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Not listedFri 9 Oct
Today’s warning doesn’t mention Elapatha
It lists 8 other places in Ratnapura district.
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NBRI, issued Fri 9 Oct, 16:00 · valid to Sat 10 Oct, 16:00lankawatch.org
Rain hereAbout 3 days a month are this wet hereLast 3 days · Satellite estimateNearest rain gaugePalawela (NBRI) 17.8 mmModerate rain · 2 km awayMet advisoryAdvisory for Severe LightningAmber, as issuedRiversRathnapura: Below Alertrising
Next update usually tomorrow by 17:45.
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Last 3 days: Unusual here (3 days a month) · Amber · Advisory for Severe Lightning
- Last 24 hours: among the wettest 10% of 24-hour periods since 2000 in Elapatha.
- Last 3 days: among the wettest 10% of 3-day periods since 2000 in Elapatha.
- Compared with each division's own satellite record since 2000. This is not a warning and does not replace NBRI's levels. Satellites can miss heavy local downpours, so it never means a road is safe. Satellite data up to 9 Oct, 15:30.
Weather forecast (Department of Meteorology) · Amber · Advisory for Severe Lightning
- Amber · Advisory for Severe Lightning. For Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central, Uva, North-western, Southern provinces and Anuradhapura, Mannar districts.. Thundershowers accompanied with severe lightning are likely to occur at several places in Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central, Uva, North-western and Southern provinces and Anuradhapura and Mannar districts. There may be temporary localized strong winds during thundershowers. General public is kindly requested to take adequate precautions to minimize damages caused by lightning activity. Issued 9 Oct, 11:00 · Valid until 10 Oct, 01:00.
- Forecast issued 9 Oct, 14:00
- Showers or thundershowers will occur in the most part of the island after 1.00 p.m.
- Covers Ratnapura on this road: Fairly heavy falls above 75 mm are likely at some places in Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central, Uva, North-Western and Southern provinces.
- The general public is kindly requested to take adequate precautions to minimize damage caused by temporary localized strong winds and lightning during thundershowers.
- Covers Ratnapura on this road: Misty conditions can be expected at some places in Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central and Uva provinces during the early hours of the morning.
- A forecast never lowers or replaces the NBRI landslide warning above.
- Forecast and advisories by the Department of Meteorology, Sri Lanka, as issued. LankaWatch is not an official service.
Rain outlook (computer model) · Next day: Chance of a rare wet day
- Next day: a chance of a wet day of the kind that comes about 1–2 days a month in Elapatha (the wettest 5% of days there; several times the usual chance). (10 Oct, 05:30 to 11 Oct, 05:30)
- Next 3 days: unusually heavy rain is not signalled for the divisions on this road. (10 Oct, 05:30 to 13 Oct, 05:30)
- "Not signalled" never means dry or safe. This is a computer model, not a warning, and it never changes NBRI's levels. Like the satellite, it reads hill-country rain low and can miss heavy local downpours.
- ECMWF ensemble forecast (open data, CC BY 4.0), run 9 Oct, 05:30, compared with each division's own satellite record.
None of these changes NBRI’s level.
Weather forecast (Met Dept)
×- Amber · Advisory for Severe Lightning. For Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central, Uva, North-western, Southern provinces and Anuradhapura, Mannar districts.. Thundershowers accompanied with severe lightning are likely to occur at several places in Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central, Uva, North-western and Southern provinces and Anuradhapura and Mannar districts. There may be temporary localized strong winds during thundershowers. General public is kindly requested to take adequate precautions to minimize damages caused by lightning activity. Issued 9 Oct, 11:00 · Valid until 10 Oct, 01:00.
- Forecast issued 9 Oct, 14:00
- Showers or thundershowers will occur in the most part of the island after 1.00 p.m.
- Covers Ratnapura on this road: Fairly heavy falls above 75 mm are likely at some places in Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central, Uva, North-Western and Southern provinces.
- The general public is kindly requested to take adequate precautions to minimize damage caused by temporary localized strong winds and lightning during thundershowers.
- Covers Ratnapura on this road: Misty conditions can be expected at some places in Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central and Uva provinces during the early hours of the morning.
- A forecast never lowers or replaces the NBRI landslide warning above.
- Forecast and advisories by the Department of Meteorology, Sri Lanka, as issued. LankaWatch is not an official service.
Rivers and catchments here
×4 named rivers here · 1 basin
River basins this division lies in
- Kalu Ganga basin
Satellite rain over these basins
- Kalu Ganga basin · Last 3 days: Unusual here (3 days a month)
A whole-basin satellite average against that basin’s own record since 2000, not the area upstream of any one point. Satellites under-read hill rain. Not a warning.
Named rivers through this division
- Kalu Ganga · about 11 km inside
- Hongamuwa Ganga (Kalu Ganga basin) · about 11 km inside
- Dandura Ela (Kalu Ganga basin) · about 8 km inside
- Karawita Ganga (Kalu Ganga basin) · about 3 km inside
Irrigation Department gauges on these rivers
- Rathnapura, an Irrigation Department gauge on this river (640 km² upstream · rain over that area, Last 3 days: Rare here (1–2 days a month)): at least 17.2 mm in the 24 hours to 9 Oct, 08:30 (1 hourly reading missing); 2 mm in the 3 hours to 9 Oct, 20:05.
River level 4.2 m · Below Alert · rising over about 3 hours (Department’s thresholds: Alert 5.2, minor flood 7.5, major flood 9.5 m) - Ellagawa, an Irrigation Department gauge on this river (1,439 km² upstream · rain over that area, Last 24 hours: Rare here (1–2 days a month)): at least 30.3 mm in the 24 hours to 9 Oct, 08:30 (1 hourly reading missing); 5.6 mm in the 3 hours to 9 Oct, 20:01.
River level 6.26 m · Below Alert · falling over about 3 hours (Department’s thresholds: Alert 10, minor flood 10.7, major flood 12.2 m)
Rivers and basins come from our own map of Sri Lanka’s river network. Flow direction, where shown, is worked out from the height of the land. This is orientation only, not a flood warning.
The area draining to a crossing is worked out from a terrain model (about 90 m cells) and is approximate. The rain over it is the satellite average for that same area, against its own record since 2000. Areas under about 150 km² are smaller than the satellite can see, so they show no rain.
River levels are the Irrigation Department’s own readings at its gauge, against its own thresholds. This is not a flood warning: flood warnings come from the Irrigation Department and DMC.