By: Isuru Parakrama Colombo (LNW): Showers will occur at times in Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and in Galle and Matara districts, and several spells of showers will occur in Kandy and Nuwara Eliya districts, the Department of Meteorology said in its daily weather forecast today (29). Showers or thundershowers will occur at several places in Uva province and in Ampara, Batticaloa and Mulathivu districts during the evening or night, the statement added. General public is kindly requested to take adequate precautions to minimise damages caused by temporary localised 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 28^th of August to 07^th of September in this year. The nearest towns of Sri Lanka over which the sun is overhead today (29) are Palavi (Kilinochchi District), Chalai (Mulathivu District) about 12.11 noon. Marine Weather:

Condition of Rain:

Showers may occur at several places in the sea areas off the coast extending from Colombo to Matara via Galle.

Winds:

Winds will be south-westerly and speed will be (30-35) kmph. Wind speed may increase up to (50-55) kmph at times in the sea areas off the coast extending from Hambantota to Pottuvil, and from Puttalam to Trincomalee via Mannar and Kankasanthurai.  Wind speed may increase up to (40-45) kmph at times in the sea areas off the coast extending from Puttalam to Hambantota via Colombo and Galle.

State of Sea:

The sea areas off the coast extending from Hambantota to Pottuvil and from Puttalam to Kankasanthurai via Mannar may be rough at times. The sea areas off the coast extending from Puttalam to Hambantota via Colombo and Galle may be fairly rough at times.