Dambulla
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Dambulla is in Dambulla DS division, Matale district
Today’s warning doesn’t mention Dambulla
Not listed doesn’t mean safe.
We don’t know about road closures or damage. Be cautious on the way, especially in the hills in rain.
About Dambulla
Dambulla is a Divisional Secretariat (DS) division in Matale district, Central Province.
It is inside the area NBRI’s landslide bulletins cover.
Towns on our road checks here: Dambulla, Sigiriya.
Named rivers here: Rirl Oya (16 km), Mirisgoni Oya (7 km), Kalundewa Oya (7 km), Arawwala Oya (6 km), Dambulu Oya Reservolr (5 km).
River basins: Kala Oya, Mahaweli Ganga.
Past NBRI bulletins
None of the 41 NBRI bulletins we have passed on since Sun 20 Sept listed Dambulla.
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): January 2011, November 2024, May 2004.
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 Dambulla
The fastest road between two of our towns, as on each road check.
- Dambulla – Sigiriya
- Dambulla – Matale
- Kurunegala – Dambulla
- Polonnaruwa – Sigiriya
- Matale – Sigiriya
- Kurunegala – Sigiriya
- Kandy – Dambulla
- Dambulla – Kegalle
- Dambulla – Polonnaruwa
- Dambulla – Mawanella
- Dambulla – Gampola
- Kegalle – Sigiriya
and 364 more
Neighbouring DS divisions
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Rain here
×Rain gauges near Dambulla
No rain gauge within 15 km of Dambulla.
Rain here
Last 3 days: Not unusual
- Rain over the last 7 days has not been unusual for the divisions on this route.
- 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 Matale.
- 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 Matale 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 Matale 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 Dambulla (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 Dambulla (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 Matale.
- 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 Matale 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 Matale 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
×8 named rivers here · 2 basins
River basins this division lies in
- Kala Oya basin
- 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
- Rirl Oya (Mahaweli Ganga basin) · about 16 km inside
- Mirisgoni Oya (Kala Oya basin) · about 7 km inside
- Kalundewa Oya (Kala Oya basin) · about 7 km inside
- Arawwala Oya (Kala Oya basin) · about 6 km inside
- Dambulu Oya Reservolr (Kala Oya basin) · about 5 km inside
- Yakkurawa Oya (Kala Oya basin) · about 5 km inside
- Heetati Oya (Mahaweli Ganga basin) · about 5 km inside
- Welamitiya Oya (Kala Oya basin) · about 4 km inside
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.
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.