Roads, rain and weather

Rain on this road

Last 3 days: Rare here (1–2 days a month) · 6 reporting · most: Fairly heavy

• Last 24 hours: among the wettest 5% of 24-hour periods since 2000 in Ukuwela, Kandy Four Gravets & Gangawata Korale, Yatinuwara, Udunuwara +5.
• Last 3 days: among the wettest 5% of 3-day periods since 2000 in Ukuwela, Pathadumbara, Kundasale, Kandy Four Gravets & Gangawata Korale +8.
• Last 7 days: among the wettest 5% of 7-day periods since 2000 in Udunuwara, Udapalatha, Ganga Ihala Korale, Ambagamuwa +1.
• 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 · 6 reporting · most: Fairly heavy

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	Gauge	On the road	Last 24 h
1	Naula (NBRI)	km 5–23	No rain report
2	Bowatenna	km 23–24	55.5 mm Fairly heavy rain
3	Pallepola (NBRI)	km 24–32	No rain report
4	Ankanda (NBRI)	km 30–42	No rain report
5	Yatawattha (NBRI)	km 39–40	No rain report
6	Ukuwela	km 42–56	6.7 mm Light rain
7	Alkaduwa (NBRI)	km 56–58	No rain report
8	Wattegama (NBRI)	km 58–67	No rain report
9	Katugastota	km 67–75	1.2 mm Light rainlast 3 h: 0 mm
10	Kandy NTS (NBRI)	km 75–77	No rain report
11	Peradeniya	km 77–84	20.2 mm Moderate rainlast 3 h: 0 mm
12	Hindagala (NBRI)	km 84–89	No rain report
13	Daskara (NBRI)	km 89–99	No rain report
14	Gampola (NBRI)	km 99–108	No rain report
15	Ulapane (NBRI)	km 108–117	No rain report
16	Nawalapitiya	km 117–121	36.6 mm Moderate rainlast 3 h: 0 mm
17	Nawalapitiya (NBRI)	km 121–127	No rain report
18	Ginigathhena (NBRI)	km 127–137	No rain report
19	Watawala (NBRI)	km 137–145	No rain report
20	Norton	km 145–146	14.2 mm Moderate rain
21	Dikoya	km 146–153	No rain report
22	Hatton (NBRI)	km 153–156	No rain report

• Gauges are near about 151 of the 156 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 Matale, Kandy and Nuwara Eliya.
• 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 Kandy, Matale and Nuwara Eliya 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 Kandy, Matale and Nuwara Eliya 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.
• Forecast for the main cities, Tuesday, 10 November 2026 (issued 9 Nov, 16:00)
• Kandy: Showers or thundershowers after 1.00p.m. Max 30°C, min 24°C.
• 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, Naula, Pallepola, Matale +13 (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, Naula, Pallepola, Matale +13 (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.