Accordingly, showery conditions are expected to enhance over the Northern,Eastern, and Uva Provinces during the coming days from January 5.2026. Therefore showers will occur at times in Eastern and Uva provinces and in Polonnaruwa, Matale and Nuwara - Eliya districts. Several spells of showers will occur in Northern Province and in Anuradhapura and Hambantota districts. They forecasted that Showers or thundershowers would also occur at a few places elsewhere after 2.00 p.m.Strong winds up to 50 kmph can be expected at times over Eastern slopes of the central hills,Northern, North-central, North-western and Eastern provinces and in Hambantota, Gampaha Colombo and Monaragala districts. They advised the public to take adequate precautions to minimize damages caused bytemporary localized strong winds and lightning during thundershowers.

Source: Sunday Times January 03, 2026 13:21 UTC