Rains will occur at times in Western and Sabaragamuwa Provinces and in Galle and Matara Districts today (29), the Department of Meteorology said.
It said several spells of showers will occur in Kandy and Nuwara Eliya Districts as well.
Showers or thundershowers will also occur at several places in Uva Province and in Ampara, Batticaloa and Mullaitivu Districts during the evening or night.
The department requested the people to take precautions to minimise damages caused by temporary localized strong winds and lightning during thundershowers.
Meanwhile, it said that on the apparent southward relative motion of the sun, it would be directly over the latitudes of Sri Lanka during August 28 to September 07.
The nearest towns of Sri Lanka over which the sun is overhead today (29) are Palavi (Kilinochchi District) and Chalai (Mullaitivu District) at about 12.11 noon.
