tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90249772740562535992024-03-18T08:34:18.918+05:30Foundation for Environment, Climate and TechnologyFoundation for Environment, Climate and Technologyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05574351991222574083noreply@blogger.comBlogger636125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024977274056253599.post-69008718684761238232024-03-15T14:56:00.002+05:302024-03-15T14:56:45.625+05:30Climate Bulletin For Sri Lanka (15 March 2024)<p> </p><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 22px; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span face="" style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Highlights</span></span></span></b><i><span face="" style="color: #1d1b11;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></span></i></span></h2><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="" style="color: #1d1b11;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span> • </span></span></i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-style: italic; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;">Dry weather conditions are predicted for next week while
high likelihood of scattered showers (</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;">≤ 5mm)</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"> may occur
from 13 - 19 March</span></span></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span> •</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">On average, 1/6 of the predicted rainfall was
received over the country during 12 Feb - 13 Mar. </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">Rainfall on 8 March was highest (115 mm) at
Keragala (SP).</span></span></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></i></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"> • </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">Winds at 850mb (1.5 km) were north easterly
from 4 - 10 Mar reaching up to 6 m/s. </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">Winds at 850mb (1.5 km) are predicted
easterly from 14 - 20 Mar reaching up to</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">
</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">3 m/s.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="text-indent: -36.48px;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"> • </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">Maximum daily temperature was in Kurunegala
(38.3</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">º</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">C) & Puttalam (37.9</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">º</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">C). </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">Sea surface temperature around Sri Lanka was
0.5 - 1.5</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">º</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">C above normal.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;"><br /></span></div></div></div><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: verdana;"><b></b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="background-color: #6fba59; border: none; cursor: pointer; padding: 15px 32px;"><a href="http://tropicalclimate.org/fect/wms_reports/WMS_Report_15_3_2024.pdf" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana;">Download full report ↓</span></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;" /></span><hr style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;" /><h3 style="background-color: #674ea7; color: white; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; width: 667px;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Predictions</span></i></h3><h4 style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Rainfall</span></span></h4><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">14-day prediction: </span></b><b style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></b><b style="background-color: white; color: #666666;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">NOAA NCEP models: <br /></span></i></b></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 18.4px; text-align: justify;"><i style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span><b><span style="line-height: 18.4px;">From 13<sup>th</sup> March - 19<sup>th</sup> March:</span></b><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"> </span></span></i><i><span style="line-height: 18.4px; text-align: left;"> </span> </i></span><div><div style="background-color: white;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div><span><span style="text-align: justify;"><i>Total rainfall by Provinces</i></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li><i>≤ 5 mm - Eastern, Uva, Central, Northern, Southern, Sabaragamuwa, Western, North Central, North Westernn</i></li></ul><div><i style="text-align: left;"><span><b><span style="line-height: 18.4px;">From 20<sup>th</sup> March - 26<sup>th</sup> March:</span></b><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"> </span><br /><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="font-style: normal;"><span><span style="text-align: justify;"><i>Total rainfall by Provinces</i></span></span></div><div><span><span style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li>≤ 5 mm - Eastern, Central, Sabaragamuwa, Uva, Western, Southern, Northern, North Western, North Central </li></ul></span></span></div><div style="font-style: normal;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul></ul></div></div></span></div></span></i></div><div><i style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b><span>MJO</span><span> based OLR predict<span>ions:</span></span></b></span></i></div></div></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><i>For the next 15 days: </i></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">MJO </span><span style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">shall <a name="_Hlk154048726">slightly suppress the rainfall during 13<sup>th</sup> - </a>17<sup>th</sup>
March and moderately suppress the rainfall during 18<sup>th </sup>- 27<sup>th</sup>
March for Sri Lanka</span><span style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">.</span></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="line-height: 18.4px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></i></span></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Ocean State</span></b><b style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #1d1b11;"> </span></b></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><b>(Text Courtesy IRI)</b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span>Pacific Sea Sate: March 11</span><span>, 2024 </span></i></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;">T</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">he SST Anomalies for the NINO3.4
region shows a +1.7 </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">º</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">C
on the week ending 11<sup>th</sup> March - thus a moderate-strong El Nino is
sustained. Consensus of models predict a continuation of the El Niño event
until May 2024 before weakening thereafter.</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana; line-height: 18.4px;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"></div></div></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 18.4px; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"></span></i></p><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b style="text-align: left;"><span>Indian </span></b><b style="text-align: left;"><span>Sea Sate</span></b></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Sea surface temperature around Sri
Lanka was<a name="_Hlk112403111"> </a><span class="fontstyle01">1.0</span><span class="fontstyle11">℃ </span>above normal to the <span class="fontstyle01">country </span>in 20<sup>th </sup>February - 26<sup>th</sup>
February 2024. A
positive Dipole Mode has set in across <span class="fontstyle01">the </span>Indian Ocean since 8<sup>th</sup> of
June.</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 115%; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div></div></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><h3 style="background-color: #674ea7; color: white; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; width: 667px;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Interpretation</span></i></h3><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></i></div><div><b style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Monitoring</span></b></div><div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Rainfall</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">: </span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">: </span></b></span></span></span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">During the last two weeks, there had been heavy rainfall </span>over
the following area: Keragala.</i></span></div>
<p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Daily
Average Rainfall in the <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Met stations</span> for
previous week of (6<sup>th</sup> - 13<sup>th</sup> March) = 0.7 mm</i></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Maximum Daily Rainfall: 106.9 mm &
Minimum Daily Rainfall: 0.0 mm.</i></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><table align="left" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; margin-left: 6.75pt; margin-right: 6.75pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-table-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-table-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-table-left: center; mso-table-lspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-rspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-top: 8.7pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; width: 624px;">
<tbody><tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;">
<td rowspan="2" style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" width="138">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Region</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></i></span></p>
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<td rowspan="2" style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Average rainfall for last 8 days
(mm)</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></i></span></p>
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<td colspan="2" style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 229.5pt;" valign="top" width="306">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Average temperature for last 8
days (</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">ºC)</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></i></span></p>
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<tr style="height: 18.1pt; mso-yfti-irow: 1;">
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 18.1pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Maximum</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></i></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 18.1pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Minimum </span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></i></span></p>
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<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 2;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Northern plains</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">0.0</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">34.1</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">23.5</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 3;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><a name="_Hlk128132590"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Eastern</span></a><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> hills </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">0.0</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">28.6</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">16.3</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 4;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Eastern plains</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">0.0</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">33.3</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">23.3</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 5;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Western hills </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">5.3</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">30.5</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">18.8</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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<tr style="height: 11.15pt; mso-yfti-irow: 6;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Western plains</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">0.7</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">33.7</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">25.0</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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<tr style="height: 11.55pt; mso-yfti-irow: 7; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 11.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Southern plains</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">0.0</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">34.7</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">24.0</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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</tbody></table></div></div></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><i><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><table align="left" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; margin-left: 6.75pt; margin-right: 6.75pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-table-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-table-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-table-left: center; mso-table-lspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-rspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-top: .7pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;">
<tbody><tr style="height: 15.45pt; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;">
<td style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.75pt;" width="138">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: .7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Region</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.5in;" width="144">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: .7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Average rainfall for last 8 days
(mm)</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 130.5pt;" width="174">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: .7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Daily maximum rainfall for last 8
days (mm)</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.75in;" width="168">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: .7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Daily minimum rainfall for last 8
days (mm)</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<tr style="height: 19.35pt; mso-yfti-irow: 1; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 19.35pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.75pt;" width="138">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: .7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Hydro catchment</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 19.35pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.5in;" width="144">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: .7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">0.8</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 19.35pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 130.5pt;" width="174">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: .7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">43.0</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 19.35pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.75in;" width="168">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: .7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">0.0</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</tbody></table></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Wind:</span></i></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">North easterly </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #050505; line-height: 115%;">winds </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">prevailed in the sea area and around the island last week.</span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Temperatures:</span></i></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">The
temperature anomalies were above normal for some parts of the Sabaragamuwa, Western,
Southern, and Central provinces and below normal for some parts of the Northern
province of the country, driven by the warm SST’s. </span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"> </span> <span face="Calibri, sans-serif"> </span></div></div></i></div></div></span></span><div><b style="color: #444444; text-align: left;"><b style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Predictions</span></b></b></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">Rainfall:</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">During the next week (13<sup>th</sup>
March - 19<sup>th </sup>March), </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">light showers (≤ 5mm) are predicted for the country.</span></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">Temperatures: </span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">The temperature will
remain above normal for the country during 14<sup>th</sup> - 20<sup>th</sup>
March.</span></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">Teleconnections:
</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">A positive Dipole Mode has set in across the Indian Ocean since 8<sup>th</sup>
of June.</span></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">MJO shall slightly suppress the rainfall
during 13<sup>th</sup> - 17<sup>th</sup> March and moderately suppress the
rainfall during 18<sup>th </sup>- 27<sup>th</sup> March for Sri Lanka.</span></i></div><div><b><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Seasonal Precipitation: </span></span></i></b><span style="line-height: 115%;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">The
precipitation forecast for the March-April-May, 2024 season shows a 40%
tendency toward above normal precipitation for the southern half of the country.</span></i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></b></span></div><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>FECThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11895703311338648637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024977274056253599.post-65678962823644127102024-03-08T09:28:00.001+05:302024-03-12T09:41:34.557+05:30Climate Bulletin For Sri Lanka (8 March 2024)<p> </p><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 22px; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span face="" style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Highlights</span></span></span></b><i><span face="" style="color: #1d1b11;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></span></i></span></h2><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="" style="color: #1d1b11;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span> • </span><span style="text-indent: -36.48px;">High likelihood of light showers (15mm) is predicted for the Eastern, Uva and Centeral provinces during 6 - 12 March.</span></span></i></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span> •</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">Rainfall on 28 Feb was highest (88 mm)
at Rufus Wewa (EP). </span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">During the last February, 60mm rainfall
expected but received only 10 mm.</span></span></i></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></i></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"> • </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">Winds at 850mb (1.5 km) were north easterly
from 26 Feb - 3 Mar reaching up to 8 m/s. </span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">Winds at 850mb (1.5 km) are predicted north
easterly from 7 - 13 Mar reaching up to 4 m/s.</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="text-indent: -36.48px;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"> • </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">Maximum daily temperature was in Kurunegala
(37.0</span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">º</span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">C) & Katunayake (36.7</span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">º</span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">C). </span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">Sea surface temperature around Sri Lanka was
0.25 - 1.5</span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">º</span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">C above normal. </span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">Strong EL Nino and positive indian ocean
dipole patterns sustained.</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;"><br /></span></div></div></div><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: verdana;"><b></b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="background-color: #6fba59; border: none; cursor: pointer; padding: 15px 32px;"><a href="http://tropicalclimate.org/fect/wms_reports/WMS_Report_8_3_2024.pdf" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana;">Download full report ↓</span></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;" /></span><hr style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;" /><h3 style="background-color: #674ea7; color: white; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; width: 667px;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Predictions</span></i></h3><h4 style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Rainfall</span></span></h4><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">14-day prediction: </span></b><b style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></b><b style="background-color: white; color: #666666;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">NOAA NCEP models: <br /></span></i></b></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 18.4px; text-align: justify;"><i><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">From 6<sup>th</sup> March - 12<sup>th</sup> March:</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%; text-align: left;"> </span> </i></span><div><div style="background-color: white;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div><span><span style="text-align: justify;"><i>Total rainfall by Provinces</i></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li><i>15 mm -<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Eastern, Uva, Central </i></li><li><i>≤ 5 mm - Northern, Southern, Sabaragamuwa, Western, North Central, North Western</i></li></ul><div><i style="text-align: left;"><span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">From 13<sup>th</sup> March - 19<sup>th</sup> March:</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><br /><div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="color: black; font-style: normal;"><span><span style="text-align: justify;"><i>Total rainfall by Provinces</i></span></span></div><div><span><span style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li>15 mm - Eastern, Central, Sabaragamuwa, Uva, Western, Southern </li><li>≤ 5 mm - Northern, North Western, North Central </li></ul></span></span></div><div style="color: black; font-style: normal;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul></ul></div></div></span></div></div></span></i></div><div><i style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b><span>MJO</span><span> based OLR predict<span>ions:</span></span></b></span></i></div></div></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><i>For the next 15 days: </i></b></span></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a name="_Hlk94170286" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">MJO </span></a><span style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">shall <a name="_Hlk154048726">slightly enhance the rainfall during 6<sup>th</sup> - </a>10<sup>th</sup>
March, slightly suppress the rainfall during 11<sup>th </sup>- 15<sup>th</sup> March,
and moderately suppress the rainfall during 16<sup>th</sup> - 20<sup>th</sup> March
for Sri Lanka</span><span style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">.</span></span></i></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="line-height: 18.4px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></i></span></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Ocean State</span></b><b style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #1d1b11;"> </span></b></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><b>(Text Courtesy IRI)</b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span>Pacific Sea Sate: March 4</span><span>, 2024 </span></i></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">The SST Anomalies for the
NINO3.4 region shows a +1.7 </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">º</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">C on the week ending 4<sup>th</sup> March - thus a moderate-strong
El Nino is sustained. Consensus of models predict a continuation of the El Niño
event until May 2024 before weakening thereafter.</span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"></div></div></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 18.4px; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"></span></i></p><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b style="text-align: left;"><span>Indian </span></b><b style="text-align: left;"><span>Sea Sate</span></b></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Sea surface temperature around Sri
Lanka was<a name="_Hlk112403111"> </a><span class="fontstyle01">0.5</span><span class="fontstyle11">℃ </span>above normal to the Northern, Western,
and Southern half of the <span class="fontstyle01">country </span>in 13<sup>th
</sup>February - 19<sup>th</sup> February 2024. A positive Dipole Mode has set in
across <span class="fontstyle01">the </span>Indian Ocean since 8<sup>th</sup> of June.</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 115%; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div></div></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><h3 style="background-color: #674ea7; color: white; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; width: 667px;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Interpretation</span></i></h3><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></i></div><div><b style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Monitoring</span></b></div><div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Rainfall</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">: </span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">: </span></b></span></span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">During the last two weeks, there had been fairly heavy
rainfall </span>over the following areas: Rufus
Wewa, Kahaduwa.</i></span></div>
<p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Daily Average Rainfall in the <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Met stations</span> for previous week of (28<sup>th</sup>
February - 6<sup>th</sup> March) = 0.0 mm</i></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Maximum Daily Rainfall: 2.7 mm & Minimum
Daily Rainfall: 0.0 mm.</i></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><table align="left" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; margin-left: 6.75pt; margin-right: 6.75pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-table-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-table-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-table-left: center; mso-table-lspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-rspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-top: 8.7pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; width: 624px;">
<tbody><tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;">
<td rowspan="2" style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" width="138">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Region</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></i></span></p>
</td>
<td rowspan="2" style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Average rainfall for last 8 days
(mm)</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></i></span></p>
</td>
<td colspan="2" style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 229.5pt;" valign="top" width="306">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Average temperature for last 8
days (</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">ºC)</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></i></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 18.1pt; mso-yfti-irow: 1;">
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 18.1pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Maximum</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></i></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 18.1pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Minimum </span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></i></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 2;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Northern plains</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">0.0</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">32.8</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">23.5</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 3;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><a name="_Hlk128132590"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Eastern</span></a><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> hills </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">0.0</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">27.0</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">16.6</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 4;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Eastern plains</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">0.0</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">32.2</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">24.0</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 5;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Western hills </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">0.1</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">29.9</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">17.8</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 11.15pt; mso-yfti-irow: 6;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Western plains</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">0.0</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">33.9</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">24.9</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 11.55pt; mso-yfti-irow: 7; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 11.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Southern plains</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">0.0</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">34.2</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">24.4</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
</td>
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</tbody></table></div></div></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><i><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><table align="left" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; margin-left: 6.75pt; margin-right: 6.75pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-table-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-table-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-table-left: center; mso-table-lspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-rspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-top: .7pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;">
<tbody><tr style="height: 15.45pt; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;">
<td style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.75pt;" width="138">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: .7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Region</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.5in;" width="144">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: .7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Average rainfall for last 8 days
(mm)</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 130.5pt;" width="174">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: .7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Daily maximum rainfall for last 8
days (mm)</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.75in;" width="168">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: .7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Daily minimum rainfall for last 8
days (mm)</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
</td>
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<tr style="height: 19.35pt; mso-yfti-irow: 1; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 19.35pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.75pt;" width="138">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: .7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Hydro catchment</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 19.35pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.5in;" width="144">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: .7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">0.1</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: .7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">5.0</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: .7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">0.0</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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</tbody></table></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Wind:</span></i></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; text-indent: 0.5in;"> North easterly </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; text-indent: 0.5in;">winds </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; text-indent: 0.5in;">prevailed in the sea area and around the island last week.</span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Temperatures:</span></i></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span>The
temperature anomalies were above normal for some parts of the Southern,
Western, Sabaragamuwa, North Western, Eastern, Central, and Uva provinces of
the country driven by the warm SST’s. <span face="Calibri, sans-serif"> </span></div></div></i></div></div></span></span><div><b style="color: #444444; text-align: left;"><b style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Predictions</span></b></b></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">Rainfall:</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">During the next week (6<sup>th</sup>
March - 12<sup>th </sup>March), light showers (</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">15 mm</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">)</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">is predicted for </span></span><span style="line-height: 115%;">the Eastern, Uva, and Central provinces
of the country.</span></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">Temperatures: </span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">The temperature will
remain above normal for some parts of the Western, North Western, Northern, North
Central, Southern, and Uva provinces during 7<sup>th</sup> - 13<sup>th</sup>
March.</span></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">Teleconnections:
</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">A positive Dipole Mode has set in across the Indian Ocean since 8<sup>th</sup>
of June.</span></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">MJO shall slightly enhance the rainfall
during 6<sup>th</sup> - 10<sup>th</sup> March, slightly suppress the rainfall
during 11<sup>th </sup>- 15<sup>th</sup> March, and moderately suppress the
rainfall during 16<sup>th</sup> - 20<sup>th</sup> March for Sri Lanka.</span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">Seasonal Precipitation: </span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">The
precipitation forecast for the March-April-May, 2024 season shows a 40%
tendency toward above normal precipitation for the southern half of the country.<b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span></b></span></span></i></div><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>FECThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11895703311338648637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024977274056253599.post-17441671917525114812024-03-01T11:46:00.002+05:302024-03-01T11:46:50.097+05:30Climate Bulletin For Sri Lanka (1 March 2024)<p> </p><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 22px; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span face="" style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Highlights</span></span></span></b><i><span face="" style="color: #1d1b11;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></span></i></span></h2><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="" style="color: #1d1b11;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span><span> • </span></span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">High likelihood of light showers (15 mm) is
predicted for the Eastern, Uva and Central provinces during 28 February - 5 March</span></span></i></span></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span> • </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 4.5pt;">Rainfall on 23
Feb was highest (117 mm) at Kukuleganga (WP). </span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 4.5pt;">During the last
week, average daily rainfall was 0.8 mm and hydro catchment was 3.9 mm.</span></i></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 89%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 4.5pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 1.65pt; text-indent: 4.5pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></i></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"> • </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 4.5pt;">Winds at 850mb
(1.5 km) were north easterly from 19 - 25 Feb reaching up to 5 m/s. </span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 4.5pt;">Winds at 850mb
(1.5 km) are predicted north easterly from 29 Feb - 6 Mar reaching up to 4 m/s.</span></span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 6px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="text-indent: -36.48px;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="text-indent: -36.48px;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 6px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="text-indent: -36.48px;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="text-indent: -36.48px;">• </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sea surface temperature around Sri Lanka was 0.5 - 1.5ºC above normal. Strong EL Nino and positive Indian ocean dipole patterns sustained. Maximum daily temperature was in Ratnapura (37.5ºC) & Katunayake (36.9ºC).</span></span></i></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 89%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 4.5pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 1.6pt; text-indent: 4.5pt;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-indent: -36.48px;"><br /></span></div></div></div><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: verdana;"><b></b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="background-color: #6fba59; border: none; cursor: pointer; padding: 15px 32px;"><a href="http://tropicalclimate.org/fect/wms_reports/WMS_Report_1_3_2024.pdf" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana;">Download full report ↓</span></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;" /></span><hr style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;" /><h3 style="background-color: #674ea7; color: white; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; width: 667px;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Predictions</span></i></h3><h4 style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Rainfall</span></span></h4><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">14-day prediction: </span></b><b style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></b><b style="background-color: white; color: #666666;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">NOAA NCEP models: <br /></span></i></b></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i style="background-color: white;"><b>From 28th February - 5th March: </b></i><i><br /></i></span><div><div style="background-color: white;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div><span><span style="text-align: justify;"><i>Total rainfall by Provinces</i></span></span><i style="text-align: justify;"> </i></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li><i>15 mm - Eastern, Uva, Central</i></li><li><i>≤ 5 mm - Northern, North Western, North Central, Western, Sabaragamuwa, Southern</i></li></ul><div><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: left;"><i><b>From 6</b></i><i><b>th March</b></i><i><b> - 12th March: </b><br /></i></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><div><span><span style="text-align: justify;">Total rainfall by Provinces</span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li>25 mm - Eastern</li><li>15 mm - Central, Uva, Sabaragamuwa, Southern, Western </li><li>≤ 5 mm - Northern, North Western, North Central</li></ul></div></div></i></span></div></div><div><i style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b><span>MJO</span><span> based OLR predict<span>ions:</span></span></b></span></i></div></div></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><i>For the next 15 days: </i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>MJO shall moderately
enhance the rainfall during 28<sup>th </sup>February - 3<sup>rd</sup> March,
slightly enhance the rainfall during 4<sup>th</sup> - 8<sup>th</sup> March, and
near neutral the rainfall during 9<sup>th</sup> - 13<sup>th</sup> March for Sri
Lanka.</i></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="line-height: 18.4px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></i></span></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Ocean State</span></b><b style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #1d1b11;"> </span></b></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><b>(Text Courtesy IRI)</b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span>Pacific Sea Sate: February 26</span><span>, 2024 </span></i></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">The SST
Anomalies for the NINO3.4 region shows a +1.7 </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">º</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">C on the week ending 26<sup>th</sup> Feb - thus a
moderate-strong El Nino is sustained. Consensus of models predict a
continuation of the El Niño event until May 2024 before weakening thereafter.</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"></div></div></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 18.4px; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"></span></i></p><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b style="text-align: left;"><span>Indian </span></b><b style="text-align: left;"><span>Sea Sate</span></b></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">Sea surface temperature around Sri
Lanka was 1.0</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">℃ </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">above normal to the country </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">on 6th</span><sup><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></sup><span style="line-height: 115%;">February - 12<sup>th</sup> February
2024. A positive Dipole Mode has set in across the Indian Ocean since 8<sup>th</sup>
of June.</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div></div></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><h3 style="background-color: #674ea7; color: white; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; width: 667px;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Interpretation</span></i></h3><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></i></div><div><b style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Monitoring</span></b></div><div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Rainfall</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">: </span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">: </span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">During the last two weeks,
there had been heavy rainfall </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">over the following area: </span>Kukuleganga.</span></i></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Daily Average Rainfall in the <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Met stations</span> for previous week of (21<sup>st</sup>
February - 28<sup>th</sup> February) = 0.8 mm</span></i></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Maximum Daily Rainfall: 34.2 mm &
Minimum Daily Rainfall: 0.0 mm.</span></i></div><table align="left" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; margin-left: 6.75pt; margin-right: 6.75pt; mso-border-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-insideh: .5pt solid #BFBFBF; mso-border-insidev: .5pt solid #BFBFBF; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-table-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-table-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-table-layout-alt: fixed; mso-table-left: 27.75pt; mso-table-lspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-rspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-top: 8.7pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1024; width: 624px;">
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<td rowspan="2" style="border: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" width="138">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-border-shadow: yes; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 27.8pt; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Region<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></b></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-border-shadow: yes; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 27.8pt; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Average rainfall for last 8 days (mm)<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></b></p>
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<td colspan="2" style="border-left: none; border: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 229.5pt;" valign="top" width="306">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-border-shadow: yes; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 27.8pt; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">Average temperature for last 8 days (</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">ºC)</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 18.1pt; mso-border-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 117.0pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-border-shadow: yes; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 27.8pt; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Maximum<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></b></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-border-shadow: yes; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 27.8pt; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Minimum <o:p></o:p></span></i></span></b></p>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-border-shadow: yes; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 27.8pt; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Northern plains<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 135.0pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">0.7<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 117.0pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">32.8<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">24.7<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 3;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-border-shadow: yes; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 27.8pt; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Eastern hills <a name="_heading=h.2et92p0"></a><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 135.0pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-border-shadow: yes; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 27.8pt; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">0.2<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 117.0pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-border-shadow: yes; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 27.8pt; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">27.4<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-border-shadow: yes; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 27.8pt; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">18.0<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-border-shadow: yes; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 27.8pt; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Eastern plains<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-border-shadow: yes; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 27.8pt; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">0.3<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-border-shadow: yes; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 27.8pt; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">32.3<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-border-shadow: yes; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 27.8pt; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">24.7<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-border-shadow: yes; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 27.8pt; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Western hills <o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-border-shadow: yes; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 27.8pt; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">3.3<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-border-shadow: yes; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 27.8pt; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">29.7<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-border-shadow: yes; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 27.8pt; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">18.8<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-border-shadow: yes; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 27.8pt; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Western plains<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-border-shadow: yes; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 27.8pt; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">0.5<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-border-shadow: yes; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 27.8pt; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">34.3<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-border-shadow: yes; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 27.8pt; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">25.4<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-border-shadow: yes; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 27.8pt; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Southern plains<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-border-shadow: yes; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 27.8pt; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">0.1<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-border-shadow: yes; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 27.8pt; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">33.6<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-border-shadow: yes; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 27.8pt; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">24.9<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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</tbody></table></div></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="color: #3d85c6; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: black;"><br /></span></b></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="color: #3d85c6; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: black;"><br /></span></b></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="color: #3d85c6; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: black;"><br /></span></b></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="color: #3d85c6; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: black;"><br /></span></b></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="color: #3d85c6; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: black;"><br /></span></b></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></b></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></b></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></b></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></b></span></i></div><div><br /></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></b></span></i></div><div><table align="left" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; margin-left: 6.75pt; margin-right: 6.75pt; mso-border-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-insideh: .5pt solid #BFBFBF; mso-border-insidev: .5pt solid #BFBFBF; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-table-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-table-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-table-layout-alt: fixed; mso-table-left: 27.5pt; mso-table-lspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-rspace: 9.0pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1024; width: 624px;">
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-border-shadow: yes; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 27.55pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">Region</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-left: none; border: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.5in;" width="144">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-border-shadow: yes; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 27.55pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">Average rainfall
for last 8 days (mm)</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-border-shadow: yes; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 27.55pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">Daily maximum
rainfall for last 8 days (mm)</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-border-shadow: yes; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 27.55pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">Daily minimum
rainfall for last 8 days (mm)</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-border-shadow: yes; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 27.55pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Hydro catchment<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-border-shadow: yes; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 27.55pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">3.9<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-border-shadow: yes; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 27.55pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">117</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">.0<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></i></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-border-shadow: yes; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 27.55pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">0.0<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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</tbody></table></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></b></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></b></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></b></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></b></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></b></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></b></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></b></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></b></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">Wind:</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%; text-indent: 0.5in;">
North easterly </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%; text-indent: 0.5in;">winds
</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%; text-indent: 0.5in;">prevailed in the sea
area and around the island last week.</span></span></i></div>
<div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">Temperatures:</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">The
temperature anomalies were above normal for the country except some parts of
the Northern province driven by the warm SST’s.</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></span></i></div><div><b style="color: #444444; text-align: left;"><b style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Predictions</span></b></b></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">Rainfall:</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">During the next week (28</span><sup><span style="line-height: 115%;">th </span></sup><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">February </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">- 5<sup>th</sup> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">March)</span>,</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> light showers</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> (≤ 15
mm) </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">are predicted</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;"> for </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">the Eastern,
Uva, and Central provinces of the country.</span></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">Temperatures: </span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">The
temperature will remain above normal for some parts of the North Western,
Southern, Uva, Western, Northern, North Central, and Eastern provinces during
29<sup>th </sup>February - 6<sup>th</sup> March.</span></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">Teleconnections: </span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">A
positive Dipole Mode has set in across the Indian Ocean since 8<sup>th</sup> of
June.</span></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>MJO shall moderately enhance the rainfall
during 28<sup>th </sup>February - 3<sup>rd</sup> March, slightly enhance the
rainfall during 4<sup>th</sup> - 8<sup>th</sup> March, and near neutral the
rainfall during 9<sup>th</sup> - 13<sup>th</sup> March for Sri Lanka.</i></span></div>
<div><b><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Seasonal Precipitation: </span></span></i></b><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>The precipitation forecast for the
March-April-May, 2024 season shows a 40% tendency toward above normal
precipitation for the southern half of the country.</i></span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i> </i></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></b></span><i style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span></b></span><span><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><b> </b></span></span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span> </span><span> </span></span></b></i></div><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>FECThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11895703311338648637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024977274056253599.post-88642167175149990502024-02-23T11:38:00.002+05:302024-02-26T14:31:24.722+05:30Climate Bulletin For Sri Lanka (23 February 2024)<p> </p><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 22px; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span face="" style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Highlights</span></span></span></b><i><span face="" style="color: #1d1b11;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></span></i></span></h2><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="" style="color: #1d1b11;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span> • </span><span style="text-indent: -36.48px;">High likelihood of moderate rainfall (25 - 50 mm) is predicted for the Eastern, Northern, Southern, Uva provinces and less rainfall (≤ 15 mm) is predicted for the rest during 21 - 27 Feb.</span></span></i></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span> • </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="text-indent: -36.48px;">Rainfall on 15 Feb was highest (43 mm) at Bowatenna (CP). </span><span style="text-indent: -36.48px;">During the last week, average daily rainfall was 0.6 mm and hydro catchment was 2.1 mm.</span></span></i></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></i></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"> • </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="text-indent: -36.48px;">Winds at 850mb (1.5 km) were north easterly from 12 - 18 Feb reaching up to 10 m/s. </span><span style="text-indent: -36.48px;">Winds at 850mb (1.5 km) are predicted north easterly from 22 - 28 Feb reaching up to 4 m/s.</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="text-indent: -36.48px;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"> • </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="text-indent: -36.48px;">Sea surface temperature around Sri Lanka was 0.5 - 1.5ºC above normal. </span><span style="text-indent: -36.48px;">Strong EL Nino and positive indian ocean dipole patterns sustained. </span><span style="text-indent: -36.48px;">Maximum daily temperature was in Katunayake (37.2ºC) and Kurunegala (36.4ºC).</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-indent: -36.48px;"><br /></span></div></div></div><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: verdana;"><b></b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="background-color: #6fba59; border: none; cursor: pointer; padding: 15px 32px;"><a href="http://tropicalclimate.org/fect/wms_reports/WMS_Report_23_2_2024.pdf" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana;">Download full report ↓</span></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;" /></span><hr style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;" /><h3 style="background-color: #674ea7; color: white; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; width: 667px;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Predictions</span></i></h3><h4 style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Rainfall</span></span></h4><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">14-day prediction: </span></b><b style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></b><b style="background-color: white; color: #666666;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">NOAA NCEP models: <br /></span></i></b></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i style="background-color: white;"><b>From 21st February - 27th February: </b></i><i><br /></i></span><div><div style="background-color: white;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div><span><span style="text-align: justify;"><i>Total rainfall by Provinces</i></span></span><i style="text-align: justify;"> </i></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li><i>35 mm - Eastern</i></li><li><i>25 mm - Northern, Southern, Uva</i></li><li><i>≤ 15 mm - Sabaragamuwa, Central, Western, North Central, North Western</i></li></ul><div><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: left;"><i><b>From 28th February - 5th March: </b><br /></i></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><div><span><span style="text-align: justify;">Total rainfall by Provinces</span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li>55 mm - Eastern</li><li>45 mm -<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Southern, Uva, Central</li><li>35 mm - Sabaragamuwa, Western, North Western, Northern</li><li>≤ 25 mm - North Central</li></ul></div></div></i></span></div></div><div><i style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b><span>MJO</span><span> based OLR predict<span>ions:</span></span></b></span></i></div></div></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><i>For the next 15 days: </i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">MJO </span><span style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">shall <a name="_Hlk154048726">near neutral the rainfall during 21<sup>st</sup> - </a>25<sup>th</sup>
February, slightly enhance the rainfall during 26<sup>th </sup>February - 1<sup>st</sup>
March, and moderately enhance the rainfall during 2<sup>nd</sup> - 6<sup>th</sup>
March for Sri Lanka</span><span style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">.</span></span></i></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="line-height: 18.4px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></i></span></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Ocean State</span></b><b style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #1d1b11;"> </span></b></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><b>(Text Courtesy IRI)</b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span>Pacific Sea Sate: February 19</span><span>, 2024 </span></i></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">The SST Anomalies for the
NINO3.4 region shows a +1.7 </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">º</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">C on the week ending 19<sup>th</sup> Feb - thus a moderate-strong
El Nino is sustained. Consensus of models predict a continuation of the El Niño
event until May 2024 before weakening thereafter.</span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"></div></div></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 18.4px; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"></span></i></p><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b style="text-align: left;"><span>Indian </span></b><b style="text-align: left;"><span>Sea Sate</span></b></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sea surface temperature around Sri
Lanka was<a name="_Hlk112403111"> </a><span class="fontstyle01">1.0</span><span class="fontstyle11">℃ </span>above normal to the <span class="fontstyle01">country </span>in 30<sup>th </sup>January - 5<sup>th</sup>
February 2024. A
positive Dipole Mode has set in across <span class="fontstyle01">the </span>Indian Ocean since 8<sup>th</sup> of
June.</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 115%; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div></div></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><h3 style="background-color: #674ea7; color: white; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; width: 667px;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Interpretation</span></i></h3><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></i></div><div><b style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Monitoring</span></b></div><div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Rainfall</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">: </span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">: </span></b></span></span></span></span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">During the last two weeks, there had been moderate rainfall </span>over
the following areas: Bowatenna,
Nuwara Eliya.</i></span></div><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Daily
Average Rainfall in the <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Met stations</span> for
previous week of (13<sup>th</sup> February - 20<sup>th</sup> February) = 0.6 mm<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Maximum Daily Rainfall: 10.2 mm & Minimum
Daily Rainfall: 0.0 mm. </i></span></p><table align="left" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; margin-left: 6.75pt; margin-right: 6.75pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-table-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-table-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-table-left: center; mso-table-lspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-rspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-top: 8.7pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; width: 624px;">
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<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Region</span></b><b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></i></p>
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<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Average rainfall for last 8 days
(mm)</span></b><b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></i></p>
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<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Average temperature for last 8
days (</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">ºC)</span></b><b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 18.1pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Maximum</span></b><b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 18.1pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Minimum </span></b><b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></i></p>
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</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 2;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Northern plains</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">0.0</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">32.2</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">24.2</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 3;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a name="_Hlk128132590"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Eastern</span></a><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> hills </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">0.7</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">25.9</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">17.8</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 4;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Eastern plains</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">1.0</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">31.4</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">24.8</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 5;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Western hills </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">1.1</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">28.3</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">18.9</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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</tr>
<tr style="height: 11.15pt; mso-yfti-irow: 6;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Western plains</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">0.5</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">33.9</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">24.9</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<tr style="height: 11.55pt; mso-yfti-irow: 7; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;">
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<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Southern plains</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">0.9</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">33.4</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: verdana;">24.6</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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</tbody></table></div></div><div><b style="color: #444444; text-align: left;"><b style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><br /></i></span></b></b></div><div><b style="color: #444444; text-align: left;"><b style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><br /></i></span></b></b></div><div><b style="color: #444444; text-align: left;"><b style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><br /></i></span></b></b></div><div><b style="color: #444444; text-align: left;"><b style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><br /></i></span></b></b></div><div><b style="color: #444444; text-align: left;"><b style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><br /></i></span></b></b></div><div><b style="color: #444444; text-align: left;"><b style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><br /></i></span></b></b></div><div><b style="color: #444444; text-align: left;"><b style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><br /></i></span></b></b></div><div><b style="color: #444444; text-align: left;"><b style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><br /></i></span></b></b></div><div><b style="color: #444444; text-align: left;"><b style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><br /></i></span></b></b></div><div><b style="color: #444444; text-align: left;"><b style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><br /></i></span></b></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div><table align="left" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; margin-left: 6.75pt; margin-right: 6.75pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-table-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-table-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-table-left: center; mso-table-lspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-rspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-top: .7pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;">
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<td style="border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.75pt;" width="138">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: .7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Region</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.5in;" width="144">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: .7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Average rainfall for last 8 days
(mm)</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 130.5pt;" width="174">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: .7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Daily maximum rainfall for last 8
days (mm)</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.75in;" width="168">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: .7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Daily minimum rainfall for last 8
days (mm)</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 19.35pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.75pt;" width="138">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: .7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Hydro catchment</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 19.35pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.5in;" width="144">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: .7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">2.1</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 19.35pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 130.5pt;" width="174">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: .7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">43.2</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 19.35pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.75in;" width="168">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: .7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">0.0</span></i></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</tbody></table></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="color: #3d85c6; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: black;"><br /></span></b></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="color: #3d85c6; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: black;"><br /></span></b></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="color: #3d85c6; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: black;"><br /></span></b></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="color: #3d85c6; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: black;"><br /></span></b></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="color: #3d85c6; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: black;"><br /></span></b></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Wind:</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-weight: bold; text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; text-indent: 0.5in;">North easterly </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; text-indent: 0.5in;">winds </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; text-indent: 0.5in;">prevailed in the sea area and around the island last week.</span></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Temperatures:</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-weight: bold;"> </span>The
temperature anomalies were above normal for some parts of the Southern,
Western, Sabaragamuwa, North Western, Eastern, Central, and Northern provinces
of the country driven by the warm SST’s. </span></i><span style="font-weight: bold;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> </span></i><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></div><div><b style="color: #444444; text-align: left;"><b style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Predictions</span></b></b></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">Rainfall:</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">During the next week (21</span><sup><span style="line-height: 115%;">st </span></sup><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">February </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">- 27<sup>th</sup>
<a name="_Hlk158279204"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">February</span></a><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">)</span>,</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">moderate rainfall <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">is predicted for </span></span><span style="line-height: 115%;">the Eastern, Northern, Southern, and
Uva provinces and less rainfall is predicted for the rest.</span></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">Temperatures: </span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">The temperature will
remain above normal for some parts of the North Western, Western, Southern,
Northern, North Central, Uva, and Eastern provinces during 22<sup>nd</sup> - 28<sup>th</sup>
February.</span></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">Teleconnections:
</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">A positive Dipole Mode has set in across the Indian Ocean since 8<sup>th</sup>
of June.</span></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>MJO shall near neutral the rainfall during
21<sup>st</sup> - 25<sup>th</sup> February, slightly enhance the rainfall
during 26<sup>th </sup>February - 1<sup>st</sup> March, and moderately enhance
the rainfall during 2<sup>nd</sup> - 6<sup>th</sup> March for Sri Lanka.</i></span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">Seasonal Precipitation: </span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">The
precipitation forecast for the March-April-May, 2024 season shows a 40%
tendency toward above normal precipitation for the southern half of the country.<b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span></b></span><span><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><b> </b></span></span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span> </span><span> </span></span></b></i></span></div><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>FECThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11895703311338648637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024977274056253599.post-77947877949312729152024-02-16T11:12:00.002+05:302024-02-16T11:13:07.185+05:30Climate Bulletin For Sri Lanka (16 February 2024)<p> </p><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 22px; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span face="" style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Highlights</span></span></span></b><i><span face="" style="color: #1d1b11;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></span></i></span></h2><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="" style="color: #1d1b11;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span> • </span></i></span><span style="text-indent: -36.48px;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">High likelihood of moderate rainfall (25 - 50 mm) is predicted for the Eastern, Northern, Uva provinces and less rainfall (≤ 15 mm) is predicted for the rest during 14 - 20 Feb.</span></i></span></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span> •</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="text-indent: -36.48px;">Rainfall on 5 Feb reached peak (64.5 mm) at Kahaduwa (SP). </span><span style="text-indent: -36.48px;">During the last week, average daily rainfall was 0.4 mm and hydro catchment was 0.7 mm.</span></span></i></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></i></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"> • </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="text-indent: -36.48px;">Winds at 850mb (1.5 km) were north easterly from 5 - 11 Feb reaching up to 10 m/s. </span><span style="text-indent: -36.48px;">Winds at 850mb (1.5 km) are predicted easterly from 15 - 21 Feb reaching up to 5 m/s.</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="text-indent: -36.48px;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"> • </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="text-indent: -36.48px;">Sea surface temperature around Sri Lanka was 0.5 - 1.5ºC above normal. </span><span style="text-indent: -36.48px;">Strong EL Nino and positive Indian ocean dipole patterns sustained. </span><span style="text-indent: -36.48px;">Maximum daily temperature was in Katunayake & Colombo (35.5ºC).</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-indent: -36.48px;"><br /></span></div></div></div><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: verdana;"><b></b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="background-color: #6fba59; border: none; cursor: pointer; padding: 15px 32px;"><a href="http://tropicalclimate.org/fect/wms_reports/WMS_Report_16_2_2024.pdf" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana;">Download full report ↓</span></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;" /></span><hr style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;" /><h3 style="background-color: #674ea7; color: white; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; width: 667px;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Predictions</span></i></h3><h4 style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Rainfall</span></span></h4><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">14-day prediction: </span></b><b style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></b><b style="background-color: white; color: #666666;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">NOAA NCEP models: <br /></span></i></b></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b>From 14th February - 20th February: </b><br /></i></span><div><div style="background-color: white;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div><span><span style="text-align: justify;"><i>Total rainfall by Provinces</i></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li><i> 45 mm - Eastern</i></li><li><i> 35 mm - Northern</i></li><li><i> 25 mm -<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Uva</i></li><li><i> 15 mm -<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Central, Southern, North Central</i></li><li><i>≤ 5 mm - Western, Sabaragamuwa, North Western</i></li></ul><div><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: left;"><i><b>From 21st February - 27th February: </b><br /></i></span><div style="text-align: left;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><div><span><span style="text-align: justify;">Total rainfall by Provinces</span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li>55 mm -<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Eastern</li><li>45 mm - Northern</li><li>25 mm - Uva, Central, Southern</li><li>≤ 15 mm - Sabaragamuwa, North Western, North Central, Western</li></ul></div></div></i></span></div></div></div><div><i style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b><span>MJO</span><span> based OLR predict<span>ions:</span></span></b></span></i></div></div></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><i>For the next 15 days: </i></b></span></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">MJO </span><span style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">shall <a name="_Hlk154048726">moderately suppress the rainfall during 14<sup>th</sup> - </a>18<sup>th</sup>
February, slightly suppress the rainfall during 19<sup>th</sup>- 23<sup>rd</sup>
February, and near neutral the rainfall during 24<sup>th</sup> - 28<sup>th</sup>
February for Sri Lanka</span><span style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">.</span></span></i></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="line-height: 18.4px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></i></span></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Ocean State</span></b><b style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #1d1b11;"> </span></b></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><b>(Text Courtesy IRI)</b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span>Pacific Sea Sate: February 8</span><span>, 2024 </span></i></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">The SST Anomalies for the
NINO3.4 region shows a +1.7 </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">º</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">C on the week ending 8<sup>th</sup> Feb - thus a
strong El Nino is sustained. Consensus of models predict a continuation of the
El Niño event until May 2024 before weakening thereafter.</span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"></div></div></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 18.4px; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"></span></i></p><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b style="text-align: left;"><span>Indian </span></b><b style="text-align: left;"><span>Sea Sate</span></b></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sea surface temperature around Sri
Lanka was<a name="_Hlk112403111"> </a><span class="fontstyle01">0.5</span><span class="fontstyle11">℃ </span>above normal to the <span class="fontstyle01">country </span>in 23<sup>rd</sup> - 29<sup>th</sup> January
2024. A positive
Dipole Mode has set in across <span class="fontstyle01">the </span>Indian Ocean since 8<sup>th</sup> of
June.</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 115%; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div></div></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><h3 style="background-color: #674ea7; color: white; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; width: 667px;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Interpretation</span></i></h3><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></i></div><div><b style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Monitoring</span></b></div><div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Rainfall</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">: </span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">: </span></b></span></span></span></span>During the last two weeks, there had been fairly heavy rainfall over the following area: Kahaduwa</span></i></div><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Daily
Average Rainfall in the <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Met stations</span> for
previous week of (7<sup>th</sup> February - 14<sup>th</sup> February) = 0.4 mm</span></i></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Maximum Daily Rainfall: 10.2 mm & Minimum
Daily Rainfall: 0.0 mm.</span></i></p></div></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><i><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><table align="left" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; margin-left: 6.75pt; margin-right: 6.75pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-table-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-table-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-table-left: center; mso-table-lspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-rspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-top: 8.7pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; width: 624px;">
<tbody><tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;">
<td rowspan="2" style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" width="138">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Region</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></i></p>
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<td rowspan="2" style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Average rainfall for last 8 days
(mm)</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></i></p>
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<td colspan="2" style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 229.5pt;" valign="top" width="306">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Average temperature for last 8 days
(</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">ºC)</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></i></p>
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<tr style="height: 18.1pt; mso-yfti-irow: 1;">
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 18.1pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Maximum</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 18.1pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Minimum </span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></i></p>
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<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 2;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Northern plains</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">0.0</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">31.6</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">23.6</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 3;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><i><a name="_Hlk128132590"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Eastern</span></a><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> hills </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">0.6</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">25.9</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">16.8</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 4;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Eastern plains</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">0.6</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">31.1</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">24.3</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 5;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Western hills </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">0.4</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">28.2</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">18.6</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<tr style="height: 11.15pt; mso-yfti-irow: 6;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Western plains</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">0.2</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">33.5</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">23.8</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 11.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Southern plains</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">0.9</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">32.9</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">23.9</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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</tbody></table></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><br /></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><table align="left" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; margin-left: 6.75pt; margin-right: 6.75pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-table-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-table-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-table-left: center; mso-table-lspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-rspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-top: .7pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;">
<tbody><tr style="height: 15.45pt; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;">
<td style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.75pt;" width="138">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: .7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Region</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.5in;" width="144">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: .7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Average rainfall for last 8 days
(mm)</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 130.5pt;" width="174">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: .7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Daily maximum rainfall for last 8
days (mm)</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.75in;" width="168">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: .7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Daily minimum rainfall for last 8
days (mm)</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 19.35pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.75pt;" width="138">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: .7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Hydro catchment</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 19.35pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.5in;" width="144">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: .7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">0.7</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 19.35pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 130.5pt;" width="174">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: .7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">16.8</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 19.35pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.75in;" width="168">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: .7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><i>0.0</i></span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</tbody></table></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b>Wind:</b> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">North easterly </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #050505; line-height: 115%;">winds </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">prevailed in the sea area and around the island last week.</span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b>Temperatures: </b><span style="line-height: 115%;">The
temperature anomalies were above normal for some parts of the Southern,
Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central, Uva, Eastern, and Northern provinces of the
country driven by the warm SST’s. </span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></div></div></i></div></div></span></span><div><b style="color: #444444; text-align: left;"><b style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Predictions</span></b></b></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">Rainfall:</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">During the next week (14</span><sup><span style="line-height: 115%;">th </span></sup><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">February </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">- 20<sup>th</sup>
<a name="_Hlk158279204"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">February</span></a><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">)</span>,</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">moderate rainfall <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">is predicted for </span></span><span style="line-height: 115%;">the Eastern, Northern, and Uva
provinces and less rainfall is predicted for the rest of the country.</span></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">Temperatures: </span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">The temperature will
remain above normal for some parts of the North Western, Western, Southern,
Northern, and North Central provinces during 15<sup>th</sup> - 21<sup>st</sup>
February.</span></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">Teleconnections:
</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">A positive Dipole Mode has set in across the Indian Ocean since 8<sup>th</sup>
of June.</span></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">MJO shall moderately suppress the rainfall
during 14<sup>th</sup> - 18<sup>th</sup> February, slightly suppress the
rainfall during 19<sup>th</sup>- 23<sup>rd</sup> February, and near neutral the
rainfall during 24<sup>th</sup> - 28<sup>th</sup> February for Sri Lanka.</span></i></div>
<div><b><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Seasonal Precipitation: </span></span></i></b><span style="line-height: 115%;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">The
precipitation forecast for the February-March-April, 2024 season shows near
normal precipitation.</span></i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></b></span><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span></b></span></span></i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></b></div><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>FECThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11895703311338648637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024977274056253599.post-84954796926306102742024-02-09T11:09:00.002+05:302024-02-12T11:26:32.708+05:30Climate Bulletin For Sri Lanka (9 February 2024)<p> </p><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 22px; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span face="" style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Highlights</span></span></span></b><i><span face="" style="color: #1d1b11;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></span></i></span></h2><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="" style="color: #1d1b11;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span> • </span><span style="text-indent: -36.48px;">High likelihood of fairly heavy rainfall (50 - 100 mm) is predicted for Eastern and Uva provinces and less rainfall (≤ 35 mm) is predicted for the rest during 7 - 13 Feb.</span></i></span></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span> •</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="text-indent: -36.48px;">Rainfall on 31 Jan reached peak (126 mm) at Deniyaya (SP). </span><span style="text-indent: -36.48px;">During the last week, average daily rainfall was 3.0 mm and hydro catchment was 6.9 mm.</span></i></span></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></i></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"> • </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="text-indent: -36.48px;">Winds at 850mb (1.5 km) were north easterly from 29 Jan - 4 Feb reaching up to 10 m/s. </span><span style="text-indent: -36.48px;">Winds at 850mb (1.5 km) are predicted north easterly from 8 - 14 Feb reaching up to 10 m/s.</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="text-indent: -36.48px;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"> • </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="text-indent: -36.48px;">Sea surface temperature around Sri Lanka was 0.5 - 1.5ºC above normal. </span><span style="text-indent: -36.48px;">Strong EL Nino and positive indian ocean dipole patterns sustained. </span><span style="text-indent: -36.48px;">Maximum daily temperature was in Katunayake (35.8ºC) and Kurunegala (34.9ºC).</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="text-indent: -36.48px;"><br /></span></i></span></div></div></div><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: verdana;"><b></b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="background-color: #6fba59; border: none; cursor: pointer; padding: 15px 32px;"><a href="http://tropicalclimate.org/fect/wms_reports/WMS_Report_9_2_2024.pdf" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana;">Download full report ↓</span></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;" /></span><hr style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;" /><h3 style="background-color: #674ea7; color: white; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; width: 667px;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Predictions</span></i></h3><h4 style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Rainfall</span></span></h4><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">14-day prediction: </span></b><b style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></b><b style="background-color: white; color: #666666;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">NOAA NCEP models: <br /></span></i></b></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><i>From 7th February - 13th February: </i></b><br /></span><div><div style="background-color: white;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div><span><span style="text-align: justify;"><i>Total rainfall by Provinces</i></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li><i>85 mm - Eastern</i></li><li><i>55 mm - Uva</i></li><li><i>35 mm - Northern, Southern, North Central, Central</i></li><li><i>15 mm - Sabaragamuwa, North Western</i></li><li><i>≤ 5 mm - Western</i></li></ul><div><i style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b><span>MJO</span><span> based OLR predict<span>ions:</span></span></b></span></i></div></div></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><i>For the next 15 days: </i></b></span></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">MJO </span><span style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">shall significantly suppress the rainfall during 7<sup>th</sup> -
21<sup>st</sup> February for Sri Lanka</span><span style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">.</span></span></i></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="line-height: 18.4px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></i></span></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Ocean State</span></b><b style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #1d1b11;"> </span></b></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><b>(Text Courtesy IRI)</b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span>Pacific Sea Sate: February 5</span><span>, 2024 </span></i></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>The SST Anomalies for the NINO3.4 region shows a +1.7 ºC on the week ending 5th Feb - thus a strong El Nino is sustained. Consensus of models predict a continuation of the El Niño event until May 2024 before weakening thereafter. </i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"></div></div></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 18.4px; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"></span></i></p><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b style="text-align: left;"><span>Indian </span></b><b style="text-align: left;"><span>Sea Sate</span></b></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Sea surface temperature around Sri
Lanka was<a name="_Hlk112403111"> </a><span class="fontstyle01">0.5</span><span class="fontstyle11">℃ </span>above normal to the <span class="fontstyle01">country </span>in 16<sup>th</sup> - 22<sup>nd</sup> January
2024. A positive
Dipole Mode has set in across <span class="fontstyle01">the </span>Indian Ocean since 8<sup>th</sup> of
June.</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 115%; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div></div></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><h3 style="background-color: #674ea7; color: white; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; width: 667px;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Interpretation</span></i></h3><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></i></div><div><b style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Monitoring</span></b></div><div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Rainfall</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">: </span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">: </span></b></span></span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">During the last two weeks, there had been heavy rainfall </span>over
the following area: Deniyaya</span></i></div><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Daily
Average Rainfall in the <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Met stations</span> for
previous week of (31<sup>st</sup> January - 7<sup>th</sup> February) = 3.0 mm</span></i></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Maximum Daily Rainfall: 41.4 mm & Minimum
Daily Rainfall: 0.0 mm.</span></i></p><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><table align="left" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; margin-left: 6.75pt; margin-right: 6.75pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-table-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-table-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-table-left: center; mso-table-lspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-rspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-top: 8.7pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; width: 624px;">
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<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Region</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></i></p>
</td>
<td rowspan="2" style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Average rainfall for last 8 days
(mm)</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></i></p>
</td>
<td colspan="2" style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 229.5pt;" valign="top" width="306">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Average temperature for last 8
days (</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">ºC)</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></i></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 18.1pt; mso-yfti-irow: 1;">
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 18.1pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Maximum</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 18.1pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Minimum </span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></i></p>
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</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 2;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Northern plains</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">1.3</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">31.5</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">23.7</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 3;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a name="_Hlk128132590"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Eastern</span></a><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> hills </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">3.0</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">26.3</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">16.6</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 4;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Eastern plains</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">3.8</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">31.1</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">23.9</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 5;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Western hills </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">8.4</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">28.8</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">18.3</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<tr style="height: 11.15pt; mso-yfti-irow: 6;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Western plains</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">1.7</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">32.6</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">24.0</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 11.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Southern plains</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">0.7</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">32.4</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">23.9</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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</tbody></table></div></div></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><i><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><br /></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><br /></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><table align="left" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; margin-left: 6.75pt; margin-right: 6.75pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-table-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-table-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-table-left: center; mso-table-lspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-rspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-top: 31.6pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;">
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<td style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.75pt;" width="138">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 31.6pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Region</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.5in;" width="144">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 31.6pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Average rainfall for last 8 days
(mm)</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 130.5pt;" width="174">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 31.6pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Daily maximum rainfall for last 8
days (mm)</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.75in;" width="168">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 31.6pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Daily minimum rainfall for last 8
days (mm)</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 19.35pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.75pt;" width="138">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 31.6pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Hydro catchment</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 19.35pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.5in;" width="144">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 31.6pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">6.9</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 19.35pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 130.5pt;" width="174">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 31.6pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">125.0</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 19.35pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.75in;" width="168">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 31.6pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">0.0</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</tbody></table></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b>Wind:</b> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">North easterly </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #050505; line-height: 115%;">winds </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">prevailed in the sea area and around the island last week.</span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b>Temperatures: </b><span style="line-height: 115%;">The
temperature anomalies were above normal for the country </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">driven by the warm SST’s.</span></div></div></i></div></div></span></span><div><b style="color: #444444; text-align: left;"><b style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Predictions</span></b></b></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">Rainfall:</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">During the next week (7</span><sup><span style="line-height: 115%;">th </span></sup><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">February </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">- 13<sup>th</sup>
<a name="_Hlk158279204"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">February</span></a><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">)</span>,</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">fairly heavy rainfall <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">is predicted for the</span></span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> Eastern and Uva provinces and less
rainfall is predicted for rest of the country.</span></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">Temperatures: </span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">The temperature will
remain above normal for some parts of the Western, North Western, North
Central, and Southern provinces during 8<sup>th</sup> - 14<sup>th</sup>
February.</span></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">Teleconnections:
</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">A positive Dipole Mode has set in across the Indian Ocean since 8<sup>th</sup>
of June.</span></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">MJO shall significantly suppress the
rainfall during 7<sup>th</sup> - 21<sup>st</sup> February for Sri Lanka.</span></i></div>
<div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">Seasonal Precipitation: </span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">The
precipitation forecast for the February-March-April, 2024 season shows near
normal precipitation.<b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span></b></span></span></i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></b></div><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>FECThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11895703311338648637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024977274056253599.post-42604315243434444972024-02-02T15:30:00.001+05:302024-02-02T15:30:25.952+05:30Climate Bulletin For Sri Lanka (2 February 2024)<p> </p><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 22px; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span face="" style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Highlights</span></span></span></b><i><span face="" style="color: #1d1b11;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></span></i></span></h2><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="" style="color: #1d1b11;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i> • </i></span><span style="text-indent: -36.48px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>High likelihood of very heavy rainfall (> 100 mm) is predicted for Eastern province, fairly heavy rainfall (50 - 100 mm) is predicted for Uva, Central provinces and less rainfall (≤ 35 mm) is predicted for the rest during 31 Jan - 6 Feb.</i></span></span></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span> •</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">Rainfall on 28 reached peak (86.5 mm) at Kurundu Oya (CP). </span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">During
the last week, average daily rainfall was 2.8 mm and hydro catchment was 6.1
mm.</span></i></span></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></i></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"> • </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">Winds at 850mb (1.5 km) were north easterly
from 22 - 28 Jan reaching up to 10 m/s. </span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">Winds at 850mb (1.5 km) are predicted north
easterly from 1 - 7 Feb reaching up to 6 m/s.</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="text-indent: -36.48px;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"> • </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">Sea surface temperature around Sri Lanka was
0.5 - 1.0</span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">º</span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">C above normal. </span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">Strong EL Nino and positive indian ocean
dipole patterns sustained. </span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">Maximum daily temperature was in Ratnapura (35.1</span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">º</span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">C), and Ratmalana (34.1</span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">º</span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">C).</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;"><br /></span></div></div></div><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: verdana;"><b></b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="background-color: #6fba59; border: none; cursor: pointer; padding: 15px 32px;"><a href="http://tropicalclimate.org/fect/wms_reports/WMS_Report_2_2_2024.pdf" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana;">Download full report ↓</span></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;" /></span><hr style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;" /><h3 style="background-color: #674ea7; color: white; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; width: 667px;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Predictions</span></i></h3><h4 style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Rainfall</span></span></h4><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">14-day prediction: </span></b><b style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></b><b style="background-color: white; color: #666666;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">NOAA NCEP models: <br /></span></i></b></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 18.4px; text-align: justify;"><i><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">From 31<sup>st</sup> January - 6<sup>th</sup> February:</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%; text-align: left;"> </span><span style="line-height: 18.4px; text-align: left;"> </span> </i></span><div><div style="background-color: white;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div><span><span style="text-align: justify;"><i>Total rainfall by Provinces</i></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li><i>115 mm - Eastern</i></li><li><i> 65 mm - Uva</i></li><li><i> 55 mm - Central</i></li><li><i> 35 mm - Southern, Northern, North Central</i></li><li><i> 25 mm - Sabaragamuwa, North Western</i></li><li><i>≤ 15 mm - Western</i></li></ul><div><i style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b><span>MJO</span><span> based OLR predict<span>ions:</span></span></b></span></i></div></div></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><i>For the next 15 days: </i></b></span></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a name="_Hlk94170286" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">MJO </span></a><span style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">shall <a name="_Hlk154048726">moderately suppress the rainfall during 31<sup>st </sup>January
- 4<sup>th</sup></a> February, near normal the rainfall during 5<sup>th</sup> -
9<sup>th</sup> February, and moderately enhance the rainfall during 10<sup>th</sup>
- 14<sup>th</sup> February for Sri Lanka</span><span style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">.</span></span></i></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="line-height: 18.4px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></i></span></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Ocean State</span></b><b style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #1d1b11;"> </span></b></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><b>(Text Courtesy IRI)</b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span>Pacific Sea Sate: January 29</span><span>, 2024 </span></i></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">The SST Anomalies for the
NINO3.4 region shows a +1.7 </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">º</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">C on the week ending 29<sup>th</sup> Jan - thus a
strong El Nino is sustained. Consensus of models predict a continuation of the
El Niño event until May 2024 before weakening thereafter. </span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"></div></div></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 18.4px; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"></span></i></p><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b style="text-align: left;"><span>Indian </span></b><b style="text-align: left;"><span>Sea Sate</span></b></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Sea surface temperature around Sri
Lanka was<a name="_Hlk112403111"> </a><span class="fontstyle01">0.5</span><span class="fontstyle11">℃ </span>above normal to the <span class="fontstyle01">country </span>in 9<sup>th</sup> - 15<sup>th</sup> January
2024. A positive
Dipole Mode has set in across <span class="fontstyle01">the </span>Indian Ocean since 8<sup>th</sup> of
June.</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 115%; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div></div></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><h3 style="background-color: #674ea7; color: white; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; width: 667px;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Interpretation</span></i></h3><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></i></div><div><b style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Monitoring</span></b></div><div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Rainfall</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">: </span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">: </span></b></span></span></i></span><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">During the last two weeks, there had been fairly heavy
rainfall </span>over the following areas: Kurundu Oya, Poddiwela.</span></i></div><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Daily
Average Rainfall in the <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Met stations</span> for
previous week of (24<sup>th</sup> January - 31<sup>st</sup> January) = 2.8 mm</span></i></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Maximum Daily Rainfall: 41.4 mm & Minimum
Daily Rainfall: 0.0 mm.</span></i></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><table align="left" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; margin-left: 6.75pt; margin-right: 6.75pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-table-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-table-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-table-left: center; mso-table-lspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-rspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-top: 8.7pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; width: 624px;">
<tbody><tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;">
<td rowspan="2" style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" width="138">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Region</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></i></p>
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<td rowspan="2" style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Average rainfall for last 8 days
(mm)</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></i></p>
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<td colspan="2" style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 229.5pt;" valign="top" width="306">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Average temperature for last 8 days
(</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">ºC)</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></i></p>
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<tr style="height: 18.1pt; mso-yfti-irow: 1;">
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 18.1pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Maximum</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 18.1pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Minimum </span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></i></p>
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<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 2;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Northern plains</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">1.6</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">30.6</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">23.6</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 3;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a name="_Hlk128132590"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Eastern</span></a><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> hills </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">5.6</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">24.6</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">17.0</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 4;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Eastern plains</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">3.8</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">30.4</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">23.5</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 5;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Western hills </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">6.7</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">28.3</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">17.7</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<tr style="height: 11.15pt; mso-yfti-irow: 6;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Western plains</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">0.8</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">32.3</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">23.9</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<tr style="height: 11.55pt; mso-yfti-irow: 7; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 11.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Southern plains</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">0.1</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">32.0</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">23.7</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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</tbody></table></div></div></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><i><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><br /></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><br /></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><table align="left" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; margin-left: 6.75pt; margin-right: 6.75pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-table-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-table-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-table-left: center; mso-table-lspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-rspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-top: -2.9pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;">
<tbody><tr style="height: 15.45pt; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;">
<td style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.75pt;" width="138">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: -2.9pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Region</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.5in;" width="144">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: -2.9pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Average rainfall for last 8 days
(mm)</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 130.5pt;" width="174">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: -2.9pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Daily maximum rainfall for last 8
days (mm)</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.75in;" width="168">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: -2.9pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Daily minimum rainfall for last 8
days (mm)</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 19.35pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.75pt;" width="138">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: -2.9pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Hydro catchment</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 19.35pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.5in;" width="144">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: -2.9pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">6.1</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 19.35pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 130.5pt;" width="174">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: -2.9pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">125.0</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 19.35pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.75in;" width="168">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: -2.9pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><i>0.0</i></span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</tbody></table></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b>Wind:</b> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">North easterly </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #050505; line-height: 115%;">winds </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">prevailed in the sea area and around the island last week.</span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b>Temperatures: </b><span style="line-height: 115%;">The
temperature anomalies were above normal for some parts of the Central, Western,
Southern, Northern, Sabaragamuwa, and North Western provinces of the country </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">driven by the warm SST’s.</span></div></div></i></div></div></span></span><div><b style="color: #444444; text-align: left;"><b style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Predictions</span></b></b></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">Rainfall:</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">During the next week (31</span><sup><span style="line-height: 115%;">th </span></sup><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">January</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> - 6<sup>th</sup>
<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">February)</span>,
heavy rainfall <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">is predicted for the</span></span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> Eastern province, fairly heavy rainfall is predicted for the
Uva and Central provinces, and less rainfall is predicted for rest of the
country.</span></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">Temperatures: </span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">The temperature will
remain above normal for some parts of the North Western, North Central provinces
during 1<sup>st</sup> - 7<sup>th</sup> February.</span></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">Teleconnections:
</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">A positive Dipole Mode has set in across the Indian Ocean since 8<sup>th</sup>
of June.</span></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">MJO shall moderately suppress the rainfall
during 31<sup>st </sup>January - 4<sup>th</sup> February, near normal the
rainfall during 5<sup>th</sup> - 9<sup>th</sup> February, and moderately
enhance the rainfall during 10<sup>th</sup> - 14<sup>th</sup> February for Sri
Lanka.</span></i></div><div><b><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Seasonal Precipitation: </span></span></i></b><span style="line-height: 115%;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">The
precipitation forecast for the February-March-April, 2024 season shows near
normal precipitation.</span></i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></b></span></div><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>FECThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11895703311338648637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024977274056253599.post-2249746926302386092024-01-26T13:54:00.001+05:302024-01-26T13:55:10.090+05:30Climate Bulletin For Sri Lanka (26 January 2024)<p> </p><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 22px; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span face="" style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Highlights</span></span></span></b><i><span face="" style="color: #1d1b11;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></span></i></span></h2><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="" style="color: #1d1b11;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span><span><span><span><span><span> • </span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-style: italic; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;">High likelihood of very heavy rainfall (>
100 mm) is predicted for Eastern province,
fairly heavy rainfall (50 - 100 mm) is predicted for Uva province and
less rainfall (</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;">≤ 45</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"> </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;">mm) is predicted for
the rest during 24 - 30 Jan.</span></span></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><i><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span> •</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">Rainfall on 18 & 19 Jan reached peak (164
mm & 64 mm) at Mullaitivu. </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">During
the last week, average daily rainfall was 6.1 mm and hydro catchment was 2.8
mm.</span></span></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></i></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><i><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"> • </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">Winds at 850mb (1.5 km) were north easterly
from 15 - 21 Jan reaching up to 5 m/s. </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">Winds at 850mb (1.5 km) are predicted north
easterly from 25 - 31 Jan reaching up to 6 m/s.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><i><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="text-indent: -36.48px;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"> • </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">Sea surface temperature around Sri Lanka was
0.5 - 1.5</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">º</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">C above normal. </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">Strong El Nino and positive indian ocean
dipole patterns sustained. </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">Maximum daily temperature was in Ratnapura (35.0</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">º</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">C), Ratmalana (33.9</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">º</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">C) and
Katunayake (33.9</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">º</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">C).</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;"><br /></span></div></div></div><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: verdana;"><b></b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="background-color: #6fba59; border: none; cursor: pointer; padding: 15px 32px;"><a href="http://tropicalclimate.org/fect/wms_reports/WMS_Report_26_1_2024.pdf" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana;">Download full report ↓</span></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;" /></span><hr style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;" /><h3 style="background-color: #674ea7; color: white; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; width: 667px;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Predictions</span></i></h3><h4 style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Rainfall</span></span></h4><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">14-day prediction: </span></b><b style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></b><b style="background-color: white; color: #666666;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">NOAA NCEP models: <br /></span></i></b></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 18.4px; text-align: justify;"><i><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">From 24<sup>th</sup> January - 30<sup>th</sup> January:</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%; text-align: left;"> </span> </i></span><div><div style="background-color: white;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div><span><span style="text-align: justify;"><i>Total rainfall by Provinces</i></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li><i>135 mm - Eastern</i></li><li><i>75 mm - Uva</i></li><li><i>45 mm - Central, North Central, Southern</i></li><li><i>35 mm - Northern</i></li><li><i>25 mm - Sabaragamuwa, North Western</i></li><li><i>≤ 5 mm - Western</i></li></ul><div><i style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b><span>MJO</span><span> based OLR predict<span>ions:</span></span></b></span></i></div></div></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><i>For the next 15 days: </i></b></span></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">MJO </span><span style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">shall <a name="_Hlk154048726">moderately suppress the rainfall during 24<sup>th</sup> January
- 7<sup>th</sup> </a>February for Sri Lanka</span><span style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">.</span></span></i></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="line-height: 18.4px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></i></span></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Ocean State</span></b><b style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #1d1b11;"> </span></b></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><b>(Text Courtesy IRI)</b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span>Pacific Sea Sate: January 22</span><span>, 2024 </span></i></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; line-height: 115%;">El Nino Mode has set in according
to NOAA since 8<sup>th</sup> of June, 2023.</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> Equatorial sea surface temperatures
(SSTs) are above average across the central and eastern Pacific Ocean mid-January.
</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">El Niño is expected to continue for the next several seasons, with a
transition to ENSO-neutral favored during April-June 2024 (73% chance).</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"></div></div></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 18.4px; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"></span></i></p><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b style="text-align: left;"><span>Indian </span></b><b style="text-align: left;"><span>Sea Sate</span></b></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Sea surface temperature around Sri
Lanka was<a name="_Hlk112403111"> </a><span class="fontstyle01">0.5</span><span class="fontstyle11">℃ </span>above normal to the <span class="fontstyle01">country </span>in 2<sup>nd</sup> - 8<sup>th</sup> January
2024. A positive
Dipole Mode has set in across <span class="fontstyle01">the </span>Indian Ocean since 8<sup>th</sup> of
June.</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 115%; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div></div></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><h3 style="background-color: #674ea7; color: white; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; width: 667px;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Interpretation</span></i></h3><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></i></div><div><b style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Monitoring</span></b></div><div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Rainfall</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">: </span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">: </span></b></span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">During the last two weeks, there had been very heavy rainfall
</span>over the following area:</i></span><i style="font-family: verdana;">Mullaitivu</i></div><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Daily
Average Rainfall in the <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Met stations</span> for
previous week of (17<sup>th</sup> January - 24<sup>th</sup> January) = 6.1 mm<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Maximum Daily Rainfall: 164.3 mm & Minimum
Daily Rainfall: 0.0 mm</i></span></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><table align="left" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; margin-left: 6.75pt; margin-right: 6.75pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-table-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-table-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-table-left: center; mso-table-lspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-rspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-top: 8.7pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; width: 624px;">
<tbody><tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;">
<td rowspan="2" style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" width="138">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Region</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></i></span></p>
</td>
<td rowspan="2" style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Average rainfall for last 8 days
(mm)</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></i></span></p>
</td>
<td colspan="2" style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 229.5pt;" valign="top" width="306">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Average temperature for last 8
days (</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">ºC)</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></i></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 18.1pt; mso-yfti-irow: 1;">
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 18.1pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Maximum</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></i></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 18.1pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Minimum </span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></i></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 2;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Northern plains</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">6.7</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">30.0</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">23.5</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 3;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><a name="_Hlk128132590"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Eastern</span></a><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> hills </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">0.9</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">25.7</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">17.4</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 4;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Eastern plains</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">6.2</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">30.3</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">23.5</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 5;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Western hills </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">5.3</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">28.6</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">18.0</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 11.15pt; mso-yfti-irow: 6;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Western plains</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">9.3</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">32.0</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">24.2</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
</td>
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<tr style="height: 11.55pt; mso-yfti-irow: 7; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 11.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Southern plains</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">0.4</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">31.6</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">23.7</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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</tbody></table></div></div></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><i><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><br /></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><table align="left" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; margin-left: 6.75pt; margin-right: 6.75pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-table-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-table-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-table-left: center; mso-table-lspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-rspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-top: 2.55pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;">
<tbody><tr style="height: 15.45pt; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;">
<td style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.75pt;" width="138">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 2.55pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Region</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.5in;" width="144">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 2.55pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Average rainfall for last 8 days
(mm)</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 130.5pt;" width="174">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 2.55pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Daily maximum rainfall for last 8
days (mm)</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.75in;" width="168">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 2.55pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Daily minimum rainfall for last 8 days
(mm)</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<tr style="height: 19.35pt; mso-yfti-irow: 1; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 19.35pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.75pt;" width="138">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 2.55pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Hydro catchment</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 19.35pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.5in;" width="144">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 2.55pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">2.8</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 2.55pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">46.4</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 2.55pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">0.0</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</tbody></table></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b>Wind:</b> North easterly winds prevailed in the sea area and around the island last week.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b>Temperatures: </b>The temperature anomalies were above normal for some parts of the Central province of the country driven by the warm SST’s.</div></div></i></div></div></span></span><div><b style="color: #444444; text-align: left;"><b style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Predictions</span></b></b></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">Rainfall:</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">During the next week (24</span><sup><span style="line-height: 115%;">th </span></sup><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">January</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> - 30<sup>th</sup>
<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">January)</span>,
heavy rainfall <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">is predicted for the</span></span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> Eastern province, fairly heavy rainfall is predicted for the
Uva province, and less rainfall is predicted for rest of the country.</span></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">Temperatures: </span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">The temperature will
remain above normal for some parts of the Western province during 25<sup>th</sup>
January - 31<sup>st </sup>January.</span></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">Teleconnections:
</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">A positive Dipole Mode has set in across the Indian Ocean since 8<sup>th</sup>
of June.</span></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="text-indent: 6pt;">MJO
shall moderately suppress the rainfall during 24</span><sup style="text-indent: 6pt;">th</sup><span style="text-indent: 6pt;"> January - 7</span><sup style="text-indent: 6pt;">th</sup><span style="text-indent: 6pt;">
February for Sri Lanka.</span></span></i></div>
<div><i><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">Seasonal Precipitation: </span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">The
precipitation forecast for the February-March-April, 2024 season shows near
normal precipitation.<b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span></b></span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> <span> </span></span></b></span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> <span> </span></span></b></span><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span></b></span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span> </span><span> </span></span></b></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span></b></span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span> </span><span> </span></span></b></span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span> </span></span></b></span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span> </span></span></b></span><span><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span></b></span><span><span><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span></b></span></span><span><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span></b></span></span></span></span></span></i></div><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>FECThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11895703311338648637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024977274056253599.post-3359709132582104202024-01-19T15:20:00.000+05:302024-01-19T15:20:05.145+05:30Climate Bulletin For Sri Lanka (19 January 2024)<p> </p><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 22px; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span face="" style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Highlights</span></span></span></b><i><span face="" style="color: #1d1b11;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></span></i></span></h2><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="" style="color: #1d1b11;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span><span><span><span><span><span> • </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;">High likelihood of moderate rainfall (25 - 50 mm) is predicted for
Sabaragamuwa province and less rainfall (</span><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;">≤</span><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"> 20</span><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"> mm</span><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;">) is predicted for rest of the country
during 19 - 25 Jan.</span></i></span></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span> •</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">During
the last week, average daily rainfall over Sri Lanka was 4.6 mm and hydro
catchment was 2.1 mm. </span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">Maximum average daily rainfall was 39 mm on 8
Jan and 35 mm on 10 Jan.</span></i></span></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></i></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"> • </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">From 8 - 14 Jan</span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in; vertical-align: baseline;">, up to 8 </span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">m/s of north easterly </span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">winds </span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">were at 850 mb (1.5 km). </span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">During 18 - 24 Jan, up to 5 m/s of north easterly winds are expected </span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">at 850 mb (1.5 km). </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="text-indent: -36.48px;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"> • </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">Sea surface temperature around Sri Lanka was
0.25 - 1.0</span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">º</span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">C above normal. </span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">Strong EL Nino and positive indian ocean
dipole patterns sustained. </span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">Maximum daily temperature was in Ratnapura (34.6</span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">º</span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">C) and Ratmalana (33.7</span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">º</span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">C).</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;"><br /></span></div></div></div><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: verdana;"><b></b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="background-color: #6fba59; border: none; cursor: pointer; padding: 15px 32px;"><a href="http://tropicalclimate.org/fect/wms_reports/WMS_Report_19_1_2024.pdf" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana;">Download full report ↓</span></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;" /></span><hr style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;" /><h3 style="background-color: #674ea7; color: white; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; width: 667px;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Predictions</span></i></h3><h4 style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Rainfall</span></span></h4><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">14-day prediction: </span></b><b style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></b><b style="background-color: white; color: #666666;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">NOAA NCEP models: </span></i></b></span><div><b style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">From 19<sup>th</sup> January - 25<sup>th</sup>
January:</span></b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"> </span><div><div style="background-color: white;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div><span><span style="text-align: justify;"><i>Total rainfall by Provinces</i></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li><i> 20 - 40 mm - Sabaragamuwa</i></li><li><i> 10 - 20 mm - Uva, Southern, Eastern, Western</i></li><li><i>≤ 10 mm - Central, North Central, Northern, North Western</i></li></ul><div><i style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b><span>MJO</span><span> based OLR predict<span>ions:</span></span></b></span></i></div></div></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><i>For the next 15 days: </i></b></span></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">MJO </span><span style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">shall <a name="_Hlk154048726">slightly suppress the rainfall during 17<sup>th</sup> - 21<sup>st
</sup>January</a> and significantly suppress the rainfall during 22<sup>nd</sup>
- 31<sup>st </sup>January for Sri Lanka</span><span style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">.</span></span></i></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="line-height: 18.4px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></i></span></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Ocean State</span></b><b style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #1d1b11;"> </span></b></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><b>(Text Courtesy IRI)</b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span>Pacific Sea Sate: January 15</span><span>, 2024 </span></i></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">El Nino Mode has set in according
to NOAA since 8<sup>th</sup> of June, 2023.</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> Equatorial sea surface temperatures
(SSTs) are above average across the central and eastern Pacific Ocean mid-January.
</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">El Niño is expected to continue for the next several seasons, with a
transition to ENSO-neutral favored during April-June 2024 (73% chance).</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"></div></div></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 18.4px; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"></span></i></p><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b style="text-align: left;"><span>Indian </span></b><b style="text-align: left;"><span>Sea Sate</span></b></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Sea surface temperature around Sri
Lanka was<a name="_Hlk112403111"> </a><span class="fontstyle01">0.5</span><span class="fontstyle11">℃ </span>above normal to the <span class="fontstyle01">country </span>in 26<sup>th</sup> December - 1<sup>st</sup>
January 2024. A
positive Dipole Mode has set in across <span class="fontstyle01">the </span>Indian Ocean since 8<sup>th</sup> of
June.</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 115%; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div></div></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><h3 style="background-color: #674ea7; color: white; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; width: 667px;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Interpretation</span></i></h3><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></i></div><div><b style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Monitoring</span></b></div><div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Rainfall</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">: </span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">: </span></b></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">During the last two weeks, there had been very heavy rainfall
</span>over the following areas: Pannalgama, Lahugala, Vakaneri Wewa.</span></i></div><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Daily
Average Rainfall in the <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Met stations</span> for
previous week of (10<sup>th</sup> January - 17<sup>th</sup> January) = 4.6 mm</span></i></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Maximum Daily Rainfall: 172.1 mm & Minimum Daily Rainfall: 0.0 mm.</span></i></p><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>
</i><table align="left" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; margin-left: 6.75pt; margin-right: 6.75pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-table-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-table-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-table-left: center; mso-table-lspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-rspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-top: 8.7pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; width: 624px;"><tbody><tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;">
<td rowspan="2" style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" width="138">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Region</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
</td>
<td rowspan="2" style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Average rainfall for last 8 days (mm)</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
</td>
<td colspan="2" style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 229.5pt;" valign="top" width="306">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Average temperature for last 8
days (</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">ºC)</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 18.1pt; mso-yfti-irow: 1;">
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 18.1pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Maximum</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 18.1pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Minimum </span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 2;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Northern plains</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">2.5</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">29.9</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">23.2</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 3;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><a name="_Hlk128132590"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Eastern</span></a><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> hills </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">6.3</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">23.8</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">16.0</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 4;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Eastern plains</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">9.2</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">29.5</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">23.0</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 5;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Western hills </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">1.6</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">27.0</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">16.8</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 11.15pt; mso-yfti-irow: 6;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Western plains</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">0.7</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">31.1</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">23.1</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
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<tr style="height: 11.55pt; mso-yfti-irow: 7; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 11.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Southern plains</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">5.7</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">30.2</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">22.8</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</tbody></table></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></i></div></div></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><i><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><table align="left" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; margin-left: 6.75pt; margin-right: 6.75pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-table-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-table-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-table-left: center; mso-table-lspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-rspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-top: 1.8pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;">
<tbody><tr style="height: 15.45pt; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;">
<td style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.75pt;" width="138">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 1.8pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Region</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.5in;" width="144">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 1.8pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Average rainfall for last 8 days
(mm)</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 130.5pt;" width="174">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 1.8pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Daily maximum rainfall for last 8
days (mm)</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.75in;" width="168">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 1.8pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Daily minimum rainfall for last 8
days (mm)</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 1.8pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Hydro catchment</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 1.8pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">2.1</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 1.8pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">53.9</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 1.8pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">0.0</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</tbody></table></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><br /></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Wind:</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">North easterly </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">winds </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">prevailed in the sea area and around the island last week.</span></div><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Temperatures:</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">The
temperature anomalies were above normal for some parts of the Central,
Sabaragamuwa, and Northern provinces of the country </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">driven by the warm SST’s.</span></div></i></div></div></span></span><div><b style="color: #444444; text-align: left;"><b style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Predictions</span></b></b></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">Rainfall:</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">During the next week (19</span><sup><span style="line-height: 115%;">th </span></sup><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">January</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> - 25<sup>th</sup>
<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">January)</span>,
moderate rainfall <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">is predicted for the</span></span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> Sabaragamuwa province and less rainfall is predicted for rest
of the country.</span></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">Temperatures: </span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">The temperature will
remain seasonably near normal for the country during 18<sup>th</sup> January - 24<sup>th
</sup>January.</span></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">Teleconnections:
</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">A positive Dipole Mode has set in across the Indian Ocean since 8<sup>th</sup>
of June.</span></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">MJO shall slightly suppress the rainfall
during 17<sup>th</sup> - 21<sup>st </sup>January and significantly suppress the
rainfall during 22<sup>nd</sup> - 31<sup>st </sup>January for Sri Lanka.</span></i></div>
<div><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><b><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">Seasonal Precipitation: </span></i></b><span style="line-height: 115%;"><i>The
precipitation forecast for the February-March-April, 2024 season shows near
normal precipitation.</i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><i> </i><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></b></span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><i> </i><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></b></span><i><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span></b></span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span> </span><span> </span></span></b></i></span><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span></b></span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span> </span><span> </span></span></b></span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span> </span></span></b></span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span> </span></span></b></span><span><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span></b></span><span><span><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span></b></span></span><span><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span></b></span></span></span></span></span></i></div><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>FECThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11895703311338648637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024977274056253599.post-70775754968479113322024-01-12T11:29:00.001+05:302024-01-12T12:03:34.769+05:30Climate Bulletin For Sri Lanka (12 January 2024)<p> </p><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 22px; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span face="" style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Highlights</span></span></span></b><i><span face="" style="color: #1d1b11;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></span></i></span></h2><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="" style="color: #1d1b11;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><i><span><span> • </span></span></i></span></span></span><span style="font-style: italic; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;">High likelihood of fairly heavy rainfall (50 - 100 mm) is
predicted for Eastern, Southern, Uva provinces and </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;">≤</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"> 45 mm rainfall is
predicted for rest of the country during 10 - 16 January.</span></span></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><i><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span> •</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span></span></span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">During
the last week, average daily rainfall over Sri Lanka was 16.7 mm and hydro
catchment was 12.6 mm. </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">Maximum average daily rainfall was 39 mm on 8
Jan and 24 mm on 9 Jan. </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">The rainfall of last week was twice as
normal.</span></span></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></i></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><i><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"> • </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span></span></span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">From 1
- 7 Dec</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in; vertical-align: baseline;">, up to 4 </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">m/s of north easterly </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">winds </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">were at 850 mb (1.5 km). </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">During 11 - 17 Jan, up to 6 m/s of north easterly winds are expected </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">at 850 mb (1.5 km). </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><i><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="text-indent: -36.48px;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"> • </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span></span></span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">Sea surface temperature around Sri Lanka was
0.25 - 1.5</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">º</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">C above normal. </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">Strong EL Nino and positive Indian ocean
dipole patterns sustained. </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">Maximum daily temperature was in Ratnapura (34.9</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">º</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">C) and Puttalam (31.4</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">º</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">C) .</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;"><br /></span></div></div></div><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: verdana;"><b></b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="background-color: #6fba59; border: none; cursor: pointer; padding: 15px 32px;"><a href="http://tropicalclimate.org/fect/wms_reports/WMS_Report_12_1_2024.pdf" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana;">Download full report ↓</span></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;" /></span><hr style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;" /><h3 style="background-color: #674ea7; color: white; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; width: 667px;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Predictions</span></i></h3><h4 style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Rainfall</span></span></h4><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">14-day prediction: </span></b><b style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></b><b style="background-color: white; color: #666666;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">NOAA NCEP models: </span></i></b></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="background-color: white; font-style: italic; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;">From 10<sup>th</sup> January - 16<sup>th</sup> January:</span></b><span style="background-color: white; font-style: italic; line-height: 18.4px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><i><br /></i></span><div><div style="background-color: white;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div><span><span style="text-align: justify;"><i>Total rainfall by Provinces</i></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li><i>85 mm - Eastern</i></li><li><i>75 mm - Southern</i></li><li><i>55 mm - Uva</i></li><li><i>45 mm - Northern, North Central, Sabaragamuwa</i></li><li><i>35 mm - Central</i></li><li><i>≤ 15 mm - Western, North Western</i></li></ul><div><i style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b><span>MJO</span><span> based OLR predict<span>ions:</span></span></b></span></i></div></div></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><i>For the next 15 days: </i></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><a name="_Hlk155865957"><span style="line-height: 115%;">MJO
shall </span></a><a name="_Hlk154048726"><span style="line-height: 115%;">moderately enhance the rainfall during 10<sup>th</sup>
- 14<sup>th </sup>January</span></a><span style="line-height: 115%;">, slightly enhance the rainfall during 15<sup>th</sup>
- 19<sup>th </sup>January and slightly suppress the rainfall during 20<sup>th </sup>-
24<sup>th</sup> January for Sri Lanka.</span></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="line-height: 18.4px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></i></span></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Ocean State</span></b><b style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #1d1b11;"> </span></b></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><b>(Text Courtesy IRI)</b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span>Pacific Sea Sate: January 8</span><span>, 2024 </span></i></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">El Nino Mode has set in according
to NOAA since 8<sup>th</sup> of June.</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> Equatorial sea surface temperatures
(SSTs) are above average across the central and eastern Pacific Ocean early January.
</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">El Niño is expected to continue through the Northern Hemisphere
winter, with a transition to ENSO-neutral favored during April-June 2024 (60%
chance).</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"></div></div></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 18.4px; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"></span></i></p><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b style="text-align: left;"><span>Indian </span></b><b style="text-align: left;"><span>Sea Sate</span></b></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Sea surface temperature around Sri
Lanka was<a name="_Hlk112403111"> </a><span class="fontstyle01">0.5</span><span class="fontstyle11">℃ </span>above normal to the Southern, Eastern,
and Western <span class="fontstyle01">half of the country </span>in 19<sup>th</sup>-
25<sup>th</sup> December 2023. A positive Dipole Mode has set in across <span class="fontstyle01">the </span>Indian
Ocean since 8<sup>th</sup> of June.</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 115%; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p></div></div></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><h3 style="background-color: #674ea7; color: white; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; width: 667px;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Interpretation</span></i></h3><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></i></div><div><b style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Monitoring</span></b></div><div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Rainfall</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">: </span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">: </span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">During the last two
weeks, there had been very heavy rainfall </span>over the following areas: Lahugala, Vakaneri Wewa, Negombo.</span></i></div>
<p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Daily Average Rainfall in the <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Met stations</span> for previous week of (3<sup>rd</sup>
January - 10<sup>th</sup> January) = 16.7 mm</span></i></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Maximum Daily Rainfall: 172.1 mm & Minimum Daily Rainfall: 0.0 mm.</span></i></p><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><table align="left" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; margin-left: 6.75pt; margin-right: 6.75pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-table-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-table-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-table-left: center; mso-table-lspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-rspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-top: 8.7pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; width: 624px;">
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<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Region</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></i></p>
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<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Average rainfall for last 8 days
(mm)</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></i></p>
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<td colspan="2" style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 229.5pt;" valign="top" width="306">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Average temperature for last 8
days (</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">ºC)</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 18.1pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Maximum</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 18.1pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Minimum </span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Northern plains</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">8.5</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">29.7</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">24.5</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 3;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a name="_Hlk128132590"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Eastern</span></a><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> hills </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">22.6</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">23.9</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">18.9</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 4;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Eastern plains</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">33.6</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">29.2</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">24.0</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 5;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Western hills </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">12.9</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">27.4</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">19.5</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<tr style="height: 11.15pt; mso-yfti-irow: 6;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Western plains</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">9.0</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">30.8</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">24.4</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<tr style="height: 11.55pt; mso-yfti-irow: 7; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 11.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Southern plains</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">24.3</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">29.7</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">23.8</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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</tbody></table></div></div></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><i><br /></i></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><i><br /></i></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><i><br /></i></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><i><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><br /></b></i></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></b></i></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></b></i></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></b></i></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></b></i></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></b></i></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><table align="left" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; margin-left: 6.75pt; margin-right: 6.75pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-table-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-table-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-table-left: center; mso-table-lspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-rspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-top: -2.3pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;">
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<td style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.75pt;" width="138">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: -2.3pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Region</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.5in;" width="144">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: -2.3pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Average rainfall for last 8 days
(mm)</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 130.5pt;" width="174">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: -2.3pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Daily maximum rainfall for last 8
days (mm)</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.75in;" width="168">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: -2.3pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Daily minimum rainfall for last 8
days (mm)</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 19.35pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.75pt;" width="138">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: -2.3pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Hydro catchment</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 19.35pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.5in;" width="144">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: -2.3pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">12.6</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 19.35pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 130.5pt;" width="174">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: -2.3pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">57.0</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 19.35pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.75in;" width="168">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: -2.3pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">0.0</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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</tbody></table></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></b></i></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></b></i></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></b></i></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></b></i></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></b></i></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Wind:</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">North easterly </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #050505; line-height: 115%;">winds </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">prevailed in the sea area and around the island last week.</span></i></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Temperatures:</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">The
temperature anomalies were above normal for the country except southern
province </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">driven by the warm SST’s.</span></i></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-style: italic; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8667px;"><br /></span></div></div></div></span></span><div><b style="color: #444444; text-align: left;"><b style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Predictions</span></b></b></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">Rainfall:</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">During the next week (10</span><sup><span style="line-height: 115%;">th </span></sup><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">January</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> - 16<sup>th</sup>
<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">January)</span>,
fairly heavy rainfall <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">is predicted for the</span></span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> Eastern<a name="_Hlk154654387">, Southern, Uva provinces
</a>and less rainfall is predicted for rest of the country.</span></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">Temperatures: </span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">The temperature will
remain seasonably near normal for the country during 11<sup>th</sup> January - 17<sup>th
</sup>January.</span></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">Teleconnections:
</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">A positive Dipole Mode has set in across the Indian Ocean since 8<sup>th</sup>
of June.</span></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>MJO shall moderately enhance the rainfall
during 10<sup>th</sup> - 14<sup>th </sup>January, slightly enhance the rainfall
during 15<sup>th</sup> - 19<sup>th </sup>January and slightly suppress the
rainfall during 20<sup>th</sup>- 24<sup>th</sup> January for Sri Lanka.</i></span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 18.4px;"><b><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">Seasonal Precipitation: </span></i></b><span style="line-height: 115%;"><i>The
precipitation forecast for the January-February-March, 2024 season shows near
normal precipitation.</i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><i> </i><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></b></span><i><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span></b></span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span> </span><span> </span></span></b></i></span><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span></b></span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span> </span><span> </span></span></b></span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span> </span></span></b></span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span> </span></span></b></span><span><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span></b></span><span><span><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span></b></span></span><span><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span></b></span></span></span></span></span></i></div><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>FECThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11895703311338648637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024977274056253599.post-64380554241965061482024-01-05T10:28:00.003+05:302024-01-05T12:10:56.032+05:30Climate Bulletin For Sri Lanka (5 January 2024)<p> </p><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 22px; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span face="" style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Highlights</span></span></span></b><i><span face="" style="color: #1d1b11;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></span></i></span></h2><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="" style="color: #1d1b11;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><i><span><span> • </span></span></i></span></span><span style="font-style: italic; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;">High likelihood of heavy rainfall (> 100 mm) is predicted for
Eastern, Northern, North Central provinces and
fairly heavy rainfall is predicted for rest of the country during 3 -
9 Jan. </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;">Extreme rainfall is predicted for east coast of Kalmuna to Jaffna. </span></span></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><i><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span> •</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span></span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">During
the last week, average daily rainfall over Sri Lanka was 15.5 mm and hydro
catchment was 21.1 mm. </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">Rufuskula experienced 215 mm on 30 Dec and
Batuwangala experienced 197 mm on</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;"> </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">2 Jan. </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">The rainfall of last week was twice as </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">normal.</span></span></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></i></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><i><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"> • </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span></span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">From 25
- 31 Dec</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in; vertical-align: baseline;">, up to 10 </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">m/s of north easterly </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">winds </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">were at 850 mb (1.5 km). </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">During 4 - 10 Jan, up to 8 m/s of easterly winds are expected </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">at 850 mb (1.5 km). </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><i><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="text-indent: -36.48px;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"> • </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span></span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">Sea surface temperature around Sri Lanka was
0.25 - 1.5</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">º</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">C above normal. </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">Strong EL Nino and positive indian ocean
dipole patterns sustained. </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">Maximum daily temperature was in Ratnapura (35.4</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">º</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">C) and Ratmalana (34.0</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">º</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">C) .</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;"><br /></span></div></div></div><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: verdana;"><b></b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="background-color: #6fba59; border: none; cursor: pointer; padding: 15px 32px;"><a href="http://tropicalclimate.org/fect/wms_reports/WMS_Report_5_1_2024.pdf" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana;">Download full report ↓</span></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;" /></span><hr style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;" /><h3 style="background-color: #674ea7; color: white; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; width: 667px;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Predictions</span></i></h3><h4 style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Rainfall</span></span></h4><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">14-day prediction: </span></b><b style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></b><b style="background-color: white; color: #666666;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">NOAA NCEP models: </span></i></b></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">From 3<sup>rd</sup> January - 9<sup>th</sup> January:</span></b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"> </span><br /></i></span><div><div style="background-color: white;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div><span><span style="text-align: justify;"><i>Total rainfall by Provinces</i></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li><i>125 mm - Eastern, Northern</i></li><li><i>105 mm - North Central</i></li><li><i>95 mm - Uva</i></li><li><i>85 mm - Southern</i></li><li><i>75 mm - Central, Sabaragamuwa</i></li><li><i>55 mm - Western, North Western</i></li></ul><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><div><span><span style="text-align: justify;"><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">From 10<sup>th</sup>
January - 16<sup>th</sup> January:</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%; text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span></span></span></div><div><span><span style="text-align: justify;">Total rainfall by Provinces</span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li>> 135 mm - Eastern, Northern</li><li>115 mm - North Central</li><li>95 mm - Uva</li><li>85 mm - Southern, Central</li><li>75 mm - Sabaragamuwa, North Western</li><li>65 mm - Western</li></ul></div></div></i></span></div></div><div><i style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b><span>MJO</span><span> based OLR predict<span>ions:</span></span></b></span></i></div></div></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><i>For the next 15 days: </i></b></span></div><div><span style="line-height: 115%;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">MJO shall <a name="_Hlk154048726">significantly enhance the rainfall during 3<sup>rd</sup> -
7<sup>th </sup>January</a>, moderately enhance the rainfall during 8<sup>th </sup>-
12<sup>th</sup> January, and near normal the rainfall during 13<sup>th</sup>-
17<sup>th</sup> January for Sri Lanka.</span></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="line-height: 18.4px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></i></span></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Ocean State</span></b><b style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #1d1b11;"> </span></b></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><b>(Text Courtesy IRI)</b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span>Pacific Sea Sate: January 2</span><span>, 2024 </span></i></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; line-height: 115%;">El Nino Mode has set in according
to NOAA since 8<sup>th</sup> of June.</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> Equatorial sea surface temperatures
(SSTs) are above average across the central and eastern Pacific Ocean early January.
</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">El Niño is expected to continue through the Northern Hemisphere
winter, with a transition to ENSO-neutral favored during April-June 2024 (60%
chance).</span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"></div></div></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 18.4px; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"></span></i></p><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b style="text-align: left;"><span>Indian </span></b><b style="text-align: left;"><span>Sea Sate</span></b></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sea surface temperature around Sri
Lanka was<a name="_Hlk112403111"> </a><span class="fontstyle01">0.5</span><span class="fontstyle11">℃ </span>above normal <span class="fontstyle01">to the country </span>in 12<sup>th </sup>- 18<sup>th</sup>
December 2023. A
positive Dipole Mode has set in across <span class="fontstyle01">the </span>Indian Ocean since 8<sup>th</sup> of
June.</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 115%; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><h3 style="background-color: #674ea7; color: white; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; width: 667px;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Interpretation</span></i></h3><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></i></div><div><b style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Monitoring</span></b></div><div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Rainfall</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">: </span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">During the last two weeks, there had been very heavy rainfall
</span>over the following areas: Rufuskulam, Batuwangala.</i></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Daily
Average Rainfall in the <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Met stations</span> for
previous week of (27<sup>th</sup> December - 3<sup>rd</sup> January) = 15.5 mm</i></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Maximum Daily Rainfall: 169.4 mm & Minimum Daily Rainfall: 0.0 mm.</i></span></p></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>
</i><table align="left" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; margin-left: 6.75pt; margin-right: 6.75pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-table-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-table-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-table-left: center; mso-table-lspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-rspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-top: 8.7pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; width: 624px;"><tbody><tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;">
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<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Region</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<td rowspan="2" style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Average rainfall for last 8 days
(mm)</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
</td>
<td colspan="2" style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 229.5pt;" valign="top" width="306">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Average temperature for last 8
days (</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">ºC)</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 18.1pt; mso-yfti-irow: 1;">
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 18.1pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Maximum</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 18.1pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Minimum </span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 2;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Northern plains</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">6.6</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">29.6</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">24.7</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 3;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><a name="_Hlk128132590"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Eastern</span></a><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> hills </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">25.4</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">23.1</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">19.2</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 4;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Eastern plains</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">29.7</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">29.0</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">24.4</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 5;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Western hills </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">13.7</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">26.1</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">19.5</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</tr>
<tr style="height: 11.15pt; mso-yfti-irow: 6;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Western plains</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">9.9</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">31.0</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">24.6</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 11.55pt; mso-yfti-irow: 7; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 11.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Southern plains</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">17.9</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">29.6</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">24.0</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</tbody></table></span></div></div></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><i><br /></i></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><i><br /></i></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><i><br /></i></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><i><br /></i></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><i><br /></i></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><i><br /></i></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><i><br /></i></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><i><br /></i></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><table align="left" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; margin-left: 6.75pt; margin-right: 6.75pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-table-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-table-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-table-left: center; mso-table-lspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-rspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-top: 25.15pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;">
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<td style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.75pt;" width="138">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 25.15pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Region</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.5in;" width="144">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 25.15pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Average rainfall for last 8 days
(mm)</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 130.5pt;" width="174">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 25.15pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Daily maximum rainfall for last 8
days (mm)</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.75in;" width="168">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 25.15pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Daily minimum rainfall for last 8
days (mm)</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 19.35pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.75pt;" width="138">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 25.15pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Hydro catchment</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 19.35pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.5in;" width="144">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 25.15pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">21.1</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 19.35pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 130.5pt;" width="174">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 25.15pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">134.0</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 19.35pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.75in;" width="168">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 25.15pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">0.0</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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</tbody></table></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><i><br /></i></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><i><br /></i></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><i><br /></i></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><i><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><br /></b></i></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Wind:</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> North easterly </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #050505;">winds </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">prevailed in the sea area and around the island last week.</span></i></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Temperatures:</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span>The
temperature anomalies were above normal for some parts of the Eastern, North
Central, Central, Southern, Western, Sabaragamuwa, and North
Western provinces of the country driven by the warm SST’s.</i></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-style: italic; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8667px;"><br /></span></div></div></div></span></span><div><b style="color: #444444; text-align: left;"><b style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Predictions</span></b></b></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">Rainfall:</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">During the next week (3</span><sup><span style="line-height: 115%;">rd </span></sup><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">January</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> - 9<sup>th</sup>
<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">January)</span>,
heavy rainfall <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">is predicted for the</span></span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> Eastern<a name="_Hlk154654387">, Northern, North Central
provinces </a>and fairly heavy rainfall is predicted for rest of the country.</span></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">Temperatures: </span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">The temperature will
remain seasonably near normal for the country during 4<sup>th</sup> January - 10<sup>th
</sup>January.</span></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">Teleconnections:
</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">A positive Dipole Mode has set in across the Indian Ocean since 8<sup>th</sup>
of June.</span></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>MJO shall significantly enhance the rainfall
during 3<sup>rd</sup> - 7<sup>th </sup>January, moderately enhance the rainfall
during 8<sup>th </sup>- 12<sup>th</sup> January, and near normal the rainfall
during 13<sup>th</sup>- 17<sup>th</sup> January for Sri Lanka.</i></span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 18.4px;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">Seasonal Precipitation: </span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">The
precipitation forecast for the January-February-March, 2024 season shows near
normal precipitation.<b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span></b></span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span> </span><span> </span></span></b></i></span><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span></b></span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span> </span><span> </span></span></b></span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span> </span></span></b></span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span> </span></span></b></span><span><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span></b></span><span><span><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span></b></span></span><span><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span></b></span></span></span></span></span></i></div><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>FECThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11895703311338648637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024977274056253599.post-63378173089683297892023-12-29T10:48:00.005+05:302024-01-03T11:29:10.474+05:30Climate Bulletin For Sri Lanka (29 December 2023)<p> </p><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 22px; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span face="" style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Highlights</span></span></span></b><i><span face="" style="color: #1d1b11;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></span></i></span></h2><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="" style="color: #1d1b11;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><i><span><span> • </span></span></i></span><span style="font-style: italic; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;">High likelihood of fairly heavy rainfall is predicted for Northern, Eastern, North Central, Southern, Sabaragamuwa, Uva, Central provinces during 20 - 26 Dec. </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;">Extreme rainfall is predicted during following week. </span></span></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><i><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span> •</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">During the last week, average daily rainfall over Sri Lanka was 20.9 mm and hydro catchment was 21.9 mm. </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">Extreme rainfall (> </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">150</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;"> mm/day) was in Northern province</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">. </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">The rainfall of last week was twice as normal.</span></span></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></i></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><i><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"> • </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">From 11 - 17 Dec</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in; vertical-align: baseline;">, up to 8 </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">m/s of easterly </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">winds </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">were at 850 mb (1.5 km). </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">During 21 - 27 Dec, up to 8 m/s of north easterly winds are expected </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">at 850 mb (1.5 km). </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><i><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="text-indent: -36.48px;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"> • </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">Sea surface temperature around Sri Lanka was 0.25 - 1.5</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">º</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">C above normal. </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">Strong EL Nino patterns sustain.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;"><br /></span></div></div></div><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: verdana;"><b></b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="background-color: #6fba59; border: none; cursor: pointer; padding: 15px 32px;"><a href="http://tropicalclimate.org/fect/wms_reports/WMS_Report_22_12_2023.pdf" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana;">Download full report ↓</span></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;" /></span><hr style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;" /><h3 style="background-color: #674ea7; color: white; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; width: 667px;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Predictions</span></i></h3><h4 style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Rainfall</span></span></h4><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">7-day prediction: </span></b><b style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></b><b style="background-color: white; color: #666666;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">NOAA NCEP models: </span></i></b></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b><span style="line-height: 18.4px;">From 20<sup>th</sup> </span></b><b><span style="line-height: 18.4px;">December</span></b><b><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"> - 26<sup>th</sup> December:</span></b><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"> </span><br /></i></span><div><div style="background-color: white;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div><span><span style="text-align: justify;"><i>Total rainfall by Provinces</i></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li><i>85 mm - Northern, Eastern</i></li><li><i>75 mm - North Central</i></li><li><i>55 mm - Southern, Sabaragamuwa, Uva, Central</i></li><li><i>45 mm - Western</i></li><li><i>35 mm - North Western</i></li></ul><div><i style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b><span>MJO</span><span> based OLR predict<span>ions:</span></span></b></span></i></div></div></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><i>For the next 15 days: </i></b></span></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a name="_Hlk94170286" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;">MJO </span></a><span style="line-height: 18.4px; text-align: justify;">shall <a name="_Hlk154048726">near normal the rainfall during 20<sup>th</sup> - 24<sup>th </sup>December, </a>slightly enhance the rainfall during 25<sup>th </sup>- 29<sup>th </sup>December and near normal the rainfall during 30<sup>th </sup>December - 3<sup>rd </sup>January for Sri Lanka.</span></span></i></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="line-height: 18.4px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></i></span></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Ocean State</span></b><b style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #1d1b11;"> </span></b></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><b>(Text Courtesy IRI)</b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span>Pacific Sea Sate: December 18</span><span>, 2023 </span></i></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px;">El Nino Mode has set in according to NOAA since 8<sup>th</sup> of June.</span><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"> Equatorial sea surface temperatures (SSTs) are above average across the central and eastern Pacific Ocean mid-December. </span><span style="line-height: 18.4px;">El Niño is expected to continue through the Northern Hemisphere winter, with a transition to ENSO-neutral favored during April-June 2024 (60% chance).</span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"></div></div></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 18.4px; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"></span></i></p><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b style="text-align: left;"><span>Indian </span></b><b style="text-align: left;"><span>Sea Sate</span></b></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Sea surface temperature around Sri Lanka was<a name="_Hlk112403111"> </a><span class="fontstyle01">0.5</span><span class="fontstyle11">℃ </span>above normal <span class="fontstyle01">to the Northern, Southern, and Eastern half of the country </span>in 28<sup>th</sup> November - 4<sup>th</sup> December 2023. A positive Dipole Mode has set in across <span class="fontstyle01">the </span>Indian Ocean since 8<sup>th</sup> of June.</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><h3 style="background-color: #674ea7; color: white; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; width: 667px;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Interpretation</span></i></h3><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></i></div><div><b style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Monitoring</span></b></div><div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Rainfall</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">: </span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">During the last two weeks, there had been very heavy rainfall </span>over the following area: Mullaitivu.</i></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Daily Average Rainfall in the <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Met stations</span> for previous week of (13<sup>th</sup> December - 20<sup>th</sup> December) = 20.9 mm</i></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Maximum Daily Rainfall: 153.3 mm & Minimum Daily Rainfall: 0.0 mm.</i></span></p></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><table align="left" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; margin-left: 6.75pt; margin-right: 6.75pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-table-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-table-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-table-left: center; mso-table-lspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-rspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-top: 8.7pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; width: 624px;"><tbody><tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;"><td rowspan="2" style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" width="138"><p align="center" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Region</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" width="180"><p align="center" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Average rainfall for last 8 days (mm)</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 229.5pt;" valign="top" width="306"><p align="center" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Average temperature for last 8 days (</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">ºC)</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 18.1pt; mso-yfti-irow: 1;"><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 18.1pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156"><p align="center" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Maximum</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p></td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 18.1pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150"><p align="center" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Minimum</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 2;"><td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138"><p style="line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Northern plains</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180"><p align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">25.7</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156"><p align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">28.7</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150"><p align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">24.4</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 3;"><td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138"><p style="line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a name="_Hlk128132590"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Eastern</span></a><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> hills</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180"><p align="center" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">14.9</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156"><p align="center" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">24.6</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150"><p align="center" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">19.4</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 4;"><td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138"><p style="line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Eastern plains</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180"><p align="center" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">27.5</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156"><p align="center" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">29.2</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150"><p align="center" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">24.4</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 5;"><td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138"><p style="line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Western hills</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180"><p align="center" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">15.6</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156"><p align="center" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">26.8</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150"><p align="center" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">19.9</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 11.15pt; mso-yfti-irow: 6;"><td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138"><p style="line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Western plains</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180"><p align="center" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">12.3</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156"><p align="center" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">31.0</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150"><p align="center" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">24.5</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 11.55pt; mso-yfti-irow: 7; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"><td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 11.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138"><p style="line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Southern plains</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180"><p align="center" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">26.6</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156"><p align="center" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">30.3</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150"><p align="center" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">24.4</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></div></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-style: italic; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-style: italic; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-style: italic; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-style: italic; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-style: italic; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-style: italic; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-style: italic; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-style: italic; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-style: italic; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-style: italic; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-style: italic; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><table align="left" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; margin-left: 6.75pt; margin-right: 6.75pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-table-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-table-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-table-left: center; mso-table-lspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-rspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-top: 53.85pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;"><tbody><tr style="height: 15.45pt; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;"><td style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.75pt;" width="138"><p align="center" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 53.85pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><b>Region</b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.5in;" width="144"><p align="center" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 53.85pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><b>Average rainfall for last 8 days (mm)</b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 130.5pt;" width="174"><p align="center" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 53.85pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><b>Daily maximum rainfall for last 8 days (mm)</b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.75in;" width="168"><p align="center" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 53.85pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><b>Daily minimum rainfall for last 8 days (mm)</b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 19.35pt; mso-yfti-irow: 1; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"><td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 19.35pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.75pt;" width="138"><p align="center" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 53.85pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Hydro catchment</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 19.35pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.5in;" width="144"><p align="center" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 53.85pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">21.9</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 19.35pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 130.5pt;" width="174"><p align="center" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 53.85pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">103.2</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 19.35pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.75in;" width="168"><p align="center" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 53.85pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">0.0</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-style: italic; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-style: italic; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><i><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><br /></b></i></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><i><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><br /></b></i></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><i><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><br /></b></i></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><i><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><br /></b></i></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><i><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Wind:</b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px;">Easterly </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px;">winds </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px;">prevailed in the sea area and around the island last week.</span></i></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><i><b>Temperatures:</b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span><span style="line-height: 18.4px;">The temperature anomalies were above normal for some parts of the Central, Sabaragamuwa, and Western provinces of the country </span><span style="line-height: 18.4px;">driven by the warm SST’s.</span></i></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-style: italic; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8667px;"><br /></span></div></div></div></span></span><div><b style="color: #444444; text-align: left;"><b style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Predictions</span></b></b></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px;">Rainfall:</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px;"> </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px;">During the next week (20</span><sup><span style="line-height: 15.3333px;">th </span></sup><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px;">December</span><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"> - 26<sup>th</sup> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">December)</span>, fairly heavy rainfall <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">is predicted for the </span></span><span style="line-height: 18.4px;">Northern, Eastern, North Central, Southern, Sabaragamuwa, Uva, Central provinces </span><span style="line-height: 18.4px;">and less rainfall is predicted for rest of the country.</span></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px;">Temperatures: </span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px;">The temperature will remain seasonably near normal for the country during 21<sup>st</sup> December - 27<sup>th </sup>December.</span></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px;">Teleconnections: </span></b><span style="line-height: 18.4px;">A positive Dipole Mode has set in across the Indian Ocean since 8<sup>th</sup> of June.</span></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">MJO shall near normal the rainfall during 20<sup>th</sup> - 24<sup>th </sup>December, slightly enhance the rainfall during 25<sup>th </sup>- 29<sup>th </sup>December and near normal the rainfall during 30<sup>th </sup>December - 3<sup>rd </sup>January for Sri Lanka.</span></i></div><div><b><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Seasonal Precipitation: </span></span></i></b><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">The precipitation forecast for the January-February-March, 2024 season shows near normal precipitation.</span></i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></b></span><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span></b></span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span> </span><span> </span></span></b></span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span> </span></span></b></span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span> </span></span></b></span><span><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span></b></span><span><span><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span></b></span></span><span><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span></b></span></span></span></span></span></i></div><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>FECThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11895703311338648637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024977274056253599.post-53816188406375669482023-12-22T10:32:00.007+05:302024-01-03T10:48:07.410+05:30Climate Bulletin For Sri Lanka (22 December 2023)<p> </p><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 22px; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span face="" style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Highlights</span></span></span></b><i><span face="" style="color: #1d1b11;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></span></i></span></h2><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="" style="color: #1d1b11;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><i><span><span> • </span></span></i></span><span style="font-style: italic; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;">High likelihood of fairly heavy rainfall is
predicted for Northern, Eastern, North Central, Southern, Sabaragamuwa, Uva,
Central provinces during 20 - 26 Dec. </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;">Extreme rainfall is predicted during
following week. </span></span></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><i><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span> •</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">During
the last week, average daily rainfall over Sri Lanka was 20.9 mm and hydro
catchment was 21.9 mm. </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">Extreme rainfall (> </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">150</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;"> mm/day) was
in Northern province</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">. </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">The rainfall of last week was twice as
normal.</span></span></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></i></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><i><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"> • </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">From 11 - 17 Dec</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in; vertical-align: baseline;">, up to 8 </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">m/s of easterly </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">winds </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">were at 850 mb (1.5 km). </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">During 21 - 27 Dec, up to 8 m/s of north
easterly winds are expected </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">at 850 mb (1.5 km). </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><i><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="text-indent: -36.48px;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"> • </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">Sea surface temperature around Sri Lanka was
0.25 - 1.5</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">º</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">C above normal. </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">Strong EL Nino patterns sustain.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;"><br /></span></div></div></div><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: verdana;"><b></b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="background-color: #6fba59; border: none; cursor: pointer; padding: 15px 32px;"><a href="http://tropicalclimate.org/fect/wms_reports/WMS_Report_22_12_2023.pdf" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana;">Download full report ↓</span></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;" /></span><hr style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;" /><h3 style="background-color: #674ea7; color: white; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; width: 667px;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Predictions</span></i></h3><h4 style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Rainfall</span></span></h4><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">7-day prediction: </span></b><b style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></b><b style="background-color: white; color: #666666;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">NOAA NCEP models: </span></i></b></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b><span style="line-height: 18.4px;">From 20<sup>th</sup> </span></b><b><span style="line-height: 18.4px;">December</span></b><b><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"> - 26<sup>th</sup> December:</span></b><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"> </span><br /></i></span><div><div style="background-color: white;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div><span><span style="text-align: justify;"><i>Total rainfall by Provinces</i></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li><i>85 mm - Northern, Eastern</i></li><li><i>75 mm - North Central</i></li><li><i>55 mm - Southern, Sabaragamuwa, Uva, Central</i></li><li><i>45 mm - Western</i></li><li><i>35 mm - North Western</i></li></ul><div><i style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b><span>MJO</span><span> based OLR predict<span>ions:</span></span></b></span></i></div></div></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><i>For the next 15 days: </i></b></span></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a name="_Hlk94170286" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">MJO </span></a><span style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">shall <a name="_Hlk154048726">near normal the
rainfall during 20<sup>th</sup> - 24<sup>th </sup>December, </a>slightly
enhance the rainfall during 25<sup>th </sup>- 29<sup>th </sup>December and near
normal the rainfall during 30<sup>th </sup>December - 3<sup>rd </sup>January for
Sri Lanka.</span></span></i></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="line-height: 18.4px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></i></span></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Ocean State</span></b><b style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #1d1b11;"> </span></b></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><b>(Text Courtesy IRI)</b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span>Pacific Sea Sate: December 18</span><span>, 2023 </span></i></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">El Nino Mode has set in according
to NOAA since 8<sup>th</sup> of June.</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> Equatorial sea surface temperatures
(SSTs) are above average across the central and eastern Pacific Ocean mid-December.
</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">El Niño is expected to continue through the Northern Hemisphere
winter, with a transition to ENSO-neutral favored during April-June 2024 (60%
chance).</span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"></div></div></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 18.4px; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"></span></i></p><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b style="text-align: left;"><span>Indian </span></b><b style="text-align: left;"><span>Sea Sate</span></b></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Sea surface temperature around Sri
Lanka was<a name="_Hlk112403111"> </a><span class="fontstyle01">0.5</span><span class="fontstyle11">℃ </span>above normal <span class="fontstyle01">to the Northern, Southern, and Eastern half of the country </span>in 28<sup>th</sup>
November - 4<sup>th</sup> December 2023. A positive Dipole Mode has set in across <span class="fontstyle01">the </span>Indian
Ocean since 8<sup>th</sup> of June.</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 115%; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><h3 style="background-color: #674ea7; color: white; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; width: 667px;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Interpretation</span></i></h3><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></i></div><div><b style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Monitoring</span></b></div><div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Rainfall</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">: </span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">During the last two weeks, there had been very heavy rainfall
</span>over the following area: Mullaitivu.</i></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Daily
Average Rainfall in the <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Met stations</span> for
previous week of (13<sup>th</sup> December - 20<sup>th</sup> December) = 20.9 mm</i></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Maximum Daily Rainfall: 153.3 mm & Minimum Daily Rainfall: 0.0 mm.</i></span></p></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><table align="left" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; margin-left: 6.75pt; margin-right: 6.75pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-table-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-table-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-table-left: center; mso-table-lspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-rspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-top: 8.7pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; width: 624px;">
<tbody><tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;">
<td rowspan="2" style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" width="138">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Region</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
</td>
<td rowspan="2" style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Average rainfall for last 8 days
(mm)</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
</td>
<td colspan="2" style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 229.5pt;" valign="top" width="306">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Average temperature for last 8
days (</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">ºC)</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 18.1pt; mso-yfti-irow: 1;">
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 18.1pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Maximum</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 18.1pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Minimum </span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 2;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Northern plains</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">25.7</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">28.7</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">24.4</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 3;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a name="_Hlk128132590"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Eastern</span></a><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> hills </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">14.9</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">24.6</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">19.4</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 4;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Eastern plains</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">27.5</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">29.2</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">24.4</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 5;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Western hills </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">15.6</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">26.8</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">19.9</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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</tr>
<tr style="height: 11.15pt; mso-yfti-irow: 6;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Western plains</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">12.3</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">31.0</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">24.5</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<tr style="height: 11.55pt; mso-yfti-irow: 7; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 11.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Southern plains</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">26.6</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">30.3</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">24.4</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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</tbody></table></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></div></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-style: italic; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-style: italic; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-style: italic; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-style: italic; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-style: italic; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-style: italic; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-style: italic; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-style: italic; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-style: italic; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-style: italic; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><table align="left" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; margin-left: 6.75pt; margin-right: 6.75pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-table-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-table-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-table-left: center; mso-table-lspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-rspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-top: 53.85pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;">
<tbody><tr style="height: 15.45pt; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;">
<td style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.75pt;" width="138">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 53.85pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Region</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.5in;" width="144">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 53.85pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Average rainfall for last 8 days
(mm)</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 130.5pt;" width="174">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 53.85pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Daily maximum rainfall for last 8
days (mm)</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.75in;" width="168">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 53.85pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Daily minimum rainfall for last 8
days (mm)</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<tr style="height: 19.35pt; mso-yfti-irow: 1; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 19.35pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.75pt;" width="138">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 53.85pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Hydro catchment</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 19.35pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.5in;" width="144">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 53.85pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">21.9</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 19.35pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 130.5pt;" width="174">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 53.85pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">103.2</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 19.35pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.75in;" width="168">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 53.85pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">0.0</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</tbody></table></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-style: italic; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-style: italic; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><i><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><br /></b></i></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><i><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><br /></b></i></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><i><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><br /></b></i></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><i><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Wind:</b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">Easterly </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">winds </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">prevailed in the sea area and around the island last week.</span></i></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><i><b>Temperatures:</b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">The
temperature anomalies were above normal for some parts of the Central,
Sabaragamuwa, and Western provinces of the country </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">driven by the warm SST’s.</span></i></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-style: italic; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8667px;"><br /></span></div></div></div></span></span><div><b style="color: #444444; text-align: left;"><b style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Predictions</span></b></b></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">Rainfall:</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">During the next week (20</span><sup><span style="line-height: 115%;">th </span></sup><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">December</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> - 26<sup>th</sup>
<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">December)</span>,
fairly heavy rainfall <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">is predicted for the </span></span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Northern, Eastern, North Central, Southern,
Sabaragamuwa, Uva, Central provinces </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">and less rainfall is predicted for
rest of the country.</span></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">Temperatures: </span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">The temperature will
remain seasonably near normal for the country during 21<sup>st</sup> December -
27<sup>th </sup>December.</span></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">Teleconnections:
</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">A positive Dipole Mode has set in across the Indian Ocean since 8<sup>th</sup>
of June.</span></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">MJO shall near normal the rainfall during 20<sup>th</sup>
- 24<sup>th </sup>December, slightly enhance the rainfall during 25<sup>th </sup>-
29<sup>th </sup>December and near normal the rainfall during 30<sup>th </sup>December
- 3<sup>rd </sup>January for Sri Lanka.</span></i></div>
<div><b><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Seasonal Precipitation: </span></span></i></b><span style="line-height: 115%;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">The
precipitation forecast for the January-February-March, 2024 season shows near
normal precipitation.</span></i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></b></span><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span></b></span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span> </span><span> </span></span></b></span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span> </span></span></b></span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span> </span></span></b></span><span><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span></b></span><span><span><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span></b></span></span><span><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span></b></span></span></span></span></span></i></div><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>FECThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11895703311338648637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024977274056253599.post-32160094339790007822023-12-15T11:13:00.001+05:302023-12-15T11:13:33.810+05:30Climate Bulletin For Sri Lanka (15 December 2023)<p> </p><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 22px; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span face="" style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Highlights</span></span></span></b><i><span face="" style="color: #1d1b11;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></span></i></span></h2><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="" style="color: #1d1b11;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span><span> • </span></span></i><span style="font-style: italic; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;">High probability of heavy rainfall (> 100
mm) is predicted for Sabaragamuwa, Northern provinces and fairly heavy rainfall
is predicted for Central, Uva, North Western provinces during 15 - 21 Dec.</span></span></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span> •</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">During
the last week, average daily rainfall over Sri Lanka was 10.4 mm and hydro
catchment was 16.5 mm. </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">Extreme rainfall (> </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">150</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;"> mm/day) was
in Badulla</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">. </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">The rainfall of last week was twice as
normal.</span></span></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></i></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"> • </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">From 4
- 10 Dec </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in; vertical-align: baseline;">, up to 4 </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">m/s of south westerly </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">winds </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">were at 850 mb (1.5 km). </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">During 14 - 20 Dec, up to 8 m/s of easterly
winds are expected </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">at 850 mb (1.5 km). </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="text-indent: -36.48px;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"> • </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">Sea surface temperature around Sri Lanka was
0.25 - 1.5</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">º</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">C above normal. </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">From 7 - 13 Dec, maximum daily temperature
was recorded in Moneragala (34.3</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">º</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">C) and
Ratnapura (33.8</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">º</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">C).</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;"><br /></span></div></div></div><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: verdana;"><b></b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="background-color: #6fba59; border: none; cursor: pointer; padding: 15px 32px;"><a href="http://tropicalclimate.org/fect/wms_reports/WMS_Report_15_12_2023.pdf" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana;">Download full report ↓</span></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;" /></span><hr style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;" /><h3 style="background-color: #674ea7; color: white; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; width: 667px;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Predictions</span></i></h3><h4 style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Rainfall</span></span></h4><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">7-day prediction: </span></b><b style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></b><b style="background-color: white; color: #666666;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">NOAA NCEP models: </span></i></b></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b><span style="line-height: 18.4px;">From 15<sup>th</sup> </span></b><b><span style="line-height: 18.4px;">December</span></b><b><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"> - 21<sup>st</sup> December:</span></b><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"> </span><br /></i></span><div><div style="background-color: white;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div><span><span style="text-align: justify;"><i>Total rainfall by Provinces</i></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li><i>> 130 mm - Sabaragamuwa</i></li><li><i>70 - 130 mm - Northern</i></li><li><i>40 - 70 mm - Central, Uva, North Western</i></li><li><i>20 - 40 mm - Western, Southern, Eastern, North Central</i></li></ul><div><i style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b><span>MJO</span><span> based OLR predict<span>ions:</span></span></b></span></i></div></div></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><i>For the next 15 days: </i></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">MJO </span><span style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">shall moderately suppress the rainfall
during 13<sup>th</sup> - 22<sup>nd </sup>December and slightly suppress the
rainfall during 23<sup>rd</sup> - 27<sup>th</sup> December for Sri Lanka.</span></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="line-height: 18.4px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></i></span></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Ocean State</span></b><b style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #1d1b11;"> </span></b></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><b>(Text Courtesy IRI)</b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span>Pacific Sea Sate: December 11</span><span>, 2023 </span></i></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">El Nino Mode has set in according
to NOAA since 8<sup>th</sup> of June.</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> Equatorial sea surface temperatures
(SSTs) are above average across the central and eastern Pacific Ocean mid-December.
El Niño is </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">anticipated
to continue through the Northern Hemisphere spring (with a 62% chance during
April-June 2024).</span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"></div></div></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 18.4px; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"></span></i></p><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b style="text-align: left;"><span>Indian </span></b><b style="text-align: left;"><span>Sea Sate</span></b></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sea surface temperature around Sri
Lanka was<a name="_Hlk112403111"> </a><span class="fontstyle01">0.5</span><span class="fontstyle11">℃ </span>above normal <span class="fontstyle01">to the country </span>in 21<sup>st</sup> - 27<sup>th</sup>
November, 2023. A
positive Dipole Mode has set in across <span class="fontstyle01">the </span>Indian Ocean since 8<sup>th</sup> of
June.</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 115%; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><h3 style="background-color: #674ea7; color: white; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; width: 667px;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Interpretation</span></i></h3><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></i></div><div><b style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Monitoring</span></b></div><div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Rainfall</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">: </span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">During the last two weeks, there had been very heavy rainfall
</span>over the following area: Badulla.</span></i></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Daily Average Rainfall in the <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Met stations</span> for previous week of (6<sup>th</sup>
December - 13<sup>th</sup> December) = 10.4 mm</span></i></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Maximum Daily Rainfall: 94.9 mm & Minimum Daily Rainfall: 0.0 mm.</span></i></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></i></p></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><table align="left" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; margin-left: 6.75pt; margin-right: 6.75pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-table-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-table-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-table-left: center; mso-table-lspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-rspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-top: 8.7pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; width: 624px;">
<tbody><tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;">
<td rowspan="2" style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" width="138">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Region</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></i></p>
</td>
<td rowspan="2" style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Average rainfall for last 8 days
(mm)</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></i></p>
</td>
<td colspan="2" style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 229.5pt;" valign="top" width="306">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Average temperature for last 8
days (</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">ºC)</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></i></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 1;">
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Maximum</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Minimum </span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></i></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 2;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Northern plains</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">8.9</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">30.8</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">24.7</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 3;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a name="_Hlk128132590"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Eastern</span></a><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> hills </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">8.1</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">25.5</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">18.6</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 4;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Eastern plains</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">11.6</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">30.9</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">24.3</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 5;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Western hills </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">11.5</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">27.7</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">19.3</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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</tr>
<tr style="height: 11.15pt; mso-yfti-irow: 6;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Western plains</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">13.6</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">31.4</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">24.4</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 11.55pt; mso-yfti-irow: 7; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 11.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Southern plains</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">7.0</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">31.2</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">24.4</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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</tbody></table><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></i></p><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></i></div></div></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><table align="left" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; margin-left: 6.75pt; margin-right: 6.75pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-table-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-table-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-table-left: center; mso-table-lspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-rspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-top: 13.1pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;">
<tbody><tr style="height: 15.45pt; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;">
<td style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.75pt;" width="138">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 13.1pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Region</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.5in;" width="144">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 13.1pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Average rainfall for last 8 days
(mm)</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 130.5pt;" width="174">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 13.1pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Daily maximum rainfall for last 8
days (mm)</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.75in;" width="168">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 13.1pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Daily minimum rainfall for last 8
days (mm)</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<tr style="height: 19.35pt; mso-yfti-irow: 1; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 19.35pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.75pt;" width="138">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 13.1pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Hydro catchment</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 19.35pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.5in;" width="144">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 13.1pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">16.5</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 19.35pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 130.5pt;" width="174">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 13.1pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">119.9</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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</tbody></table></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Wind:</span></i></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; text-indent: 0.5in;"> South westerly </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; text-indent: 0.5in;">winds </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; text-indent: 0.5in;">prevailed in the sea area and around the island last week.</span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Temperatures:</span></i></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span>The
temperature anomalies were above normal for the country driven
by the warm SST’s.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8667px;"><br /></span></div></div></div></span></i></span><div><b style="color: #444444; text-align: left;"><b style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Predictions</span></b></b></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">Rainfall:</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">During the next week (15</span><sup><span style="line-height: 115%;">th </span></sup><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">December</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> - 21<sup>st</sup>
<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">December)</span>,
heavy rainfall <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">is predicted for the </span></span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Sabaragamuwa, Northern provinces </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">and
fairly heavy rainfall is predicted for the Central, Uva, North Western
provinces and less rainfall is predicted for rest of the country.</span></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">Temperatures: </span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">The temperature will
remain seasonably near normal for the country during 14<sup>th</sup> December -
20<sup>th</sup> December.</span></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">Teleconnections:
</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">A positive Dipole Mode has set in across the Indian Ocean since 8<sup>th</sup>
of June.</span></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">MJO shall moderately suppress the rainfall
during 13<sup>th</sup> - 22<sup>nd </sup>December and slightly suppress the
rainfall during 23<sup>rd</sup> - 27<sup>th</sup> December for Sri Lanka.</span></i></div>
<div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">Seasonal Precipitation: </span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">The
precipitation forecast for the December-January-February, 2024 season shows
near normal precipitation.<b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span></b></span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span> </span><span> </span></span></b></span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span> </span></span></b></span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span> </span></span></b></span><span><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span></b></span><span><span><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span></b></span></span><span><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span></b></span></span></span></span></span></i></div><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>FECThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11895703311338648637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024977274056253599.post-65409802432879931712023-12-08T14:20:00.001+05:302023-12-14T14:30:23.671+05:30Climate Bulletin For Sri Lanka (8 December 2023)<p> </p><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 22px; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span face="" style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Highlights</span></span></span></b><i><span face="" style="color: #1d1b11;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></span></i></span></h2><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="" style="color: #1d1b11;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span> • </span><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;">High probability of heavy rainfall is
predicted for Sabaragamuwa province and fairly heavy rainfall is predicted for
Uva, Southern, Central provinces during
7 - 13 Dec.</span></span></i></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span> •</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="text-indent: -36.48px;">During the last week, average daily rainfall over Sri Lanka was 10.5 mm and hydro catchment was 14.4 mm. </span><span style="text-indent: -36.48px;">Extreme rainfall (> 150 mm/day) was in Galle. </span><span style="text-indent: -36.48px;">The rainfall of last week was twice as normal.</span></span></i></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></i></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"> • </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="text-indent: -36.48px;">From 27 Nov - 3 Dec , up to 5 m/s of north easterly winds were at 850 mb (1.5 km). </span><span style="text-indent: -36.48px;">During 7 - 13 Dec, up to 5 m/s of north easterly winds are expected at 850 mb (1.5 km). </span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="text-indent: -36.48px;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"> • </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">Sea surface temperature around Sri Lanka was
0.25 - 1.5</span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">º</span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">C above normal. </span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">From 30 Nov - 6 Dec, maximum daily
temperature was recorded in Puttalam & Pottuvil (33.7</span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">º</span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">C) and Ratnapura
(32.9</span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">º</span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">C).</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;"><br /></span></div></div></div><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: verdana;"><b></b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="background-color: #6fba59; border: none; cursor: pointer; padding: 15px 32px;"><a href="http://tropicalclimate.org/fect/wms_reports/WMS_Report_8_12_2023.pdf" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana;">Download full report ↓</span></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;" /></span><hr style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;" /><h3 style="background-color: #674ea7; color: white; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; width: 667px;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Predictions</span></i></h3><h4 style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Rainfall</span></span></h4><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">7-day prediction: </span></b><b style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></b><b style="background-color: white; color: #666666;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">NOAA NCEP models: </span></i></b></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b><span style="line-height: 18.4px;">From 7<sup>th</sup> </span></b><b><span style="line-height: 18.4px;">December</span></b><b><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"> - 13<sup>th</sup> December:</span></b><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"> </span><br /></i></span><div><div style="background-color: white;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div><span><span style="text-align: justify;"><i>Total rainfall by Provinces</i></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li><i>70 - 130 mm - Sabaragamuwa</i></li><li><i>40 - 70 mm - Uva, Southern, Central</i></li><li><i>20 - 40 mm - Western, Northern, North Western, North Central, Eastern</i></li></ul><div><i style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b><span>MJO</span><span> based OLR predict<span>ions:</span></span></b></span></i></div></div></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><i>For the next 15 days: </i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">MJO </span><span style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">shall slightly enhance the rainfall during 6<sup>th</sup>
- 10<sup>th </sup>December and near normal the rainfall during 11<sup>th</sup> -
15<sup>th</sup> December and slightly suppress the rainfall during 16<sup>th</sup>
- 20<sup>th</sup> December<sup> </sup>for Sri Lanka.</span></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="line-height: 18.4px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></i></span></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Ocean State</span></b><b style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #1d1b11;"> </span></b></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><b>(Text Courtesy IRI)</b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span>Pacific Sea Sate: December 4</span><span>, 2023 </span></i></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; line-height: 115%;">El Nino Mode has set in according
to NOAA since 8<sup>th</sup> of June.</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> Equatorial sea surface temperatures
(SSTs) are above average across the central and eastern Pacific Ocean early-December.
El Niño is </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">anticipated
to continue through the Northern Hemisphere spring (with a 62% chance during
April-June 2024).</span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"></div></div></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 18.4px; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"></span></i></p><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b style="text-align: left;"><span>Indian </span></b><b style="text-align: left;"><span>Sea Sate</span></b></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sea surface temperature around Sri
Lanka was<a name="_Hlk112403111"> </a><span class="fontstyle01">0.5 </span><span class="fontstyle11">℃ </span>above normal <span class="fontstyle01">to the country </span>in 14<sup>th</sup> - 20<sup>th</sup> November,
2023. A positive
Dipole Mode has set in across <span class="fontstyle01">the </span>Indian Ocean since 8<sup>th</sup> of
June.</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 115%; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><h3 style="background-color: #674ea7; color: white; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; width: 667px;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Interpretation</span></i></h3><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></i></div><div><b style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Monitoring</span></b></div><div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Rainfall</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">: </span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">During the last two weeks, there had been very heavy rainfall
</span>over the following area: Galle.</span></i></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Daily
Average Rainfall in the <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Met stations</span> for
previous week of (29<sup>th</sup> November - 6<sup>th</sup> December) = 10.5 mm</span></i></p></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">Maximum Daily Rainfall: 116.0 mm & Minimum
Daily Rainfall: 0.0 mm.</span></span></i></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></i><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></i></p><table align="left" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; margin-left: 6.75pt; margin-right: 6.75pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-table-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-table-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-table-left: center; mso-table-lspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-rspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-top: 8.7pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; width: 624px;">
<tbody><tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;">
<td rowspan="2" style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" width="138">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Region</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></i></p>
</td>
<td rowspan="2" style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Average rainfall for last 8 days
(mm)</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></i></p>
</td>
<td colspan="2" style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 229.5pt;" valign="top" width="306">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Average temperature for last 8
days (</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">ºC)</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></i></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 1;">
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Maximum</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Minimum </span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></i></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 2;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Northern plains</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">12.7</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">30.1</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">24.6</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 3;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a name="_Hlk128132590"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Eastern</span></a><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> hills </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">5.3</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">25.6</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">18.9</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 4;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Eastern plains</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">9.4</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">30.4</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">24.3</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 5;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Western hills </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">12.6</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">26.5</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">19.7</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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</tr>
<tr style="height: 11.15pt; mso-yfti-irow: 6;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Western plains</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">9.8</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">30.5</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">24.7</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 11.55pt; mso-yfti-irow: 7; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 11.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Southern plains</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">10.6</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">30.0</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">24.6</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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</tbody></table><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></i></p><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></i></div></div></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><br /></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><br /></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><table align="left" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; margin-left: 6.75pt; margin-right: 6.75pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-table-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-table-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-table-left: center; mso-table-lspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-rspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-top: 2.55pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;">
<tbody><tr style="height: 15.45pt; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;">
<td style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.75pt;" width="138">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 2.55pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Region</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.5in;" width="144">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 2.55pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Average rainfall for last 8 days
(mm)</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 130.5pt;" width="174">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 2.55pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Daily maximum rainfall for last 8
days (mm)</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.75in;" width="168">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 2.55pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Daily minimum rainfall for last 8
days (mm)</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<tr style="height: 19.35pt; mso-yfti-irow: 1; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 19.35pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.75pt;" width="138">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 2.55pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Hydro catchment</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 19.35pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.5in;" width="144">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 2.55pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">14.4</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 19.35pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 130.5pt;" width="174">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 2.55pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">136.5</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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</tbody></table></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b>Wind:</b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">North easterly </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #050505; line-height: 115%;">winds </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">prevailed in the sea area and around the island last week.</span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b>Temperatures:</b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">The
temperature anomalies were above normal for some parts of the Central, Sabaragamuwa,
North Western, Southern and Western provinces of the country </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">driven by the warm SST’s.</span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8667px;"><br /></span></div></div></div></span></i></span><div><b style="color: #444444; text-align: left;"><b style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Predictions</span></b></b></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">Rainfall:</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">During the next week (7</span><sup><span style="line-height: 115%;">th </span></sup><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">December</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> - 13<sup>th</sup>
<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">December)</span>,
heavy rainfall <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">is predicted for the </span></span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Sabaragamuwa province </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">and <a name="_Hlk152841484">fairly</a>
heavy rainfall is predicted for the Uva, Southern, and Central provinces and
less rainfall is predicted for rest of the country.</span></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">Temperatures: </span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">The temperature will
remain seasonably near normal for the country during 7<sup>th</sup> December - 13<sup>th</sup>
December.</span></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">Teleconnections:
</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">A positive Dipole Mode has set in across the Indian Ocean since 8<sup>th</sup>
of June.</span></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">MJO shall slightly enhance the rainfall
during 6<sup>th</sup> - 10<sup>th </sup>December and near normal the rainfall
during 11<sup>th</sup> - 15<sup>th</sup> December and slightly suppress the
rainfall during 16<sup>th</sup> - 20<sup>th</sup> December<sup> </sup>for Sri
Lanka.</span></i></div>
<div><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><b><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Seasonal Precipitation: </span></span></i></b><span style="line-height: 115%;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">The
precipitation forecast for the December-January-February, 2024 season shows near
normal precipitation.</span></i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></b></span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></b></span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></b></span><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span></b></span><span><span><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span></b></span></span><span><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span></b></span></span></span></span></i></div><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>FECThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11895703311338648637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024977274056253599.post-63210457897140823522023-12-01T11:07:00.001+05:302023-12-01T11:07:48.448+05:30Climate Bulletin For Sri Lanka (1 December 2023)<p> </p><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 22px; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span face="" style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Highlights</span></span></span></b><i><span face="" style="color: #1d1b11;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></span></i></span></h2><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="" style="color: #1d1b11;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span><span><span><span><span><span><span> • </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-style: italic; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;">High probability of extreme rainfall is
predicted during next week. </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;">Heavy rainfall (</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;">≥</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"> 100 mm) is predicted for Central, Uva,
Sabaragamuwa, Southern provinces and fairly heavy rainfall is predicted for
Northern, Western provinces during 30
Nov - 6 Dec.</span></span></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><i><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span> •</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">During
the last week, average daily rainfall over Sri Lanka was 10.3 mm and hydro
catchment was 6.6 mm. </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">Extreme rainfall (></span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;"> 150 mm/day) was in Nuwara Eliya and Galle. </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">The rainfall of last week was twice as
normal.</span></span></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></i></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><i><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"> • </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">From 20 - 26 Nov</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in; vertical-align: baseline;">, up to 5 </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">m/s of north easterly </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">winds </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">were at 850 mb (1.5 km). </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">During 30 Nov - 6 Dec, up to 8 m/s of north
westerly winds are expected </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">at 850 mb (1.5 km). </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><i><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="text-indent: -36.48px;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"> • </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">Sea surface temperature around Sri Lanka was
0.25 - 1.5</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">º</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">C above normal. </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">From 23 - 29 Nov, maximum daily temperature
was recorded in Ratnapura (34.3</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">º</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">C) and Puttalam (33.7</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">º</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">C).</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;"><br /></span></div></div></div><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: verdana;"><b></b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="background-color: #6fba59; border: none; cursor: pointer; padding: 15px 32px;"><a href="http://tropicalclimate.org/fect/wms_reports/WMS_Report_1_12_2023.pdf" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana;">Download full report ↓</span></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;" /></span><hr style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;" /><h3 style="background-color: #674ea7; color: white; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; width: 667px;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Predictions</span></i></h3><h4 style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Rainfall</span></span></h4><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">7-day prediction: </span></b><b style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></b><b style="background-color: white; color: #666666;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">NOAA NCEP models: </span></i></b></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b><span style="line-height: 18.4px;">From 30<sup>th</sup> November - 6<sup>th</sup> December:</span></b><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"> </span><br /></i></span><div><div style="background-color: white;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div><span><span style="text-align: justify;"><i>Total rainfall by Provinces</i></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li><i>> 130 mm - Central</i></li><li><i>70 - 130 mm - Sabaragamuwa, Uva, Southern</i></li><li><i>40 - 70 mm - Northern, Western</i></li><li><i>20 - 40 mm - Eastern, North Central</i></li><li><i>≤ 20 mm - North Western</i></li></ul><div><i style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b><span>MJO</span><span> based OLR predict<span>ions:</span></span></b></span></i></div></div></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><i>For the next 15 days: </i></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><a name="_Hlk94170305" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">MJO </span></a><span style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">shall moderately enhance the rainfall during
29<sup>th </sup>November -<sup> </sup>3<sup>rd </sup>December and slightly enhance
the rainfall during 4<sup>th</sup> - 13<sup>th</sup> December for Sri Lanka.</span></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></i></span></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Ocean State</span></b><b style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #1d1b11;"> </span></b></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><b>(Text Courtesy IRI)</b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span>Pacific Sea Sate: November 27</span><span>, 2023 </span></i></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; line-height: 115%;">El Nino Mode has set in according
to NOAA since 8<sup>th</sup> of June.</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> Equatorial sea surface temperatures
(SSTs) are above average across the central and eastern Pacific Ocean late - November.
El Niño is </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">anticipated
to continue through the Northern Hemisphere spring (with a 62% chance during
April -June 2024).</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"></div></div></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 18.4px; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"></span></i></p><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b style="text-align: left;"><span>Indian </span></b><b style="text-align: left;"><span>Sea Sate</span></b></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Sea surface temperature around Sri
Lanka was<a name="_Hlk112403111"> </a><span class="fontstyle01">0.5</span><span class="fontstyle11">℃ </span>above normal <span class="fontstyle01">to the country </span>in 7<sup>th </sup>- 13<sup>th</sup> November,
2023. A positive
Dipole Mode has set in across <span class="fontstyle01">the </span>Indian Ocean since 8<sup>th</sup> of
June.</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><h3 style="background-color: #674ea7; color: white; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; width: 667px;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Interpretation</span></i></h3><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></i></div><div><b style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Monitoring</span></b></div><div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span><span><span><span><span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Rainfall</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">: </span></b></span></span></span></span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">During the last two weeks, there had been very heavy rainfall
</span>over the following areas: Nuwara Eliya, Galle</i></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Daily
Average Rainfall in the <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Met stations</span> for
previous week of (22<sup>nd</sup> November - 29<sup>th</sup> November) = </i></span><i style="font-family: verdana;">10.3 mm</i></p></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Maximum Daily Rainfall:
95.1 mm & Minimum Daily Rainfall: 0.0 mm.</i></span></span><br /><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><table align="left" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; margin-left: 6.75pt; margin-right: 6.75pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-table-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-table-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-table-left: center; mso-table-lspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-rspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-top: .8pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; width: 624px;">
<tbody><tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;">
<td rowspan="2" style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" width="138">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: .8pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Region</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
</td>
<td rowspan="2" style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: .8pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Average rainfall for last 8 days
(mm)</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
</td>
<td colspan="2" style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 229.5pt;" valign="top" width="306">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: .8pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Average temperature for last 8
days (</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">ºC)</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 1;">
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: .8pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Maximum</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: .8pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Minimum </span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 2;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: .8pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Northern plains</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">7.6</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">31.5</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">24.7</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 3;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: .8pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Eastern hills </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: .8pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">6.3</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: .8pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">25.5</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: .8pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">18.4</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 4;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: .8pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Eastern plains</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: .8pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">10.8</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: .8pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">31.1</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: .8pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">24.3</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 5;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: .8pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Western hills </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: .8pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">10.5</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: .8pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">27.9</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: .8pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">19.4</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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</tr>
<tr style="height: 11.15pt; mso-yfti-irow: 6;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: .8pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Western plains</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: .8pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">16.6</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: .8pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">31.7</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: .8pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">24.3</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
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<tr style="height: 11.55pt; mso-yfti-irow: 7; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 11.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: .8pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Southern plains</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: .8pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">12.0</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: .8pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">31.6</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: .8pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">24.2</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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</tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></div></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><br /></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><table align="left" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; margin-left: 6.75pt; margin-right: 6.75pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-table-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-table-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-table-left: center; mso-table-lspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-rspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-top: 4.4pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;">
<tbody><tr style="height: 15.45pt; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;">
<td style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.75pt;" width="138">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 4.4pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Region</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.5in;" width="144">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 4.4pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Average rainfall for last 8 days
(mm)</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 130.5pt;" width="174">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 4.4pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Daily maximum rainfall for last 8
days (mm)</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.75in;" width="168">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 4.4pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Daily minimum rainfall for last 8
days (mm)</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<tr style="height: 19.35pt; mso-yfti-irow: 1; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 19.35pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.75pt;" width="138">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 4.4pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Hydro catchment</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 19.35pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.5in;" width="144">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 4.4pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">6.6</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 19.35pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 130.5pt;" width="174">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 4.4pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">46.5</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 19.35pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.75in;" width="168">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 4.4pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">0.0</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</tbody></table></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><br /></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><br /></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><i><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Wind:</span></i></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> North easterly </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #050505;">winds </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">prevailed in the sea area and around the island last week.</span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Temperatures:</span></i></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span>The
temperature anomalies were above normal for some parts of the Sabaragamuwa, Central,
Uva, Eastern, North Western, Western, and Southern provinces of the country driven
by the warm SST’s.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8667px;"><br /></span></div></div></div></span></i></span><div><b style="color: #444444; text-align: left;"><b style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Predictions</span></b></b></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">Rainfall:</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">During the next week (30</span><sup><span style="line-height: 115%;">th </span></sup><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">November</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> - 6<sup>th</sup>
<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">December)</span>,
heavy rainfall <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">is predicted for the Central, </span></span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Sabaragamuwa, Uva, and Southern provinces </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">and fairly
heavy rainfall is predicted for the Northern and Western provinces, and less
rainfall is predicted for rest of the country.</span></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">Temperatures: </span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">The temperature will
remain seasonably near normal for the country during 30<sup>th</sup> November -
6<sup>th</sup> December.</span></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">Teleconnections:
</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">A positive Dipole Mode has set in across the Indian Ocean since 8<sup>th</sup>
of June.</span></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">MJO shall moderately enhance the rainfall
during 29<sup>th </sup>November -<sup> </sup>3<sup>rd </sup>December and
slightly enhance the rainfall during 4<sup>th</sup> - 13<sup>th</sup> December
for Sri Lanka.</span></i></div>
<div><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><b><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Seasonal Precipitation: </span></span></i></b><span style="line-height: 115%;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">The
precipitation forecast for the December-January-February, 2024 season shows near
normal precipitation.</span></i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></b></span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></b></span><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span></b></span><span><span><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span></b></span></span><span><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span></b></span></span></span></span></i></div><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>FECThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11895703311338648637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024977274056253599.post-52132210170275191832023-11-24T15:07:00.000+05:302023-11-24T15:07:27.862+05:30Climate Bulletin For Sri Lanka (24 November 2023)<p> </p><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 22px; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span face="" style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Highlights</span></span></span></b><i><span face="" style="color: #1d1b11;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></span></i></span></h2><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="" style="color: #1d1b11;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span><span><span><span><span><span><span> • </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;">High probability of heavy rainfall ( > 130 mm) is predicted for
Sabaragamuwa, Uva provinces and fairly heavy rainfall is predicted for
Central, Southern, Western provinces
during 23 - 29 Nov</span></i></span></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span> •</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">During
the last week, average daily rainfall over Sri Lanka was 16.3 mm and hydro
catchment was 22.8 mm. </span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">Extreme rainfall (></span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;"> 150 mm/day) was in Nuwara Eliya and Jaffna. </span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">The rainfall of last week was twice as
normal.</span></i></span></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></i></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"> • </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">From 13 - 19 Nov</span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in; vertical-align: baseline;">, up to 3 </span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">m/s of south westerly </span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">winds </span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">were at 850 mb (1.5 km). </span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">During 23 - 29 Nov, up to 5 m/s of north
easterly winds are expected </span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">at 850 mb (1.5 km).</span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">Wind direction will predominantly transition
from SW to from NE.</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="text-indent: -36.48px;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"> • </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">Sea surface temperature around Sri Lanka was
0.5 - 1.5</span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">º</span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">C above normal. </span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">From 16 - 22 Nov, maximum daily temperature
was recorded in Ratnapura (35.0</span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">º</span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">C) and Moneragala (33.4</span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">º</span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">C).</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;"><br /></span></div></div></div><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: verdana;"><b></b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="background-color: #6fba59; border: none; cursor: pointer; padding: 15px 32px;"><a href="http://tropicalclimate.org/fect/wms_reports/WMS_Report_24_11_2023.pdf" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana;">Download full report ↓</span></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;" /></span><hr style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;" /><h3 style="background-color: #674ea7; color: white; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; width: 667px;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Predictions</span></i></h3><h4 style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Rainfall</span></span></h4><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">7-day prediction: </span></b><b style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></b><b style="background-color: white; color: #666666;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">NOAA NCEP models: </span></i></b></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">From 23<sup>rd</sup> November - 29<sup>th</sup> November:</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><br /></i></span><div><div style="background-color: white;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div><span><span style="text-align: justify;"><i>Total rainfall by Provinces</i></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li><i>> 130 mm - Sabaragamuwa, Uva</i></li><li><i>70 - 130 mm - Central</i></li><li><i>40 - 70 mm - Southern, Western</i></li><li><i>20 - 40 mm - Eastern, North Central, North Western, Northern</i></li></ul><div><i style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b><span>MJO</span><span> based OLR predict<span>ions:</span></span></b></span></i></div></div></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><i>For the next 15 days: </i></b></span></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">MJO </span><span style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">shall significantly enhance the rainfall
during 22<sup>nd </sup>November -<sup> </sup>1<sup>st </sup>December and
moderately enhance the rainfall during 2<sup>nd</sup> - 6<sup>th</sup> December
for Sri Lanka.</span></span></i></div><div><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Ocean State</span></b><b style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #1d1b11;"> </span></b></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><b>(Text Courtesy IRI)</b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span>Pacific Sea Sate: November 20</span><span>, 2023 </span></i></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; line-height: 115%;">El Nino Mode has set in according
to NOAA since 8<sup>th</sup> of June.</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> Equatorial sea surface temperatures
(SSTs) are above average across the central and eastern Pacific Ocean mid-November.
El Niño is </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">anticipated
to continue through the Northern Hemisphere spring (with a 62% chance during
April-June 2024).</span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"></div></div></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 18.4px; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"></span></i></p><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b style="text-align: left;"><span>Indian </span></b><b style="text-align: left;"><span>Sea Sate</span></b></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sea surface temperature around Sri
Lanka was<a name="_Hlk112403111"> </a><span class="fontstyle01">0.5 </span><span class="fontstyle11">℃ </span>above normal <span class="fontstyle01">to the country </span>in 31<sup>st</sup> October - 6<sup>th</sup>
November, 2023. A
positive Dipole Mode has set in across <span class="fontstyle01">the </span>Indian Ocean since 8<sup>th</sup> of
June.</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 115%; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><h3 style="background-color: #674ea7; color: white; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; width: 667px;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Interpretation</span></i></h3><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></i></div><div><b style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Monitoring</span></b></div><div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span><span><span><span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Rainfall</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">: </span></b></span></span></span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">During the last two weeks, there had been very heavy rainfall
</span>over the following areas: Nuwara Eliya, Jaffna</i></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Daily Average Rainfall in the <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Met stations</span> for previous week of (16<sup>th</sup>
November - 22<sup>nd</sup> November) = 16.3 mm</i></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Maximum
Daily Rainfall: 96.3 mm & Minimum Daily Rainfall: 0.0 mm.</i></span><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><br /></i></span></p><table align="left" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; margin-left: 6.75pt; margin-right: 6.75pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-table-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-table-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-table-left: center; mso-table-lspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-rspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-top: 8.7pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; width: 624px;">
<tbody><tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;">
<td rowspan="2" style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" width="138">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Region</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></i></span></p>
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<td rowspan="2" style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Average rainfall for last 8 days
(mm)</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></i></span></p>
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<td colspan="2" style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 229.5pt;" valign="top" width="306">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Average temperature for last 8
days (</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">ºC)</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></i></span></p>
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<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 1;">
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Maximum</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></i></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Minimum </span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></i></span></p>
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</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 2;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Northern plains</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">14.8</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">30.5</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">24.7</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 3;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><a name="_Hlk128132590"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Eastern</span></a><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> hills </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">15.3</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">26.8</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">19.0</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 4;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Eastern plains</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">14.9</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">31.6</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">24.6</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 5;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Western hills </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">25.3</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">28.4</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">19.7</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 11.15pt; mso-yfti-irow: 6;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Western plains</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">20.2</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">31.4</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">24.7</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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<tr style="height: 11.55pt; mso-yfti-irow: 7; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 11.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Southern plains</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">6.6</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">31.5</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">24.9</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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</tbody></table></div></div></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><table align="left" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; margin-left: 6.75pt; margin-right: 6.75pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-table-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-table-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-table-left: center; mso-table-lspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-rspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-top: 30.0pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;">
<tbody><tr style="height: 15.45pt; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;">
<td style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.75pt;" width="138">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 30.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Region</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.5in;" width="144">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 30.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Average rainfall for last 8 days
(mm)</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 130.5pt;" width="174">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 30.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Daily maximum rainfall for last 8
days (mm)</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.75in;" width="168">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 30.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Daily minimum rainfall for last 8
days (mm)</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<tr style="height: 19.35pt; mso-yfti-irow: 1; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 19.35pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.75pt;" width="138">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 30.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Hydro catchment</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 19.35pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.5in;" width="144">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 30.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">22.8</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 19.35pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 130.5pt;" width="174">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 30.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">185.5</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 19.35pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.75in;" width="168">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 30.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">0.0</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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</tbody></table></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><br /></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><br /></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><br /></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Wind:</span></i></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> South westerly </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #050505;">winds </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">prevailed in the sea area and around the island last week.</span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Temperatures:</span></i></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span>The
temperature anomalies were above normal for some parts of the Sabaragamuwa, Central,
Western, Uva, and Eastern provinces of the country driven
by the warm SST’s.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8667px;"><br /></span></div></div></div></span></i></span><div><b style="color: #444444; text-align: left;"><b style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Predictions</span></b></b></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">Rainfall:</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">During the next week (23</span><sup><span style="line-height: 115%;">rd </span></sup><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">November</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> - 29<sup>th</sup>
<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">November)</span>,
heavy rainfall <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">is predicted for the </span></span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Sabaragamuwa, Uva provinces </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">and fairly heavy rainfall
is predicted for the Central, Southern, and Western provinces, and less
rainfall is predicted for rest of the country.</span></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">Temperatures: </span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">The temperature will
remain seasonably near normal for the country during 23<sup>rd</sup> November -
29<sup>th</sup> November.</span></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">Teleconnections:
</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">A positive Dipole Mode has set in across the Indian Ocean since 8<sup>th</sup>
of June.</span></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">MJO shall significantly enhance
the rainfall during 22<sup>nd </sup>November -<sup> </sup>1<sup>st </sup>December
and moderately enhance the
rainfall during 2<sup>nd</sup> - 6<sup>th</sup> December for Sri Lanka.</span></i></div>
<div><b><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Seasonal Precipitation: </span></span></i></b><span style="line-height: 115%;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">The
precipitation forecast for the December-January-February, 2024 season shows near
normal precipitation.</span></i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></b></span><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span></b></span><span><span><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span></b></span></span><span><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span></b></span></span></span></span></i></div><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>FECThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11895703311338648637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024977274056253599.post-41728228487415779052023-11-17T10:57:00.002+05:302023-11-17T10:57:33.627+05:30Climate Bulletin For Sri Lanka (17 November 2023)<p> </p><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 22px; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span face="" style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Highlights</span></span></span></b><i><span face="" style="color: #1d1b11;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></span></i></span></h2><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="" style="color: #1d1b11;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><span><span><span> • </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;">High probability of heavy rainfall (100 - 130
mm) is predicted for Sabaragamuwa, Uva, Western provinces and fairly heavy
rainfall is predicted for Southern, Central provinces during 16 - 22 Nov.</span></span></i></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span> •</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">During
the last week, average daily rainfall over Sri Lanka was 16.7 mm and hydro
catchment was 16.6 mm. </span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">Extreme rainfall (</span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">≥ 150 mm/day) was in Ampara and Badulla. </span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">The rainfall of last week was twice as
normal.</span></span></i></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></i></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"> • </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">From 6 - 12 Nov</span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in; vertical-align: baseline;">, up to 4 </span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">m/s of north easterly </span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">winds </span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">were at 850 mb (1.5 km). </span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">During 16 - 22 Nov, up to 4 m/s of north
westerly winds are expected </span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">at 850 mb (1.5 km). </span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="text-indent: -36.48px;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"> • </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">Sea surface temperature around Sri Lanka was
0.5 - 1.5</span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">º</span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">C above normal. </span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">From 8 - 15 Nov, maximum daily temperature
was recorded in Ratnapura (34.1</span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">º</span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">C) and Puttalam (33.7</span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">º</span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">C).</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;"><br /></span></div></div></div><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: verdana;"><b></b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="background-color: #6fba59; border: none; cursor: pointer; padding: 15px 32px;"><a href="http://tropicalclimate.org/fect/wms_reports/WMS_Report_17_11_2023.pdf" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana;">Download full report ↓</span></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;" /></span><hr style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;" /><h3 style="background-color: #674ea7; color: white; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; width: 667px;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Predictions</span></i></h3><h4 style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Rainfall</span></span></h4><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">7-day prediction: </span></b><b style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></b><b style="background-color: white; color: #666666;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">NOAA NCEP models: </span></i></b></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="line-height: 18.4px;">From 16<sup>th</sup> November - 22<sup>nd</sup> November:</span></b><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"> </span><br /></span><div><div style="background-color: white;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="font-style: italic;"><span><span style="text-align: justify;">Total rainfall by Provinces</span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li><i>70 - 130 mm - Sabaragamuwa, Uva, Western</i></li><li><i>40 - 70 mm - Southern, Central</i></li><li><i>20 - 40 mm - Eastern, North Central, North Western</i></li><li><i>≤ 20 mm - Northern</i></li></ul><div><i style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b><span>MJO</span><span> based OLR predict<span>ions:</span></span></b></span></i></div></div></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><i>For the next 15 days: </i></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">MJO </span><span style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">shall slightly suppress the rainfall during 15<sup>th
</sup>- 19<sup>th </sup>November, slightly enhance the rainfall during 20<sup>th</sup>
- 24<sup>th</sup> November, and moderately enhance the rainfall during 25<sup>th</sup>
- 29<sup>th</sup> November for Sri Lanka.</span></i></span></div><div><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Ocean State</span></b><b style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #1d1b11;"> </span></b></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><b>(Text Courtesy IRI)</b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span>Pacific Sea Sate: November 13</span><span>, 2023 </span></i></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; line-height: 115%;">El Nino Mode has set in according
to NOAA since 8<sup>th</sup> of June.</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> Equatorial sea surface temperatures
(SSTs) are above average across the central and eastern Pacific Ocean mid-November.
El Niño is </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">anticipated
to continue through the Northern Hemisphere spring (with a 62% chance during
April-June 2024).</span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"></div></div></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 18.4px; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"></span></i></p><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b style="text-align: left;"><span>Indian </span></b><b style="text-align: left;"><span>Sea Sate</span></b></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Sea surface temperature around Sri
Lanka was<a name="_Hlk112403111"> </a><span class="fontstyle01">0.5 </span><span class="fontstyle11">℃ </span>above normal <span class="fontstyle01">to the Western, Southern, and Northern half of the country </span>in 24<sup>th</sup>
- 30<sup>th</sup> October, 2023. A positive Dipole Mode has set in across the Indian Ocean since 8<sup>th</sup>
of June.</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 115%; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><h3 style="background-color: #674ea7; color: white; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; width: 667px;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Interpretation</span></i></h3><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></i></div><div><b style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Monitoring</span></b></div><div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span><span><span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Rainfall</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">: </span></b></span></span></span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">During the last two weeks, there had been very heavy rainfall
</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">over the following areas: </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">Ampara, Badulla</span></i></span><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">Daily Average Rainfall in the </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Met stations</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"> for previous week of (8</span><sup>th</sup><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">
November - 15</span><sup>th</sup><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"> November) = </span></i></span><i style="font-family: verdana;">16.7 mm</i></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Maximum
Daily Rainfall: 131.5 mm & Minimum Daily Rainfall: 0.0 mm.</i></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><br /></i></span></p><table align="left" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; margin-left: 6.75pt; margin-right: 6.75pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-table-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-table-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-table-left: center; mso-table-lspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-rspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-top: 8.7pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; width: 624px;">
<tbody><tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;">
<td rowspan="2" style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" width="138">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Region</span></b><b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></i></span></p>
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<td rowspan="2" style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Average rainfall for last 8 days
(mm)</span></b><b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></i></span></p>
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<td colspan="2" style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 229.5pt;" valign="top" width="306">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Average temperature for last 8
days (</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">ºC)</span></b><b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></i></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Maximum</span></b><b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></i></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Minimum </span></b><b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></i></span></p>
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<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 2;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Northern plains</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">18.8</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">29.7</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">24.2</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 3;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><a name="_Hlk128132590"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Eastern</span></a><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> hills </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">10.2</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">26.0</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">18.5</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 4;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Eastern plains</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">18.3</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">31.1</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">24.3</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 5;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Western hills </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">13.6</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">28.1</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">19.4</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 11.15pt; mso-yfti-irow: 6;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Western plains</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">16.7</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">31.1</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">24.4</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 11.55pt; mso-yfti-irow: 7; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 11.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Southern plains</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">19.8</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">30.6</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">22.7</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
</td>
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</tbody></table></div></div></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><table align="left" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; margin-left: 6.75pt; margin-right: 6.75pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-table-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-table-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-table-left: center; mso-table-lspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-rspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-top: 30.0pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;">
<tbody><tr style="height: 15.45pt; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;">
<td style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.75pt;" width="138">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 30.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Region</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.5in;" width="144">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 30.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Average rainfall for last 8 days
(mm)</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 130.5pt;" width="174">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 30.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Daily maximum rainfall for last 8
days (mm)</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.75in;" width="168">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 30.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Daily minimum rainfall for last 8
days (mm)</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<tr style="height: 19.35pt; mso-yfti-irow: 1; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 19.35pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.75pt;" width="138">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 30.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Hydro catchment</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 19.35pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.5in;" width="144">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 30.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">16.6</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 19.35pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 130.5pt;" width="174">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 30.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">77.0</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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</tbody></table></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><br /></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><br /></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b>Wind:</b> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">North easterly </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #050505; line-height: 115%;">winds </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">prevailed in the sea area and around the island last week.</span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b>Temperatures: </b><span style="line-height: 115%;">The
temperature anomalies were above normal for some parts of the Sabaragamuwa, Central,
and Western provinces of the country </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">driven
by the warm SST’s.</span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div></div></div></span></i></span><div><b style="color: #444444; text-align: left;"><b style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Predictions</span></b></b></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">Rainfall:</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">During the next week (16</span><sup><span style="line-height: 115%;">th </span></sup><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">November</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> - 22<sup>nd</sup>
<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">November)</span>,
heavy rainfall <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">is predicted for the </span></span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Sabaragamuwa, Uva, and Western provinces </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">and fairly
heavy rainfall is predicted for the Southern and Central provinces and less
rainfall is predicted for rest of the country.</span></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">Temperatures: </span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">The temperature will
remain seasonably near normal for the country during 16<sup>th</sup> November -
22<sup>nd</sup> November.</span></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">Teleconnections:
</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">A positive Dipole Mode has set in across the Indian Ocean since 8<sup>th</sup>
of June.</span></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">MJO shall slightly suppress the rainfall
during 15<sup>th </sup>- 19<sup>th </sup>November, slightly enhance the
rainfall during 20<sup>th</sup> - 24<sup>th</sup> November, and moderately
enhance the rainfall during 25<sup>th</sup> - 29<sup>th</sup> November for Sri
Lanka.</span></i></div>
<div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">Seasonal Precipitation: </span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">The
precipitation forecast for the December-January-February, 2024 season shows near
normal precipitation.<b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span></b></span><span><span><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span></b></span></span><span><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span></b></span></span></span></span></i></div><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>FECThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11895703311338648637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024977274056253599.post-42809622522519323952023-11-10T11:00:00.001+05:302023-11-10T11:25:20.069+05:30Climate Bulletin For Sri Lanka (10 November 2023)<p> </p><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 22px; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span face="" style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Highlights</span></span></span></b><i><span face="" style="color: #1d1b11;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></span></i></span></h2><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="" style="color: #1d1b11;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><span><span><i> • </i></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-style: italic; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;">High probability of heavy rainfall (100 - 130
mm) is predicted for Sabaragamuwa, Uva, Northern provinces and fairly heavy
rainfall is predicted for rest of the country during 10 - 16 November.</span></span></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><i><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span> •</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"> </span></span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">During
the last week, average daily rainfall over Sri Lanka was 17.7 mm and hydro
catchment was 22.4 mm. </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">Extreme rainfall (</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">≥ 150 mm/day) was in Ratnapura, Kurunegala
and Anuradhapura. </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">The rainfall of last week was twice as
normal.</span></span></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></i></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><i><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"> • </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">From 30 Oct - 5 Nov</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in; vertical-align: baseline;">, up to 3 </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">m/s of east-south easterly </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">winds </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">were at 850 mb (1.5 km). </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">During 9 - 15 Nov, up to 5 m/s of north
easterly winds are expected </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">at 850 mb (1.5 km). </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><i><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="text-indent: -36.48px;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"> • </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">Sea surface temperature around Sri Lanka was
1.0 - 2.0</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">º</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">C above normal. </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">From 1 - 8 Nov, maximum daily temperature was
recorded in Ratnapura (33.9</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">º</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">C) and Maha Illuppallama
(33.1</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">º</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">C).</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;"><br /></span></div></div></div><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: verdana;"><b></b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="background-color: #6fba59; border: none; cursor: pointer; padding: 15px 32px;"><a href="http://tropicalclimate.org/fect/wms_reports/WMS_Report_10_11_2023.pdf" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana;">Download full report ↓</span></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;" /></span><hr style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;" /><h3 style="background-color: #674ea7; color: white; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; width: 667px;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Predictions</span></i></h3><h4 style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Rainfall</span></span></h4><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">7-day prediction: </span></b><b style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></b><b style="background-color: white; color: #666666;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">NOAA NCEP models: </span></i></b></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">From 10<sup>th</sup> November - 16<sup>th</sup> November:</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><br /></span><div><div style="background-color: white;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="font-style: italic;"><span><span style="text-align: justify;">Total rainfall by Provinces</span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li><i>70 - 130 mm - Sabaragamuwa, Uva, Northern</i></li><li><i> ≤ 40 mm - Western, Eastern, Central, Southern, North Central, North Western</i></li></ul><div><i style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b><span>MJO</span><span> based OLR predict<span>ions:</span></span></b></span></i></div></div></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><i>For the next 15 days: </i></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">MJO </span><span style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">shall slightly suppress the rainfall during 8<sup>th
</sup>- 17<sup>th </sup>November and near neutral the rainfall during 18<sup>th</sup>
- 22<sup>nd</sup> November for Sri Lanka.</span></i></span></div><div><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Ocean State</span></b><b style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #1d1b11;"> </span></b></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><b>(Text Courtesy IRI)</b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span>Pacific Sea Sate: November 6</span><span>, 2023 </span></i></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; line-height: 115%;">El Nino Mode has set in according
to NOAA since 8<sup>th</sup> of June.</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> Equatorial sea surface temperatures
(SSTs) are above average across the central and eastern Pacific Ocean early-November.
El Niño is </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">anticipated
to continue through the Northern Hemisphere spring (with an 80% chance during
March-May 2024).</span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"></div></div></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 18.4px; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"></span></i></p><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b style="text-align: left;"><span>Indian </span></b><b style="text-align: left;"><span>Sea Sate</span></b></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sea surface temperature around Sri
Lanka was<a name="_Hlk112403111"> </a><span class="fontstyle01">0.5 </span><span class="fontstyle11">℃ </span>above normal <span class="fontstyle01">to the Western and Southern half of the country </span>in 17<sup>th</sup>
- 23<sup>rd</sup> October, 2023. A positive Dipole Mode has set in across the Indian Ocean since 8<sup>th</sup>
of June.</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 115%; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><h3 style="background-color: #674ea7; color: white; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; width: 667px;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Interpretation</span></i></h3><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></i></div><div><b style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Monitoring</span></b></div><div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span><span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Rainfall</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">: </span></b></span></span></i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">During the last two weeks, there had been very heavy rainfall
</span>over the following areas:</span><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Ratnapura, Kurunegala<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Daily Average Rainfall in the <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Met stations</span> for previous week of (1<sup>st</sup>
November - 8<sup>th</sup> November) =</span></p>
<p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">17.7 mm</span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Maximum
Daily Rainfall: 146.9 mm & Minimum Daily Rainfall: 0.0 mm.</span></p><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><table align="left" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; margin-left: 6.75pt; margin-right: 6.75pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-table-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-table-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-table-left: center; mso-table-lspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-rspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-top: 8.7pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; width: 624px;">
<tbody><tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;">
<td rowspan="2" style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" width="138">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Region</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
</td>
<td rowspan="2" style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Average rainfall for last 8 days
(mm)</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
</td>
<td colspan="2" style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 229.5pt;" valign="top" width="306">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Average temperature for last 8
days (</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">ºC)</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 1;">
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Maximum</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Minimum </span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 2;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Northern plains</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">26.4</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">31.4</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">24.1</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 3;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><a name="_Hlk128132590"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Eastern</span></a><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> hills </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">11.9</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">25.9</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">18.4</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 4;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Eastern plains</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">8.7</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">31.3</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">24.2</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 5;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Western hills </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">19.6</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">28.3</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">19.2</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<tr style="height: 11.15pt; mso-yfti-irow: 6;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Western plains</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">18.4</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">31.6</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">24.0</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<tr style="height: 11.55pt; mso-yfti-irow: 7; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 11.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Southern plains</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">9.8</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">31.1</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">24.2</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</tbody></table></span></i></div></div></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><br /></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><table align="left" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; margin-left: 6.75pt; margin-right: 6.75pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-table-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-table-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-table-left: center; mso-table-lspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-rspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-top: 8.7pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;">
<tbody><tr style="height: 15.45pt; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;">
<td style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.75pt;" width="138">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Region</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.5in;" width="144">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Average rainfall for last 8 days
(mm)</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 130.5pt;" width="174">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Daily maximum rainfall for last 8
days (mm)</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.75in;" width="168">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Daily minimum rainfall for last 8
days (mm)</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<tr style="height: 19.35pt; mso-yfti-irow: 1; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 19.35pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.75pt;" width="138">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Hydro catchment</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 19.35pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.5in;" width="144">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">22.4</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 19.35pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 130.5pt;" width="174">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">95.5</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 19.35pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.75in;" width="168">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">0.0</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</tbody></table></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b>Wind:</b> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">East-south easterly </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #050505; line-height: 115%;">winds </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">prevailed in the sea area and around the island last week.</span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b>Temperatures: </b><span style="line-height: 115%;">The
temperature anomalies were above normal for some parts of the Sabaragamuwa and
Central provinces of the country </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">driven
by the warm SST’s.</span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8667px;"><br /></span></div></div></div></span></i></span><div><b style="color: #444444; text-align: left;"><b style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Predictions</span></b></b></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">Rainfall:</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">During the next week (10</span><sup><span style="line-height: 115%;">th </span></sup><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">November</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> - 16<sup>th</sup>
<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">November)</span>,
heavy rainfall <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">is predicted for the </span></span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Sabaragamuwa, Uva, and Northern provinces </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">and fairly
heavy rainfall is predicted for the rest of the country.</span></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">Temperatures: </span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">The temperature will
remain seasonably near normal for the country during 9<sup>th</sup> November - 15<sup>th</sup>
November.</span></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">Teleconnections:
</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">A positive Dipole Mode has set in across the Indian Ocean since 8<sup>th</sup>
of June. </span></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">MJO shall slightly suppress the rainfall
during 8<sup>th </sup>- 17<sup>th </sup>November and near neutral the rainfall
during 18<sup>th</sup> - 22<sup>nd</sup> November for Sri Lanka.</span></i></div>
<div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">Seasonal Precipitation: </span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">The
precipitation forecast for the November-December-January, 2024 season shows a 40
- 45% tendency toward above normal precipitation.<b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span></b></span><span><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span></b></span></span><span><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span></b></span></span></span></i></div><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>FECThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11895703311338648637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024977274056253599.post-65304237095302265652023-11-03T15:33:00.000+05:302023-11-03T15:33:15.797+05:30Climate Bulletin For Sri Lanka (3 November 2023)<p> </p><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 22px; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span face="" style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Highlights</span></span></span></b><i><span face="" style="color: #1d1b11;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></span></i></span></h2><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="" style="color: #1d1b11;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><span><i> • </i></span></span></span></span><span style="font-style: italic; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;">High probability of heavy rainfall (100 - 135
mm) for the entire country during 1 - 7 November. </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;">>100 mm of</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;">
</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;">Heavy rainfall</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"> </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;">is predicted
during 8 - 14 November.</span></span></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><span><span><i><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span> •</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"> </span></span></i></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">During
the last week, average daily rainfall over Sri Lanka was 10.0 mm and hydro
catchment was 13.7 mm. </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">The rainfall of last week was twice as
normal.</span></span></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></i></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><span><span><i><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"> • </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">From 23 - 29 Oct</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in; vertical-align: baseline;">, up to 3 </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">m/s of north easterly </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">winds </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">were at 850 mb (1.5 km). </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">During 3 - 9 Nov, up to 2 m/s of easterly
winds are expected </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">at 850 mb (1.5 km). </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><span><span><i><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="text-indent: -36.48px;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"> • </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">Sea surface temperature around Sri Lanka was
0.5 - 1.5</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">º</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">C above normal. </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">From 25 Oct - 1 Nov, maximum daily
temperature was recorded in Kurunegala
(33.5</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">º</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">C) and Ratnapura (33.4</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">º</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">C).</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;"><br /></span></div></div></div><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: verdana;"><b></b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="background-color: #6fba59; border: none; cursor: pointer; padding: 15px 32px;"><a href="http://tropicalclimate.org/fect/wms_reports/WMS_Report_3_11_2023.pdf" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana;">Download full report ↓</span></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;" /></span><hr style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;" /><h3 style="background-color: #674ea7; color: white; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; width: 667px;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Predictions</span></i></h3><h4 style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Rainfall</span></span></h4><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">14-day prediction: </span></b><b style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></b><b style="background-color: white; color: #666666;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">NOAA NCEP models: </span></i></b></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">From 1<sup>st</sup> November - 7<sup>th</sup>
November:</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"> </span></span><div><div style="background-color: white;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="font-style: italic;"><span><span style="text-align: justify;">Total rainfall by Provinces</span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li><i>> 135 mm - Southern, Sabaragamuwa, Western, Uva, Central</i></li><li><i> 135 mm - Eastern, North Western</i></li><li><i> 125 mm - North Central, Northern</i></li></ul><div><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">From 8<sup>th</sup> November - 14<sup>th</sup> November:</span></b><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"></span></i><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="font-style: italic;"><span><span style="text-align: justify;">Total rainfall by Provinces</span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li><i>> 135 mm - Southern, Sabaragamuwa, Western, Uva</i></li><li><i> 135 mm - Central, Eastern</i></li><li><i> 115 mm - North Western, North Central, Northern</i></li></ul></div></div></span></div></div></div></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b><span>MJO</span><span> based OLR predict<span>ions:</span></span></b></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="color: #1d1b11;"><b><br /></b></span></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><i>For the next 15 days: </i></b></span></div><div><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>MJO shall slightly enhance
the rainfall during 1<sup>st </sup>- 5<sup>th </sup>November and moderately
enhance the rainfall during 6<sup>th</sup> - 15<sup>th</sup> November for Sri
Lanka.</i></span></span></div><div><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Ocean State</span></b><b style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #1d1b11;"> </span></b></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><b>(Text Courtesy IRI)</b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span>Pacific Sea Sate: October 30</span><span>, 2023 </span></i></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">El Nino Mode has set in according
to NOAA since 8<sup>th</sup> of June.</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> Equatorial sea surface temperatures
(SSTs) are above average across the central and eastern Pacific Ocean late-October.
El Niño is </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">anticipated
to continue through the Northern Hemisphere spring (with an 80% chance during
March-May 2024).</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"></div></div></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 18.4px; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"></span></i></p><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b style="text-align: left;"><span>Indian </span></b><b style="text-align: left;"><span>Sea Sate</span></b></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Sea surface temperature around Sri
Lanka was<a name="_Hlk112403111"> </a><span class="fontstyle01">0.5 </span><span class="fontstyle11">℃ </span>above normal <span class="fontstyle01">to the Western, Southern, and Eastern half of the country </span>in 10<sup>th</sup>
- 16<sup>th</sup> October, 2023. A positive Dipole Mode has set in across the Indian Ocean since 8<sup>th</sup>
of June.</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 115%; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><h3 style="background-color: #674ea7; color: white; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; width: 667px;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Interpretation</span></i></h3><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></i></div><div><b style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Monitoring</span></b></div><div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Rainfall</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">: </span></b></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">During the last two weeks, there had been very heavy rainfall
</span>over the following area: Ratnapura<p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in;">Daily
Average Rainfall in the <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Met stations</span> for
previous week of (25<sup>th</sup> October - 1<sup>st</sup> November) = 10.0 mm</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in;">Maximum
Daily Rainfall: 92.1 mm & Minimum Daily Rainfall: 0.0 mm.</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in;"><br /></p></span></i></div></div></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><table align="left" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; margin-left: 6.75pt; margin-right: 6.75pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-table-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-table-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-table-left: center; mso-table-lspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-rspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-top: 8.7pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; width: 624px;">
<tbody><tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;">
<td rowspan="2" style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" width="138">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Region</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></i></p>
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<td rowspan="2" style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Average rainfall for last 8 days
(mm)</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></i></p>
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<td colspan="2" style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 229.5pt;" valign="top" width="306">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Average temperature for last 8
days (</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">ºC)</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></i></p>
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<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 1;">
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Maximum</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Minimum </span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></i></p>
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<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 2;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Northern plains</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">6.4</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">31.6</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">24.4</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 3;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a name="_Hlk128132590"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Eastern</span></a><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> hills </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">7.7</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">26.5</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">17.7</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 4;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Eastern plains</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">7.6</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">31.6</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">23.9</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 5;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Western hills </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">16.2</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">28.2</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">18.7</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<tr style="height: 11.15pt; mso-yfti-irow: 6;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Western plains</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">18.0</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">31.5</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">24.0</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<tr style="height: 11.55pt; mso-yfti-irow: 7; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 11.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Southern plains</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">3.3</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">31.3</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">23.9</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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</tbody></table></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><br /></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><table align="left" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; margin-left: 6.75pt; margin-right: 6.75pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-table-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-table-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-table-left: center; mso-table-lspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-rspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-top: 22.25pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;">
<tbody><tr style="height: 15.45pt; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;">
<td style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.75pt;" width="138">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 22.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Region</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.5in;" width="144">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 22.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Average rainfall for last 8 days
(mm)</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 130.5pt;" width="174">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 22.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Daily maximum rainfall for last 8
days (mm)</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.75in;" width="168">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 22.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Daily minimum rainfall for last 8
days (mm)</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 19.35pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.75pt;" width="138">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 22.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Hydro catchment</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 19.35pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.5in;" width="144">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 22.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">13.7</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 19.35pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 130.5pt;" width="174">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 22.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">82.0</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 19.35pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.75in;" width="168">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 22.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">0.0</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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</tbody></table></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><br /></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b>Wind:</b> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">North easterly </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #050505; line-height: 115%;">winds </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">prevailed in the sea area and around the island last week.</span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b>Temperatures: </b><span style="line-height: 115%;">The
temperature anomalies were above normal for some parts of the Sabaragamuwa and
Central provinces of the country </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">driven
by the warm SST’s.</span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8667px;"><br /></span></div></div></div></span></i></span><div><b style="color: #444444; text-align: left;"><b style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Predictions</span></b></b></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px;">Rainfall:</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">During the next week (1</span><sup><span style="line-height: 115%;">st </span></sup><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">November</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> - 7<sup>th</sup> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">November)</span>, heavy rainfall (>
135 mm) <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">is
predicted for the </span></span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Southern, Sabaragamuwa, Western, Uva, and Central</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> provinces and ≥ 125 mm rainfall is predicted
for the Eastern, North Western, North Central, and Northern provinces.</span></span></i></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px;">Temperatures: </span></b></span></span></span>The temperature will remain seasonably near normal
for the country during 3<sup>rd</sup> November - 9<sup>th</sup> November.</span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px;">Teleconnections: </span></b></span></span></span>A positive Dipole Mode has set in across the Indian Ocean since 8<sup>th</sup>
of June. MJO shall slightly enhance the rainfall
during 1<sup>st </sup>- 5<sup>th </sup>November and moderately enhance the
rainfall during 6<sup>th</sup> - 15<sup>th</sup> November for Sri Lanka.</span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px;">Seasonal Precipitation: </span></b></span></span><span style="line-height: 115%;">The precipitation
forecast for the November-December-January, 2024 season shows a 40 - 45%
tendency toward above normal precipitation.<b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">
</span></b></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span></b></span></span></i></div><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>FECThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11895703311338648637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024977274056253599.post-89770634988270290082023-10-27T14:58:00.003+05:302023-10-27T15:04:44.879+05:30Climate Bulletin For Sri Lanka (27 October 2023)<p> </p><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 22px; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span face="" style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Highlights</span></span></span></b><i><span face="" style="color: #1d1b11;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></span></i></span></h2><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="" style="color: #1d1b11;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><i> • </i></span></span></span><span style="font-style: italic; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;">Heavy rainfall (≥ 105 mm) is predicted for
the Southern, Sabaragamuwa, Western, Uva, Central, North Western provinces during 26 Oct - 1 Nov. </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;">Heavy rainfall (≥ 125 mm) is predicted for
the country during 2 - 8 Nov.</span></span></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><span><i><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span> •</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"> </span></span></i></span></span></span></span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">During
the last week, average daily rainfall over Sri Lanka was 13.5 mm and hydro
catchment was 15.7 mm. </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">Heavy rainfall (> 100 mm) is predicted for
Southern and Western regions during next week and following week. </span></span></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></i></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><span><i><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"> • </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span></span></span></span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">From 17 - 23 Oct</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in; vertical-align: baseline;">, up to 3 </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">m/s of north westerly </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">winds </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">were at 850 mb (1.5 km). </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">During 27 Oct - 2 Nov, up to 5 m/s of
easterly winds are expected </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">at 850 mb (1.5 km). </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><span><i><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="text-indent: -36.48px;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"> • </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span></span></span></span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">Sea surface temperature around Sri Lanka was
0.25 - 1.0</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">º</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">C above normal. </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">From 18 - 25 Oct, maximum daily temperature
was recorded in Vavuniya (34.5</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">º</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">C), Polonnaruwa (33.1</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">º</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">C), and Anuradhapura (33.1</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">º</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">C).</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;"><br /></span></div></div></div><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: verdana;"><b></b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="background-color: #6fba59; border: none; cursor: pointer; padding: 15px 32px;"><a href="http://tropicalclimate.org/fect/wms_reports/WMS_Report_27_10_2023.pdf" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana;">Download full report ↓</span></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;" /></span><hr style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;" /><h3 style="background-color: #674ea7; color: white; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; width: 667px;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Predictions</span></i></h3><h4 style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Rainfall</span></span></h4><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">14-day prediction: </span></b><b style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></b><b style="background-color: white; color: #666666;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">NOAA NCEP models: </span></i></b></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="background-color: white; font-style: italic;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;">From 26<sup>th</sup> October - 1<sup>st</sup> November:</span></b><i><br /></i></span><div><div style="background-color: white;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><div><span><span style="text-align: justify;">Total rainfall by Provinces</span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li>> 135 mm - Southern, Sabaragamuwa, Western</li><li> 135 mm - Uva</li><li> 115 mm - Central</li><li> 105 mm - North Western</li><li> 95 mm - Eastern</li><li> 85 mm - Northern, North Central</li></ul><div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="line-height: 18.4px;">From 2<sup>nd</sup> </span></b><b><span style="line-height: 18.4px;">November</span></b><b><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"> - 8<sup>th</sup> November:</span></b><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div><span><span style="text-align: justify;">Total rainfall by Provinces</span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li>> 135 mm - Southern, Sabaragamuwa, Western, Uva, Eastern, Central</li><li> 135 mm - North Western, North Central</li><li> 125 mm - Northern</li></ul></div></div></span></div></div></div></div></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b><span>MJO</span><span> based OLR predict<span>ions:</span></span></b></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="color: #1d1b11;"><b><br /></b></span></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><i>For the next 15 days: </i></b></span></div><div><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>MJO shall slightly suppress
the rainfall during 26<sup>th </sup>- 30<sup>th </sup>October, slightly enhance
the rainfall during 31<sup>st</sup> October - 4<sup>th</sup> November, and moderately
enhance the rainfall during 5<sup>th</sup> - 9<sup>th</sup> November for Sri
Lanka.</i></span></span></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Ocean State</span></b><b style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #1d1b11;"> </span></b></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><b>(Text Courtesy IRI)</b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span>Pacific Sea Sate: October 23</span><span>, 2023 </span></i></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; line-height: 115%;">El Nino Mode has set in according
to NOAA since 8<sup>th</sup> of June.</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> Equatorial sea surface temperatures
(SSTs) are above average across the central and eastern Pacific Ocean late-October.
El Niño conditions are </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">anticipated
to continue through the Northern Hemisphere spring (with an 80% chance during
March-May 2024).</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"></div></div></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 18.4px; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"></span></i></p><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b style="text-align: left;"><span>Indian </span></b><b style="text-align: left;"><span>Sea Sate</span></b></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Sea surface temperature around Sri
Lanka was<a name="_Hlk112403111"> </a><span class="fontstyle01">0.5 </span><span class="fontstyle11">℃ </span>above normal <span class="fontstyle01">to the Southern half of the country </span>in 3<sup>rd</sup>
- 9<sup>th</sup> October, 2023. A positive Dipole Mode has set in across the Indian Ocean since 8<sup>th</sup>
of June.</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 115%; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><h3 style="background-color: #674ea7; color: white; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; width: 667px;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Interpretation</span></i></h3><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></i></div><div><b style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Monitoring</span></b></div><div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Rainfall</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">: </span></b></i></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">During the last two weeks, there had been very heavy rainfall
</span>over the following areas: Anuradhapura, Hambantota<br /></i><i>Daily Average Rainfall in the <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Met stations</span> for previous week of (18<sup>th</sup>
October - 25<sup>th</sup> October) = 13.5 mm<br /></i><i>Maximum
Daily Rainfall: 161.5 mm & Minimum Daily Rainfall: 0.0 mm.</i></span></div><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p></div></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><table align="left" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; margin-left: 6.75pt; margin-right: 6.75pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-table-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-table-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-table-left: center; mso-table-lspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-rspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-top: 8.7pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; width: 624px;">
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<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Region</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></i></p>
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<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Average rainfall for last 8 days
(mm)</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></i></p>
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<td colspan="2" style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 229.5pt;" valign="top" width="306">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Average temperature for last 8
days (</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">ºC)</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></i></p>
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</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 1;">
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Maximum</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Minimum </span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></i></p>
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</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 2;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Northern plains</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">7.3</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">31.6</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">24.3</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 3;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a name="_Hlk128132590"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Eastern</span></a><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> hills </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">13.8</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">25.3</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">18.1</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 4;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Eastern plains</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">9.7</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">31.4</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">23.8</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 5;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Western hills </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">13.7</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">27.0</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">19.1</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Western plains</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">24.1</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">30.3</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">24.2</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 11.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Southern plains</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">18.7</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">30.3</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">23.9</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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</tbody></table></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><table align="left" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; margin-left: 6.75pt; margin-right: 6.75pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-table-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-table-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-table-left: center; mso-table-lspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-rspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-top: 22.25pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;">
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<td style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.75pt;" width="138">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 22.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Region</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.5in;" width="144">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 22.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Average rainfall for last 8 days
(mm)</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 130.5pt;" width="174">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 22.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Daily maximum rainfall for last 8 days
(mm)</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.75in;" width="168">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 22.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Daily minimum rainfall for last 8
days (mm)</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 19.35pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.75pt;" width="138">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 22.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Hydro catchment</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 19.35pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.5in;" width="144">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 22.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">15.7</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 19.35pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 130.5pt;" width="174">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 22.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">78.0</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 19.35pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.75in;" width="168">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 22.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><i>0.0</i></span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</tbody></table></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b>Wind:</b> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">North westerly </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #050505; line-height: 115%;">winds </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">prevailed in the sea area and around the island last week.</span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b>Temperatures: </b><span style="line-height: 115%;">The
temperature anomalies were seasonably near normal for the country </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">driven by the warm SST’s.</span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div></div></div></span></i></span><div><b style="color: #444444; text-align: left;"><b style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Predictions</span></b></b></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px;">Rainfall:</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px;"> </span></span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">During the next week (26</span><sup><span style="line-height: 115%;">th </span></sup><span style="line-height: 115%;">October
- 1<sup>st</sup> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">November)</span>, heavy rainfall (≥ 105 mm) <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">is predicted for the </span></span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Southern, Sabaragamuwa, Western, Uva,
Central, and North Western </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">provinces and fairly heavy rainfall (≥ 85 mm)
is predicted for the Eastern, Northern, and North Central provinces.</span></span></i></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px;">Temperatures: </span></b></span></span>The temperature will remain seasonably near normal
for the country during 27<sup>th</sup> October - 2<sup>nd</sup> November.</span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px;">Teleconnections: </span></b></span></span>A positive Dipole Mode has set in across the Indian Ocean since 8<sup>th</sup>
of June.</span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">MJO
shall slightly suppress the rainfall during 26<sup>th </sup>- 30<sup>th </sup>October,
slightly enhance the rainfall during 31<sup>st</sup> October - 4<sup>th</sup>
November, and moderately enhance the rainfall during 5<sup>th</sup> - 9<sup>th</sup>
November for Sri Lanka.</span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px;">Seasonal Precipitation: </span></b></span></span></i><span style="line-height: 115%;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">The precipitation
forecast for the November-December-January, 2024 season shows a 40 - 45%
tendency toward above normal precipitation.</span></i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></i><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></b></span><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span></b></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span></b></span></span></i></div><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>FECThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11895703311338648637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024977274056253599.post-78626715816981509352023-10-20T14:46:00.000+05:302023-10-20T14:46:22.939+05:30Climate Bulletin For Sri Lanka (20 October 2023)<p> </p><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 22px; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span face="" style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Highlights</span></span></span></b><i><span face="" style="color: #1d1b11;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></span></i></span></h2><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="" style="color: #1d1b11;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><i><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span> • </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-style: italic; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;">Heavy rainfall (≥ 115 mm) is predicted for
the Southern, Sabaragamuwa, Western, Uva, Central, Eastern, North Western
provinces during 19 - 25 Oct. </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;">Fairly heavy rainfall (≥ 75 mm) is predicted
for the North Central and Northern provinces during 19 - 25 Oct.</span></span></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><i><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span> •</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"> </span></span></i></span></span></span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">During
the last week, average daily rainfall over Sri Lanka was 17.1 mm and hydro
catchment area received 19.6 mm. </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">Extreme rainfall was recorded in Southern
coast and extreme rainfall is predicted for Southern coast and districts.</span></span></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></i></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><i><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"> • </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span></span></span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">From 10 - 16 Oct</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in; vertical-align: baseline;">, up to 4 </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">m/s of south westerly </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">winds </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">were at 850 mb (1.5 km). </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">During 20 - 26 Oct, up to 3 m/s of north
westerly winds are expected </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">at 850 mb (1.5 km). </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><i><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="text-indent: -36.48px;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"> • </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span></span></span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">Sea surface temperature around Sri Lanka was
1.0 - 1.5</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">º</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">C above normal. </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">From 11 - 18 Oct, maximum daily temperature
was recorded in Anuradhapura (34.5</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">º</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">C) and Polonnaruwa
(34.3</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">º</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">C).</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;"><br /></span></div></div></div><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: verdana;"><b></b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="background-color: #6fba59; border: none; cursor: pointer; padding: 15px 32px;"><a href="http://tropicalclimate.org/fect/wms_reports/WMS_Report_20_10_2023.pdf" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana;">Download full report ↓</span></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;" /></span><hr style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;" /><h3 style="background-color: #674ea7; color: white; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; width: 667px;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Predictions</span></i></h3><h4 style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Rainfall</span></span></h4><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">14-day prediction: </span></b><b style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></b><b style="background-color: white; color: #666666;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">NOAA NCEP models: </span></i></b></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;">From 19<sup>th</sup> October - 25<sup>th</sup> October:</span></b><br /></i></span><div><div style="background-color: white;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><div><span><span style="text-align: justify;">Total rainfall by Provinces</span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li>>135 mm - Southern, Sabaragamuwa, Western, Uva</li><li> 135 mm - Central</li><li> 125 mm - Eastern</li><li> 115 mm - North Western</li><li> 95 mm - North Central</li><li> 75 mm - Northern</li></ul><div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="line-height: 18.4px;">From 26<sup>th</sup> October - 1<sup>st</sup> November:</span></b><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div><span><span style="text-align: justify;">Total rainfall by Provinces</span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li>>135 mm - Southern, Sabaragamuwa, Western, Uva</li><li> 135 mm - Central, Eastern</li><li> 115 mm - North Western</li><li> 95 mm - North Central</li><li> 75 mm - Northern</li></ul></div></div></span></div></div></div></div></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b><span>MJO</span><span> based OLR predict<span>ions:</span></span></b></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="color: #1d1b11;"><b><br /></b></span></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><i>For the next 15 days: </i></b></span></div><div><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>MJO shall slightly
enhance the rainfall during 19<sup>th </sup>- 28<sup>th </sup>October and near
neutral the rainfall during 29<sup>th </sup>October - 2<sup>nd</sup> November for
Sri Lanka. </i></span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 30.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 30pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 30.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 30pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 30.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 30pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 18.4px; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 18.4px; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 18.4px; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p><div style="font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Ocean State</span></b><b style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #1d1b11;"> </span></b></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><b>(Text Courtesy IRI)</b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span>Pacific Sea Sate: October 16</span><span>, 2023 </span></i></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; line-height: 115%;">El Nino Mode has set in according
to NOAA since 8<sup>th</sup> of June.</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> Equatorial sea surface temperatures
(SSTs) are above average across the central and eastern Pacific Ocean mid-October.
El Niño conditions will </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">anticipate
to continue through the Northern Hemisphere spring (with an 80% chance during
March-May 2024).</span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"></div></div></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 18.4px; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"></span></i></p><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b style="text-align: left;"><span>Indian </span></b><b style="text-align: left;"><span>Sea Sate</span></b></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sea surface temperature around Sri
Lanka was<a name="_Hlk112403111"> </a><span class="fontstyle01">0.5 </span><span class="fontstyle11">℃ </span>above normal <span class="fontstyle01">to the Western and Southern half of the country </span>in 26<sup>th
</sup>September - 2<sup>nd</sup> October, 2023. A positive Dipole Mode has set in
across the Indian Ocean since 8<sup>th</sup> of June.</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 115%; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><h3 style="background-color: #674ea7; color: white; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; width: 667px;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Interpretation</span></i></h3><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></i></div><div><b style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Monitoring</span></b></div><div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Rainfall</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">: </span></b></i></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">During the last two weeks, there had been very heavy rainfall
</span>over the following area: Anuradhapura</span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Daily
Average Rainfall in the <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Met stations</span> for
previous week of (11<sup>th</sup> October - 18<sup>th</sup> October) = 17.1 mm</span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Maximum
Daily Rainfall: 92.4 mm & Minimum Daily Rainfall: 0.0 mm.</span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p></div></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><table align="left" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; margin-left: 6.75pt; margin-right: 6.75pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-table-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-table-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-table-left: center; mso-table-lspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-rspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-top: 8.7pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; width: 624px;">
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<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Region</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
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<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Average rainfall for last 8 days
(mm)</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
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<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Average temperature for last 8
days (</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">ºC)</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Maximum</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Minimum </span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
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<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 2;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Northern plains</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">12.7</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">31.3</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">24.4</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 3;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a name="_Hlk128132590"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Eastern</span></a><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> hills </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">18.3</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">25.9</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">18.6</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 4;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Eastern plains</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">22.9</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">31.6</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">23.9</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 5;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Western hills </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">19.1</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">26.8</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">19.3</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<tr style="height: 11.15pt; mso-yfti-irow: 6;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Western plains</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">19.0</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">30.3</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">24.3</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 11.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Southern plains</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">11.0</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">30.2</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">24.3</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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</tbody></table></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><br /></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><table align="left" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; margin-left: 6.75pt; margin-right: 6.75pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-table-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-table-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-table-left: center; mso-table-lspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-rspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-top: 22.25pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;">
<tbody><tr style="height: 15.45pt; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;">
<td style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.75pt;" width="138">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 22.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Region</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.5in;" width="144">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 22.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Average rainfall for last 8 days
(mm)</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 130.5pt;" width="174">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 22.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Daily maximum rainfall for last 8
days (mm)</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.75in;" width="168">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 22.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Daily minimum rainfall for last 8 days
(mm)</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 19.35pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.75pt;" width="138">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 22.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Hydro catchment</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 19.35pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.5in;" width="144">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 22.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">19.6</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 19.35pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 130.5pt;" width="174">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 22.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">133.2</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 19.35pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.75in;" width="168">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 22.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">0.0</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</tbody></table></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b>Wind:</b> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">South westerly </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #050505; line-height: 115%;">winds </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">prevailed in the sea area and around the island last week.</span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b>Temperatures: </b><span style="line-height: 115%;">The
temperature anomalies were above normal for some parts of the Sabaragamuwa and
Central provinces of the country </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">driven
by the warm SST’s.</span></div><div><br /></div></div></div></span></i></span><div><b style="color: #444444; text-align: left;"><b style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Predictions</span></b></b></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px;">Rainfall:</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">During the next week (19</span><sup><span style="line-height: 115%;">th </span></sup><span style="line-height: 115%;">October - 25<sup>th</sup> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">October)</span>, heavy rainfall (≥ 115 mm) <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">is predicted for
the </span></span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Southern,
Sabaragamuwa, Western, Uva, Central, Eastern, and North Western </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">provinces and fairly heavy rainfall (≥ 75 mm) is
predicted for the Northern and North Central provinces.</span></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px;">Temperatures: </span></b></span>The temperature will remain above normal for
some parts of the Northern and Eastern provinces during 20<sup>th</sup> - 26<sup>th</sup>
October.</span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px;">Teleconnections: </span></b></span>A positive Dipole Mode has set in across the Indian Ocean since 8<sup>th</sup>
of June. </span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">MJO
shall slightly enhance the rainfall during 19<sup>th </sup>- 28<sup>th </sup>October
and near neutral the rainfall during 29<sup>th </sup>October - 2<sup>nd</sup>
November for Sri Lanka.</span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px;">Seasonal Precipitation: </span></b></span><span style="line-height: 115%;">The precipitation
forecast for the November-December-January, 2024 season shows a 40 - 45%
tendency toward above normal precipitation.<b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">
</span></b></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span></b></span></span></i></div><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>FECThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11895703311338648637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024977274056253599.post-60885764695758235212023-10-13T15:15:00.002+05:302023-10-20T15:31:25.594+05:30Climate Bulletin For Sri Lanka (13 October 2023)<p> </p><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 22px; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span face="" style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Highlights</span></span></span></b><i><span face="" style="color: #1d1b11;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></span></i></span></h2><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="" style="color: #1d1b11;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><i><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span> • </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span></span><span style="font-style: italic; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;">Heavy rainfall (≥ 105 mm) is predicted for
the Southern, Sabaragamuwa, Western, Uva, Central, Eastern, North Western,
North Central provinces during 12 - 18 Oct. </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;">Fairly heavy rainfall (75 mm) is predicted
for the Northern province during 12 - 18 Oct.</span></span></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><i><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span> •</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"> </span></span></i></span></span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">During
the last week, average daily rainfall over Sri Lanka was 14.5 mm and hydro
catchment area received 22.3 mm. </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">Extreme rainfall was recorded in southern
coast while flash floods were experienced in Akurana on 8 Oct .</span></span></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></i></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><i><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"> • </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span></span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">From 3 - 9 Oct</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in; vertical-align: baseline;">, up to 10 </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">m/s of west-southwesterly </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">winds </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">were at 850 mb (1.5 km). </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">During 13 - 19 Oct, up to 4 m/s of north
westerly winds are expected </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">at 850 mb (1.5 km). </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><i><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="text-indent: -36.48px;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"> • </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span></span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">Sea surface temperature around Sri Lanka was
0.25 - 1.0</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">º</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">C above normal. </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">From 4 - 11 Oct, maximum daily temperature
was recorded in Polonnaruwa (36.8</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">º</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">C) and Vavuniya (36.2</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">º</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">C).</span></span></div><div><br /></div></div></div><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: verdana;"><b></b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="background-color: #6fba59; border: none; cursor: pointer; padding: 15px 32px;"><a href="http://tropicalclimate.org/fect/wms_reports/WMS_Report_13_10_2023.pdf" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana;">Download full report ↓</span></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;" /></span><hr style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;" /><h3 style="background-color: #674ea7; color: white; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; width: 667px;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Predictions</span></i></h3><h4 style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Rainfall</span></span></h4><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">14-day prediction: </span></b><b style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></b><b style="background-color: white; color: #666666;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">NOAA NCEP models: </span></i></b></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="background-color: white; font-style: italic;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;">From 12<sup>th</sup> October - 18<sup>th</sup> October:</span></b><br /></span><div><div style="background-color: white;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><div><span><span style="text-align: justify;">Total rainfall by Provinces</span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li>> 135 mm - Southern, Sabaragamuwa, Western, Uva, Central</li><li> 135 mm - Eastern, North Western</li><li> 105 mm - North Central</li><li> 75 mm - Northern</li></ul><div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="line-height: 18.4px;">From 19<sup>th</sup> October - 25<sup>th</sup> October:</span></b><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div><span><span style="text-align: justify;">Total rainfall by Provinces</span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li>> 135 mm - Southern, Sabaragamuwa, Western, Uva, Central, Eastern</li><li> 135 mm - North Western</li><li> 105 mm - North Central</li><li> 85 mm - Northern</li></ul></div></div></span></div></div></div></div></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b><span>MJO</span><span> based OLR predict<span>ions:</span></span></b></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="color: #1d1b11;"><b><br /></b></span></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><i>For the next 15 days: </i></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><a name="_Hlk94170305" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">MJO </span></a><span style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">shall slightly enhance the rainfall during 12<sup>th
</sup>- 16<sup>th </sup>October, moderately enhance the rainfall during 17<sup>th</sup>
- 21<sup>st</sup> October, and significantly enhance the rainfall during 22<sup>nd</sup>
- 26<sup>th</sup> October for Sri Lanka.</span></i></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 30.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 30pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 30.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 30pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 30.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 30pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 18.4px; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 18.4px; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 18.4px; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p><div style="font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Ocean State</span></b><b style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #1d1b11;"> </span></b></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><b>(Text Courtesy IRI)</b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span>Pacific Sea Sate: October 9</span><span>, 2023 </span></i></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; line-height: 115%;">El Nino Mode has set in according
to NOAA since 8<sup>th</sup> of June.</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> Equatorial sea surface temperatures
(SSTs) are above average across the central and eastern Pacific Ocean mid-October.
El Niño conditions will continue through the Northern Hemisphere winter (</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">with greater than a 95% chance
through January - March 2024).</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"></div></div></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 18.4px; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"></span></i></p><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b style="text-align: left;"><span>Indian </span></b><b style="text-align: left;"><span>Sea Sate</span></b></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Sea surface temperature around Sri
Lanka was<a name="_Hlk112403111"> </a><span class="fontstyle01">0.5 </span><span class="fontstyle11">℃ </span>above normal <span class="fontstyle01">to the Western and Southern half of the country </span>in 19<sup>th</sup>
- 25<sup>th</sup> September, 2023. A positive Dipole Mode has set in across the Indian Ocean since 8<sup>th</sup>
of June.</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 115%; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><h3 style="background-color: #674ea7; color: white; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; width: 667px;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Interpretation</span></i></h3><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></i></div><div><b style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Monitoring</span></b></div><div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Rainfall</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">: </span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">During the last two
weeks, there had been very heavy rainfall </span>over the following areas: Galle, Nuwara Eliya</i></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Daily Average Rainfall in the <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Met stations</span> for previous week of (4<sup>th</sup>
October - 11<sup>th</sup> October) = 14.5 mm</i></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Maximum
Daily Rainfall: 92.1 mm & Minimum Daily Rainfall: 0.0 mm. </i></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><br /></i></span></div></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><table align="left" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; margin-left: 6.75pt; margin-right: 6.75pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-table-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-table-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-table-left: center; mso-table-lspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-rspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-top: 8.7pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; width: 624px;">
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<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Region</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></i></span></p>
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<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Average rainfall for last 8 days
(mm)</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></i></span></p>
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<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Average temperature for last 8
days (</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">ºC)</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></i></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Maximum</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></i></span></p>
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<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Minimum </span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></i></span></p>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Northern plains</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">6.7</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">32.8</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">25.3</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 3;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><a name="_Hlk128132590"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Eastern</span></a><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> hills </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">22.8</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">27.3</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">18.9</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 4;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Eastern plains</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">13.6</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">32.9</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">24.4</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 5;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Western hills </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">21.8</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">27.3</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">19.8</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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<tr style="height: 11.15pt; mso-yfti-irow: 6;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Western plains</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">20.7</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">30.4</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">24.7</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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<tr style="height: 11.55pt; mso-yfti-irow: 7; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 11.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Southern plains</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">6.5</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">30.5</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">24.4</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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</tbody></table></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><br /></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><table align="left" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; margin-left: 6.75pt; margin-right: 6.75pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-table-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-table-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-table-left: center; mso-table-lspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-rspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-top: 22.25pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;">
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<td style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.75pt;" width="138">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 22.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Region</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.5in;" width="144">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 22.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Average rainfall for last 8 days
(mm)</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 130.5pt;" width="174">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 22.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Daily maximum rainfall for last 8 days
(mm)</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.75in;" width="168">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 22.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Daily minimum rainfall for last 8
days (mm)</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 19.35pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.75pt;" width="138">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 22.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Hydro catchment</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 19.35pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.5in;" width="144">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 22.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">22.3</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 19.35pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 130.5pt;" width="174">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 22.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">105.0</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 19.35pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.75in;" width="168">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 22.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">0.0</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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</tbody></table></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b>Wind:</b> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">West-southwesterly </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #050505; line-height: 115%;">winds </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">prevailed in the sea area and around the island last week.</span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b>Temperatures: </b><span style="line-height: 115%;">The
temperature anomalies were below normal for some parts of the Western province
of the country </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">driven by the warm
SST’s.</span></div><div><br /></div></div></div></span></i></span><div><b style="color: #444444; text-align: left;"><b style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Predictions</span></b></b></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">Rainfall:</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">During the next week (12</span><sup><span style="line-height: 115%;">th </span></sup><span style="line-height: 115%;">October
- 18<sup>th</sup> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">October)</span>, heavy rainfall (≥ 105 mm) <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">is predicted for the </span></span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Southern, Sabaragamuwa, Western, Uva,
Central, Eastern, North Western, and North Central </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">provinces
and fairly heavy rainfall (75 mm) is predicted for the Northern province of the
country.</span></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">Temperatures: </span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">The temperature will
remain seasonably near normal during 13<sup>th</sup> - 19<sup>th</sup> October.</span></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">Teleconnections:
</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">A positive Dipole Mode has set in across the Indian Ocean since 8<sup>th</sup>
of June.</span></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">MJO
shall slightly enhance the rainfall during 12<sup>th </sup>- 16<sup>th </sup>October,
moderately enhance the rainfall during 17<sup>th</sup> - 21<sup>st</sup>
October, and significantly enhance the rainfall during 22<sup>nd</sup> - 26<sup>th</sup>
October.</span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">Seasonal Precipitation: </span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">The
precipitation forecast for the October-November-December, 2023 season shows a 50
- 60% tendency toward above normal precipitation.<b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">
</span></b></span></span></i></div><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>FECThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11895703311338648637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024977274056253599.post-34907616200914401282023-10-06T15:06:00.001+05:302023-10-06T15:06:25.078+05:30Climate Bulletin For Sri Lanka (6 October 2023)<p> </p><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 22px; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span face="" style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Highlights</span></span></span></b><i><span face="" style="color: #1d1b11;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></span></i></span></h2><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="" style="color: #1d1b11;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><i><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span> • </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span><span style="font-style: italic; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;">Heavy rainfall (≥ 115 mm) is predicted for
the Southern, Sabaragamuwa, Western, Uva, Central and Eastern provinces during
5 - 11 Oct. </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;">Fairly heavy rainfall (≥ 65 mm) is predicted
for the North Western and North Central provinces during 5 - 11 Oct.</span></span></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><i><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span> •</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"> </span></span></i></span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">During
the last week, average daily rainfall over Sri Lanka was 17.0 mm and hydro
catchment area received 18.0 mm. </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">Extreme rainfall was recorded in southern
coast.</span></span></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></i></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><i><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"> • </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">From 26 Sep - 2 Oct</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in; vertical-align: baseline;">, up to 15 </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">m/s of south westerly </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">winds </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">were at 850 mb (1.5 km). </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">During 6 - 12 Oct, up to 6 m/s of
southwesterly winds are expected </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">at 850 mb (1.5 km). </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><i><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="text-indent: -36.48px;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"> • </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">Sea surface temperature around Sri Lanka was
0.25 - 1.0</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">º</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">C above normal. </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">From 27 Sep - 4 Oct, maximum daily
temperature was recorded in Vavuniya (36.5</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">º</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">C),
Polonnaruwa (35.8</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">º</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">C) and Mullaitivu (35.4</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">º</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">C).</span></span></div><div><br /></div></div></div><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: verdana;"><b></b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="background-color: #6fba59; border: none; cursor: pointer; padding: 15px 32px;"><a href="http://tropicalclimate.org/fect/wms_reports/WMS_Report_6_10_2023.pdf" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana;">Download full report ↓</span></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;" /></span><hr style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;" /><h3 style="background-color: #674ea7; color: white; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; width: 667px;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Predictions</span></i></h3><h4 style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Rainfall</span></span></h4><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">14-day prediction: </span></b><b style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></b><b style="background-color: white; color: #666666;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">NOAA NCEP models: </span></i></b></span><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">From 5<sup>th</sup> October - 11<sup>th</sup>
October:</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"> </span></span></i><div><div style="background-color: white;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><div><span><span style="text-align: justify;">Total rainfall by Provinces</span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li>≥ 135 mm - Southern, Sabaragamuwa, Western, Uva</li><li> 125 mm - Central</li><li> 115 mm - Eastern</li><li> 95 mm - North Western</li><li> 65 mm - North Central</li><li> ≤ 35 mm - Northern</li></ul><div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">From 12<sup>th</sup> October - 18<sup>th</sup>
October:</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;"></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div><span><span style="text-align: justify;">Total rainfall by Provinces</span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li>≥ 135 mm - Southern, Sabaragamuwa, Western, Uva</li><li> 125 mm - Central</li><li> 115 mm - Eastern</li><li> 105 mm - North Western</li><li> 75 mm - North Central</li><li> 45 mm - Northern</li></ul></div></div></span></div></div></div></div></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b><span>MJO</span><span> based OLR predict<span>ions:</span></span></b></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="color: #1d1b11;"><b><br /></b></span></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><i>For the next 15 days: </i></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="text-align: justify;">MJO shall near neutral the
rainfall during 5</span><sup style="text-align: justify;">th </sup><span style="text-align: justify;">- 14</span><sup style="text-align: justify;">th </sup><span style="text-align: justify;">October and slightly enhance
the rainfall during 15</span><sup style="text-align: justify;">th</sup><span style="text-align: justify;"> - 19</span><sup style="text-align: justify;">th</sup><span style="text-align: justify;"> October for Sri Lanka.</span></i></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 30.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 30pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 30.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 30pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 30.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 30pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 18.4px; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 18.4px; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 18.4px; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p><div style="font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Ocean State</span></b><b style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #1d1b11;"> </span></b></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><b>(Text Courtesy IRI)</b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span>Pacific Sea Sate: October 2</span><span>, 2023 </span></i></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; line-height: 115%;">El Nino Mode has set in according
to NOAA since 8<sup>th</sup> of June.</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> Equatorial sea surface temperatures
(SSTs) are above average across the central and eastern Pacific Ocean early-October.
El Niño conditions will continue through the Northern Hemisphere winter (</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">with greater than a 95% chance
through January - March 2024).</span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"></div></div></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 18.4px; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"></span></i></p><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b style="text-align: left;"><span>Indian </span></b><b style="text-align: left;"><span>Sea Sate</span></b></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sea surface temperature around Sri
Lanka was<a name="_Hlk112403111"> </a><span class="fontstyle01">0.5 </span><span class="fontstyle11">℃ </span>above normal <span class="fontstyle01">to the Western and Southern half of the country </span>in 12<sup>th</sup>
- 18<sup>th</sup> September, 2023. A positive Dipole Mode has set in across the Indian Ocean since 8<sup>th</sup>
of June.</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 115%; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><h3 style="background-color: #674ea7; color: white; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; width: 667px;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Interpretation</span></i></h3><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></i></div><div><b style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Monitoring</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span><b style="text-align: left;">Rainfall:<br /></b></span></i></span><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">During the last two weeks, there had been very heavy rainfall
</span>over the following areas: Hambantota, Ratnapura</span></i></p><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Daily
Average Rainfall in the <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Met stations</span> for
previous week of (27<sup>th</sup> September - 4<sup>th</sup> October) = 17.0 mm</span></i></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Maximum Daily Rainfall: 226.4 mm & Minimum
Daily Rainfall: 0.0 mm. </span></i></p></div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></i></div></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><table align="left" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; margin-left: 6.75pt; margin-right: 6.75pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-table-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-table-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-table-left: center; mso-table-lspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-rspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-top: 8.7pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; width: 624px;">
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<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Region</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></i></p>
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<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Average rainfall for last 8 days
(mm)</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></i></p>
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<td colspan="2" style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 229.5pt;" valign="top" width="306">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Average temperature for last 8
days (</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">ºC)</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 117.0pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Maximum</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Minimum </span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></i></p>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Northern plains</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 135.0pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">3.5</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 117.0pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">32.2</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">25.4</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 3;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><i><a name="_Hlk128132590"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Eastern</span></a><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> hills </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 135.0pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">2.7</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 117.0pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">26.4</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">19.5</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 4;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Eastern plains</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 135.0pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">6.5</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 117.0pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">33.2</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">25.0</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 5;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Western hills </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 135.0pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">20.3</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 117.0pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">25.5</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">19.6</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<tr style="height: 11.15pt; mso-yfti-irow: 6;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Western plains</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 135.0pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">31.2</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 117.0pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">29.7</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">23.9</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<tr style="height: 11.55pt; mso-yfti-irow: 7; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 11.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Southern plains</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 11.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 135.0pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">46.0</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 11.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 117.0pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">28.9</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 11.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">23.9</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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</tbody></table></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><table align="left" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; margin-left: 6.75pt; margin-right: 6.75pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-table-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-table-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-table-left: center; mso-table-lspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-rspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-top: 22.25pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;">
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<td style="border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.75pt;" width="138">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 22.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Region</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.5in;" width="144">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 22.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Average rainfall for last 8 days
(mm)</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 130.5pt;" width="174">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 22.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Daily maximum rainfall for last 8
days (mm)</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.75in;" width="168">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 22.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Daily minimum rainfall for last 8 days
(mm)</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 19.35pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.75pt;" width="138">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 22.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Hydro catchment</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 19.35pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.5in;" width="144">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 22.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">18.0</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 19.35pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 130.5pt;" width="174">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 22.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">120.0</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 19.35pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.75in;" width="168">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 22.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">0.0</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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</tbody></table></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><br /></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b>Wind:</b> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">South westerly </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #050505; line-height: 115%;">winds </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">prevailed in the sea area and around the island last week.</span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b>Temperatures: </b><span style="line-height: 115%;">The
temperature anomalies were near normal for the country </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">driven by the warm SST’s.</span></div><div><br /></div></div></div></span></i></span><div><b style="color: #444444; text-align: left;"><b style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Predictions</span></b></b></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px;">Rainfall:</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px;"> </span></span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">During the next week (5</span><sup><span style="line-height: 115%;">th </span></sup><span style="line-height: 115%;">October - 11<sup>th</sup> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">October)</span>, heavy rainfall (≥ 115 mm) <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">is predicted for
the </span></span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Southern,
Sabaragamuwa, Western, Uva, Central, and Eastern </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">provinces and fairly heavy rainfall (≥ 65 mm) is
predicted for the North Western and North Central provinces and less rainfall is
predicted for the rest of the country.</span></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px;">Temperatures: </span></b></span></span>The temperature will remain above normal for some
parts of the Northern and Eastern provinces and below normal for some parts of
the Central and Uva provinces during 6<sup>th</sup> - 12<sup>th</sup> October.</span></i></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px;">Teleconnections: </span></b></span></span><span style="line-height: 115%;">A positive Dipole Mode has set in across the Indian Ocean since 8<sup>th</sup>
of June. </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">MJO shall near neutral the rainfall during 5<sup>th </sup>- 14<sup>th </sup>October
and slightly enhance the rainfall during 15<sup>th</sup> - 19<sup>th</sup>
October for Sri Lanka.</span></span></i></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px;">Seasonal Precipitation: </span></b></span></span></i><span style="line-height: 115%;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">The precipitation
forecast for the October-November-December, 2023 season shows a 50 - 60%
tendency toward above normal precipitation for the country.</span></i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></i> <span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></b></span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></i><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></b></div><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>FECThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11895703311338648637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024977274056253599.post-14392878970721221742023-09-29T14:53:00.001+05:302023-09-29T14:53:00.147+05:30Climate Bulletin For Sri Lanka (29 September 2023)<p> </p><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 22px; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span face="" style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Highlights</span></span></span></b><i><span face="" style="color: #1d1b11;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></span></i></span></h2><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="" style="color: #1d1b11;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span> • </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i><span style="font-style: italic; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;">Heavy rainfall (≥ 115 mm) is predicted for
the Southern, Sabaragamuwa, Western, Uva, Central provinces and fairly heavy
rainfall (85 mm) is predicted for the North Western, Eastern provinces during 26 Sep - 2 Oct.</span></span></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span> •</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"> </span></span></i><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">During
the last week, average daily rainfall over Sri Lanka was 13.3 mm and
hydro catchment areas received 5.3 mm. </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">Highest average rainfall of 17.6 mm/day
received Western plains.</span></span></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></i></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div class="O0" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.38in;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"> • </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">From 17 - 23 Sep</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in; vertical-align: baseline;">, up to 10 </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">m/s of
northwest-southwesterly </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">winds </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">were at 850 mb (1.5 km). </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">During 27 Sep - 3 Oct, up to 15 m/s of
west-southwesterly winds are expected </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">at 850 mb (1.5 km). </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="text-indent: -36.48px;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"> • </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">Sea surface temperature around Sri Lanka was
0.25 - 1.5</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">º</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">C above normal. </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">From 18 - 25 Sep, maximum daily temperature
was recorded in Polonnaruwa (38.3</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">º</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">C) and
Vavuniya (36.9</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">º</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">C).</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;"><br /></span></div></div></div><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.48px;"></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: verdana;"><b></b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="background-color: #6fba59; border: none; cursor: pointer; padding: 15px 32px;"><a href="http://tropicalclimate.org/fect/wms_reports/WMS_Report_29_9_2023.pdf" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana;">Download full report ↓</span></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;" /></span><hr style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;" /><h3 style="background-color: #674ea7; color: white; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; width: 667px;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Predictions</span></i></h3><h4 style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Rainfall</span></span></h4><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">14-day prediction: </span></b><b style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></b><b style="background-color: white; color: #666666;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">NOAA NCEP models: <br /></span></i></b></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">From 26<sup>th</sup> September - 2<sup>nd</sup> October:</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"> </span></span></i></span></div><div><div style="background-color: white;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><div><span><span style="text-align: justify;">Total rainfall by Provinces</span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li>≥ 135 mm - Southern, Sabaragamuwa, Western</li><li>125 mm - Uva</li><li>115 mm - Central</li><li>85 mm - North Western, Eastern</li><li>35 mm - North Central</li><li>≤ 25 mm - Northern</li></ul><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 48px;"><span><span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">From 3<sup>rd</sup> October - 9<sup>th</sup> October:</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span> </span></span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div><span><span style="text-align: justify;">Total rainfall by Provinces</span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li>≥ 135 mm - Southern, Sabaragamuwa, Western, Uva</li><li> 115 mm - Central</li><li> 85 mm - Eastern</li><li> 75 mm - North Western</li><li> 35 mm - North Central</li><li>≤ 15 mm - Northern</li></ul></div></div></span></div></div></div></div></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b><span>MJO</span><span> based OLR predict<span>ions:</span></span></b></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="color: #1d1b11;"><b><br /></b></span></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><i>For the next 15 days: </i></b></span></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span style="line-height: 18.4px;">M</span></span></span><span style="text-align: justify;">JO shall near neutral the
rainfall during 26</span><sup style="text-align: justify;">th </sup><span style="text-align: justify;">September</span><sup style="text-align: justify;"> </sup><span style="text-align: justify;">- 10</span><sup style="text-align: justify;">th </sup><span style="text-align: justify;">October for
Sri Lanka.</span></span></i></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 30.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 30pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 30.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 30pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 30.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 30pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 18.4px; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 18.4px; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 18.4px; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p><div style="font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Ocean State</span></b><b style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #1d1b11;"> </span></b></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><b>(Text Courtesy IRI)</b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span>Pacific Sea Sate: September 25</span><span>, 2023 </span></i></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; line-height: 115%;">El Nino Mode has set in according
to NOAA since 8<sup>th</sup> of June.</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> Equatorial sea surface temperatures
(SSTs) are above average across the central and eastern Pacific Ocean late-September.
El Niño conditions will continue through the Northern Hemisphere winter (</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">with greater than a 95% chance
through January - March 2024).</span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"></div></div></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 18.4px; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"></span></i></p><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b style="text-align: left;"><span>Indian </span></b><b style="text-align: left;"><span>Sea Sate</span></b></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sea surface temperature around Sri
Lanka was<a name="_Hlk112403111"> </a><span class="fontstyle01">0.5 </span><span class="fontstyle11">℃ </span>above normal <span class="fontstyle01">to the Western, Southern, and Northern half of the country </span>in 5<sup>th</sup>
- 11<sup>th</sup> September, 2023. A positive Dipole Mode has set in across the Indian Ocean since 8<sup>th</sup>
of June.</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 115%; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><p class="Default" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><h3 style="background-color: #674ea7; color: white; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; width: 667px;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Interpretation</span></i></h3><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></i></div><div><b style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Monitoring</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span><b style="text-align: left;">Rainfall:<br /></b></span></i></span><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">During the last two weeks, there had been very heavy rainfall </span>over the following area: Galle</span></i></p><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Daily
Average Rainfall in the <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Met stations</span> for
previous week of (18<sup>th</sup> September - 25<sup>th</sup> September) = 13.3 mm</span></i></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Maximum Daily Rainfall: 95.0 mm & Minimum
Daily Rainfall: 0.0 mm. </span></i></p></div><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></i></p><table align="left" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; margin-left: 6.75pt; margin-right: 6.75pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-table-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-table-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-table-left: center; mso-table-lspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-rspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-top: 8.7pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; width: 624px;">
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<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Region</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></i></p>
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<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Average rainfall for last 8 days
(mm)</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></i></p>
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<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Average temperature for last 8
days (</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">ºC)</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Maximum</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></i></p>
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<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Minimum </span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Northern plains</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">2.8</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">33.1</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">25.7</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 3;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a name="_Hlk128132590"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Eastern</span></a><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> hills </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">14.5</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">27.7</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">18.4</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 4;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Eastern plains</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">7.2</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">34.0</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">24.5</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<tr style="height: 15.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 5;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Western hills </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">7.9</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">27.2</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 15.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">19.4</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<tr style="height: 11.15pt; mso-yfti-irow: 6;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Western plains</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">17.6</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">30.5</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">24.7</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<tr style="height: 11.55pt; mso-yfti-irow: 7; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 11.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.25pt;" valign="top" width="138">
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Southern plains</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135pt;" valign="top" width="180">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">3.9</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt;" valign="top" width="156">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">31.5</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 11.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 8.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">24.6</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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</tbody></table></div></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><table align="left" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; margin-left: 6.75pt; margin-right: 6.75pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-table-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-table-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-table-left: center; mso-table-lspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-rspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-top: 22.25pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;">
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<td style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.75pt;" width="138">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 22.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Region</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.5in;" width="144">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 22.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Average rainfall for last 8 days
(mm)</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 130.5pt;" width="174">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 22.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Daily maximum rainfall for last 8
days (mm)</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 15.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.75in;" width="168">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 22.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Daily minimum rainfall for last 8
days (mm)</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 28pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 103.75pt;" width="138">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 22.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Hydro catchment</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 28pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.5in;" width="144">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 22.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">5.3</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 28pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 130.5pt;" width="174">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 22.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">53.0</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 28pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.75in;" width="168">
<p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 22.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">0.0</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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</tbody></table></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b>Wind:</b> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">Northwest-southwesterly </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #050505; line-height: 115%;">winds </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">prevailed in the sea area and around the island last week.</span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in;"><b>Temperatures: </b><span style="line-height: 115%;">The
temperature anomalies were above normal for some parts of the Northern and Uva
provinces of the country </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">driven by the warm
SST’s.</span></div><div><br /></div></div></div></span></i></span><div><b style="color: #444444; text-align: left;"><b style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Predictions</span></b></b></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px;">Rainfall:</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">During the next week (26</span><sup><span style="line-height: 115%;">th </span></sup><span style="line-height: 115%;">September - 2<sup>nd</sup> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">October)</span>, heavy rainfall (≥ 115 mm) <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">is predicted for
the </span></span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Southern,
Sabaragamuwa, Western, Uva, and Central </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">provinces and fairly heavy rainfall (85 mm) is predicted for the North
Western and Eastern provinces and less rainfall is predicted for the rest of
the country.</span></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px;">Temperatures: </span></b></span>The temperature will remain above normal for some
parts of the Northern and Eastern provinces and below normal for some parts of
the Central province during 27<sup>th </sup>September - 3<sup>rd</sup> October.</span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px;">Teleconnections: </span></b></span>A positive Dipole Mode has set in across the Indian Ocean since 8<sup>th</sup>
of June. MJO shall near neutral the rainfall during
26<sup>th </sup>September<sup> </sup>- 10<sup>th </sup>October for Sri Lanka.</span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px;">Seasonal Precipitation: </span></b></span>The precipitation
forecast for the October-November-December, 2023 season shows a 50 - 60%
tendency toward above normal precipitation for the country.</span></i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></i><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></b></div><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div>FECThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11895703311338648637noreply@blogger.com0