough seas can be expected during thundershowers. (NewsWire)