The AccuWeather prediction reads “thick cloud cover with occasional rains and a thunderstorm” for the day and “considerable cloudiness with a thunderstorm in spots for the night.”
According to AccuWeather, there is an 84 per cent probability of rain during the day which reduces to 55 per cent during the night.
The amount of rainfall predicted is lesser than what was predicted for the reserve day of the India-Pakistan game.
Meanwhile, BBC Weather’s rain predictor varies between 30 to 35 per cent during the match hours, with a spike at around 9:30 pm local time when the probability of rain increases to 70 per cent.
Also, Weather.com predicts somewhere between 60 to 80 per cent chance of rainfall during the match hours.
Sri Lanka’s Department of Meteorology says showers will occur at times in the Western Province today.
The department states showers are also expected in the Sabaragamuwa and North-western provinces and in the Kandy, Nuwara-Eliya, Galle and Matara districts.
A few showers may occur in the Hambantota district, while showers or thundershowers may occur at a few places in the Uva province and in the Batticaloa, Ampara districts during the evening or night.
Fairly strong winds of about 40-45 kmph can be expected at times in western slopes of the central hills, Northern, North-central, and North-western provinces and in Trincomalee and Hambantota districts. (NewsWire)