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‹ Bandarawela → Welimada

Roads, rain and weather

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  • Option 2 · via Puhulpola-Dayaraba-Dikkapitiya Road · ~1 h Watch
  • Option 3 · via Etampitiya · ~1 h 10 min Watch

Fastest first. Not a recommendation.

Rain on this road

Last 3 days: Unusual here (3 days a month)

  • Last 24 hours: among the wettest 10% of 24-hour periods since 2000 in Bandarawela, Ella, Haputale, Welimada.
  • Last 3 days: among the wettest 10% of 3-day periods since 2000 in Bandarawela, Ella, Haputale, Welimada.
  • Last 7 days: among the wettest 10% of 7-day periods since 2000 in Haputale.
  • 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.
Rain at gauges near this road · 1 reporting
GaugeOn the roadLast 24 h
1Bandarawelakm 0–1, km 3–84.7 mm Light rainlast 3 h: 6.8 mm
2Bandarawela (NBRI)km 1–3No rain report
3Malwaththa (NBRI)km 8–10No rain report
4Mirahawaththa (NBRI)km 9–23No rain report
5Keppetipola (NBRI)km 26–27No rain report
  • Gauges are near about 23 of the 26 km. Other stretches have no gauge near them, which says nothing about rain there.
  • NBRI's warning stays in force after rain eases.
  • Department of Meteorology, Irrigation Department and NBRI automatic gauge readings, passed on as published. Met gauge sites are approximate.
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 Bandarawela, Ella, Haputale, Welimada (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 Bandarawela, Ella, Haputale, Welimada (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.

If you need help on the way, you can call 117 (DMC), 119 (Police) or 1990 (ambulance).