Ella
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Ella is in Ella DS division, Badulla district
Watch in Ella
About Ella
Ella 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: Ella.
Named rivers here: Kirindi Oya (15 km), Badulu Oya (12 km), Nawela Oya (9 km).
River basins: Mahaweli Ganga, Kirindi Oya.
Past NBRI bulletins
8 of the 41 NBRI bulletins we have passed on since Sun 20 Sept listed Ella.
By level: 1 at Alert, 7 at Watch.
Last listed: Mon 9 Nov, Watch.
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, December 2014, January 2011.
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 Ella
The fastest road between two of our towns, as on each road check.
- Ella – Bandarawela
- Ella – Badulla
- Bandarawela – Badulla
- Ella – Wellawaya
- Bandarawela – Welimada
- Bandarawela – Wellawaya
- Ella – Passara
- Ella – Welimada
- Ella – Koslanda
- Badulla – Wellawaya
- Bandarawela – Passara
- Ella – Haputale
and 160 more
Neighbouring DS divisions
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NBRI’s advice, as issued
×NBRI’s advice, as issued:Since the rainfall within the past 24 hours has exceeded 75mm, if the rain continues, be watchful on the possibility of landslides, slope failures, rock falls, cutting failures and ground subsidence.
NBRI, issued Mon 9 Nov, 20:00 · valid to Tue 10 Nov, 20:00
Rain here
×Rain gauges near Ella
- Ella (NBRI) · about 1 km away
28.8 mm, Moderate rain - Uduwara (NBRI) · about 6 km away
0.8 mm, Dry - Malwaththa (NBRI) · about 7 km away
2.8 mm, Light rain - Bandarawela (NBRI) · about 7 km away
1 mm, Light 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 Ella.
- Last 3 days: among the wettest 10% of 3-day periods since 2000 in Ella.
- 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 Ella (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 Ella (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 · 2 basins
River basins this division lies in
- Mahaweli Ganga basin
- Kirindi Oya 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
- Kirindi Oya · about 15 km inside
- Badulu Oya (Mahaweli Ganga basin) · about 12 km inside
- Nawela Oya (Mahaweli Ganga basin) · about 9 km inside
Irrigation Department gauges on these rivers
- Wellawaya, an Irrigation Department gauge 19.6 km downstream (179 km² upstream · rain over that area, Last 3 days: Unusual here (3 days a month)): no complete 24-hour total (8 hourly readings missing); 0 mm in the 3 hours to 10 Nov, 08:02.
River level 1.67 m · Below Alert · falling over about 3 hours (Department’s thresholds: Alert 4.4, minor flood 5.4, major flood 5.9 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.