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Thursday, February 25, 2016

Weekly Hydro-meteorological Report, 25, February 2016


Highlights:


Mostly dry weather conditions were observed in the country where only north western, south eastern and western regions received rainfall during 17th – 23rd February. Rainfall up to 60 mm was observed around Wennappuwa and Negombo on 20th February. Moneragala on 17th February and Badulla on 18th February received rainfall up to 50 mm. NOAA NCEP model predict relatively high rainfall in southern region of the country in the next week and the rest of the country shall receive light rainfall. MJO is in phase 7 therefore shall suppress rainfall in Sri Lanka in a significant manner.
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Thursday, February 18, 2016

Weekly Hydro-meteorological Report, 18, February 2016


Highlights:


The entire country observed dry weather conditions during the week 9th – 15th February where only south east, south west and western ocean received rainfall. Rainfall up to 90 mm was observed in the ocean around Chilaw on 15th February and western, south western and south eastern ocean also received rainfall in the same day. NOAA NCEP model predict relatively high rainfall in south western region of the country in next fortnight and the rest of the country also expected to receive rainfall. MJO is in phase 6 therefore shall not have a significant impact on rainfall.
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Thursday, February 11, 2016

Weekly Hydro-meteorological Report, 11, February 2016


Highlights:


Dry weather conditions continued throughout the country during the week 3rd – 9th February where only ocean around Kalutara received rainfall up to 80 mm on 7th February. Western region of Kalutara received rainfall up to 70 mm and few regions in Colombo, Ratnapura and Galle received rainfall in the same day. NOAA NCEP model predict rainfall in eastern, north western and south western regions in next week.
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Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Weekly Hydro-meteorological Report, 3, February 2016


Highlights:


Dry conditions were observed throughout the country between 27th January- 1st February except in the south western region of the country. In this region up to 40 mm rainfall was seen on the 26th. Furthermore, the entire country received less than average rainfall in January. Most models predict a continuation in dry conditions in the next two weeks.
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