Several places in most of the provinces in the country will experience showers or thundershowers after 2:00 pm today (November 1), as forecasted by the Department of Meteorology.
Heavy rainfall of about 100mm is due at a few places in Western, Sabaragamuwa and Uva Provinces along with Galle, Matara, Kandy and Nuwara-Eliya Districts.
Showers are likely in Eastern, North-central and North-western provinces also in Matale and Badulla Districts during the morning hours.
Meanwhile, showers or thundershowers are on the cards at several places in the sea areas off shores extending from Trincomalee to Hambantota via Batticaloa.
In addition, multiple places in the sea areas around the island will witness showers or thundershowers particularly during the day or night.
Winds will be North-easterly or inconstant in direction and will strike at 20-25 KMPH.
Besides, the sea areas surrounding the island are expected to tone down although strong gusts of wind and turbulent waters are foreseen during thunderstorms transiently.
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