Kurunegala
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Kurunegala is in Kurunegala DS division, Kurunegala district
Today’s warning doesn’t mention Kurunegala
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 Kurunegala
Kurunegala is a Divisional Secretariat (DS) division in Kurunegala district, North Western Province.
It is inside the area NBRI’s landslide bulletins cover.
Towns on our road checks here: Kurunegala.
Named rivers here: Getuwana Ela (15 km), Magur Oya (12 km), Deduru Oya (11 km).
River basins: Deduru Oya.
Past NBRI bulletins
3 of the 41 NBRI bulletins we have passed on since Sun 20 Sept listed Kurunegala.
By level: 2 at Alert, 1 at Watch.
Last listed: Wed 28 Oct, 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 2024, November 2009, 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 Kurunegala
The fastest road between two of our towns, as on each road check.
- Kurunegala – Kegalle
- Kurunegala – Mawanella
- Kandy – Kurunegala
- Kurunegala – Dambulla
- Kurunegala – Matale
- BIA Airport (Katunayake) – Kurunegala
- Kurunegala – Negombo
- Kurunegala – Gampola
- Kurunegala – Chilaw
- Kurunegala – Sigiriya
- Colombo – Kurunegala
- Kurunegala – Avissawella
and 242 more
Neighbouring DS divisions
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Rain here
×Rain gauges near Kurunegala
- Kurunegala · about 2 km away
18.4 mm, Moderate rain - Walpolakanda (NBRI) · about 7 km away
56 mm, Fairly heavy rain - Kotawella (NBRI) · about 14 km away
6.4 mm, Light rain - Ridigama (NBRI) · about 15 km away
17.8 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: Rare here (1–2 days a month)
- Last 3 days: among the wettest 5% of 3-day periods since 2000 in Kurunegala.
- Last 7 days: among the wettest 10% of 7-day periods since 2000 in Kurunegala.
- 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 Kurunegala.
- 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.
- 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 Kurunegala 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 Kurunegala (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 Kurunegala (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 Kurunegala.
- 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.
- 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 Kurunegala 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
- Deduru Oya basin
Satellite rain over these basins
- Deduru Oya 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
- Getuwana Ela (Deduru Oya basin) · about 15 km inside
- Magur Oya (Deduru Oya basin) · about 12 km inside
- Deduru Oya · about 11 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.