Showers expected in several areas

The Department of Meteorology forecasted that several spells of showers may occur today (8) in the Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and in the Galle, Matara, Kandy, and Nuwara Eliya districts.

Mainly dry weather conditions will prevail in the rest of the island.

Strong winds of about 40-50 km/h could blow at times over the western slopes of the central hills, and in the Northern, North-Central, Central, Sabaragamuwa, and North-Western provinces, as well as the Hambantota and Trincomalee districts.