WEATHER FORECAST FOR 03 September 2023 Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 03 September 2023

Showers or thundershowers will occur at times in Western, Sabaragamuwa, Southern,Central and North-western provinces. Heavy showers about 100mm are likely at some placesi n Western, Sabaragamuwa and Southern provinces.

Showers or thundershowers will occur at several places in Eastern and Uva province 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.

Fairly strong winds about (40-45) kmph can be expected at times in western slopes of the central hills, Western, North-western and North-central provinces.

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 are Bangadeniya (Puttalam District), Wariyapola (Kurunegala District), Madawala (Matale District), Kokkadichcholai (Batticaloa District) about 12.10 noon.