Highlights
Monitoring
Rainfall
Weekly Monitoring:
Date
Daily Maximum Rainfall
21st October
Up to 10 mm in Jaffna district.
22nd October
Up to 10 mm in Jaffna district
23rd October
No rainfall.
24th October
Up to 90 mm in Moneragala and Ampara districts.
25th October
Up to 50 mm in Vavuniya and Anuradhapura districts.
26th
October
Up to 40 mm in Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa,
Trincomalee, Moneragala, Badulla, and Ratnapura districts.
27th October
Up to 160 mm in Moneragala,
Badulla, and Ratnapura districts.
Total Rainfall for the Past Week:
The RFE 2.0 tool shows total up to 150 – 200 mm in Moneragala, Badulla, Ratnapura and
Ampara districts; up to 100 – 150 mm in Vavuniya and Anuradhapura districts; up
to 75 -100 mm in Nuwara Eliya, and Polonnaruwa districts; up to 50 – 75 mm in
Mannar, Mullaitivu, Trincomalee, Batticaloa, Matale, Kandy, Hambantota and Kurunegala;
up to 25 – 50 mm in Gampaha, Kurunegala and Puttalam districts; up to 10 – 25
mm in Matara, Galle, Kalutara, Colombo and Jaffna districts; and up to 5 – 10
mm in Kilinochchi district.
Above rainfall average up to 50 – 100 mm in
Moneragala, Badulla, Ratnapura and Ampara districts; up to 25 – 50 mm in Nuwara
Eliya, Anuradhapura and Vavuniya districts; Below rainfall average up to 50 –
100 mm in Galle, Matara, Kalutara, Colombo, Gampaha, Kegalle, Kandy, Matale,
Kurunegala, Puttalam, Batticaloa, Puttalam, Trincomalee, Mannar, Mullaitivu,
Kilinochchi and Jaffna; and up to 25 – 50 mm in Hambantota district.
Monthly Monitoring:
During September – Above average rainfall conditions up to 12 mm in Badulla and Moneragala districts; up to 8 mm in Mannar district; up to 5 mm in Ampara, Polonnaruwa, Batticaloa, Trincomalee, Anuradhapura, Kilinochchi, Mullaitivu, Vavuniya and Jaffna districts; up to 4 mm in Puttalam, Kurunegala, Gampaha, Matale, Kandy, Nuwara Eliya, Ratnapura and Hambantota districts; and up to 2 mm in Colombo, Kalutara, Galle, Matara and Kegalle districts.
Weekly Monitoring:
Date | Daily Maximum Rainfall |
21st October | Up to 10 mm in Jaffna district. |
22nd October | Up to 10 mm in Jaffna district |
23rd October | No rainfall. |
24th October | Up to 90 mm in Moneragala and Ampara districts. |
25th October | Up to 50 mm in Vavuniya and Anuradhapura districts. |
26th October | Up to 40 mm in Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa, Trincomalee, Moneragala, Badulla, and Ratnapura districts. |
27th October | Up to 160 mm in Moneragala, Badulla, and Ratnapura districts. |
Predictions
Rainfall
NOAA NCEP models: