Badulla
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Badulla is in Badulla DS division, Badulla district
Today’s warning doesn’t mention Badulla
Not listed doesn’t mean safe.
It lists 3 other places in Badulla district.
We don’t know about road closures or damage. Be cautious on the way, especially in the hills in rain.
About Badulla
Badulla is a Divisional Secretariat (DS) division in Badulla district, Uva Province.
It is inside the area NBRI’s landslide bulletins cover.
Towns on our road checks here: Badulla.
Named rivers here: Rambukpola Oya (10 km), Badulu Oya (7 km), kuda Oya (2 km).
River basins: Mahaweli Ganga.
Past NBRI bulletins
None of the 41 NBRI bulletins we have passed on since Sun 20 Sept listed Badulla.
A record of past bulletins, not a forecast. Not being listed doesn’t mean safe.
Wettest days on the satellite record
The wettest days here since June 2000, on NASA’s satellite rain estimate (IMERG): November 2000, January 2011, December 2014.
Months only, never amounts: the satellite’s amounts can be far off at any one place (too low in the hills). This is not a warning.
Roads through Badulla
The fastest road between two of our towns, as on each road check.
- Badulla – Passara
- Ella – Badulla
- Bandarawela – Badulla
- Badulla – Welimada
- Badulla – Wellawaya
- Bandarawela – Passara
- Badulla – Ohiya (Horton Plains)
- Welimada – Passara
- Badulla – Mahiyanganaya
- Nuwara Eliya – Badulla
- Badulla – Monaragala
- Haputale – Badulla
and 115 more
Neighbouring DS divisions
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Rain here
×Rain gauges near Badulla
- Badulla · about 1 km away
12.1 mm, Moderate rain - Uva Wellassa (NBRI) · about 2 km away
5.2 mm, Light rain - Bogahamaditta (NBRI) · about 3 km away
5.6 mm, Light rain - Spring Vally (NBRI) · about 3 km away
14.4 mm, Moderate rain
Rain in the 24 hours to Mon 9 Nov, 08:30, as published by Department of Meteorology · Irrigation Department · NBRI. Nearest first; Met gauge sites are approximate.
Rain here
Last 3 days: Unusual here (3 days a month)
- Last 24 hours: among the wettest 10% of 24-hour periods since 2000 in Badulla.
- Last 3 days: among the wettest 10% of 3-day periods since 2000 in Badulla.
- 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 10 Nov, 02:30.
Weather forecast (Department of Meteorology)
- No Department of Meteorology advisory is in force for Badulla.
- Forecast issued 10 Nov, 05:30
- Showers or thundershowers will occur at times in the Northern province and in Trincomalee district.
- Showers or thundershowers will occur elsewhere in the island after 1.00 p.m.
- Covers Badulla on this road: Heavy falls above 100mm are likely at some places in Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central and Uva provinces and in Galle and Matara districts.
- Showers may occur in the coastal areas of the Southern Province during the morning.
- The general public is kindly requested to take adequate precautions to minimize damage caused by temporary localized strong winds and lightning during thundershowers.
- Covers Badulla on this road: Misty conditions can be expected at some places in Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central and Uva provinces and in Galle, Matara and Kurunegala districts 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 Badulla (the wettest 5% of days there; several times the usual chance). (10 Nov, 05:30 to 11 Nov, 05:30)
- Next 3 days: a chance of a wet day of the kind that comes about 1–2 days a month in Badulla (the wettest 5% of days there; several times the usual chance). (10 Nov, 05:30 to 13 Nov, 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 Nov, 17:30, compared with each division's own satellite record.
None of these changes NBRI’s level.
Weather forecast (Met Dept)
×- No Department of Meteorology advisory is in force for Badulla.
- Forecast issued 10 Nov, 05:30
- Showers or thundershowers will occur at times in the Northern province and in Trincomalee district.
- Showers or thundershowers will occur elsewhere in the island after 1.00 p.m.
- Covers Badulla on this road: Heavy falls above 100mm are likely at some places in Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central and Uva provinces and in Galle and Matara districts.
- Showers may occur in the coastal areas of the Southern Province during the morning.
- The general public is kindly requested to take adequate precautions to minimize damage caused by temporary localized strong winds and lightning during thundershowers.
- Covers Badulla on this road: Misty conditions can be expected at some places in Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central and Uva provinces and in Galle, Matara and Kurunegala districts 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
×3 named rivers here · 1 basin
River basins this division lies in
- Mahaweli Ganga basin
Satellite rain over these basins
- Mahaweli 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
- Rambukpola Oya (Mahaweli Ganga basin) · about 10 km inside
- Badulu Oya (Mahaweli Ganga basin) · about 7 km inside
- kuda Oya (Mahaweli Ganga basin) · about 2 km inside
Irrigation Department gauges on these rivers
- Thaldena, an Irrigation Department gauge 11 km downstream (279 km² upstream · rain over that area, Last 3 days: Unusual here (3 days a month)): 17.5 mm in the 24 hours to 9 Nov, 08:30 (Moderate); 0 mm in the 3 hours to 10 Nov, 08:02.
River level 0.88 m · Below Alert · steady over about 3 hours (Department’s thresholds: Alert 3, minor flood 4, major flood 5 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.