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Colombo Weather Forecast

Temperature, wind, rain and more for Colombo

Sri Lanka

DayLocal TimeDirSpeed/
Gust		Temp/
Feels Like		HumidityPressureCloud AmountPrecip AmountWeather
Sat 14
Feb		14:30

NNW
NNW

 11 / 16 mph 87 / 95°F 74% 1007 mb
Low level cloud: 47%
Mid level cloud: 46%
High level cloud: 2%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
63%
Expect 0.05 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.05 In
17:30

NE
NE

 9 / 13 mph 87 / 94°F 76% 1008 mb
Low level cloud: 19%
Mid level cloud: 38%
High level cloud: 33%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
36%
Expect 0.06 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.06 In
20:30

NE
NE

 9 / 15 mph 77 / 82°F 85% 1010 mb
Low level cloud: 10%
Mid level cloud: 43%
High level cloud: 51%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
73%
Expect 0.05 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.05 In
Sun 15
Feb		02:30

NE
NE

 8 / 12 mph 74 / 78°F 89% 1009 mb
Low level cloud: 19%
Mid level cloud: 46%
High level cloud: 34%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
39%
Expect 0.11 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.11 In
05:30

NE
NE

 6 / 10 mph 74 / 78°F 89% 1009 mb
Low level cloud: 9%
Mid level cloud: 45%
High level cloud: 20%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
71%
Expect 0.10 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.10 In
08:30

NE
NE

 6 / 8 mph 79 / 79°F 84% 1012 mb
Low level cloud: 8%
Mid level cloud: 45%
High level cloud: 31%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
67%
Expect 0.05 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.05 In
11:30

NNW
NNW

 4 / 5 mph 88 / 92°F 66% 1011 mb
Low level cloud: 1%
Mid level cloud: 29%
High level cloud: 9%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
33%
Expect 0.01 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.01 In
14:30

NW
NW

 9 / 13 mph 87 / 93°F 71% 1008 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 45%
High level cloud: 18%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
45%
Expect 0.07 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.07 In
17:30

NW
NW

 10 / 14 mph 82 / 85°F 80% 1009 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 47%
High level cloud: 96%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
50%
Expect 0.02 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.02 In
20:30

NE
NE

 5 / 8 mph 79 / 84°F 82% 1010 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 44%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
47%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In

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The 7 day weather forecast summary for Colombo:

The next 7 day outlook for Colombo shows the average daytime maximum temperature will be around 31°C, with a high for the week of 33°C expected on the of Saturday 14th. The average minimum temperature will be 24°C, dipping to its lowest on the morning of Thursday 19th at 22°C. The week ahead will have some days seeing a little precipitation and some days with rain. The current forecast indicates Wednesday 19th will have the most precipitation with an accumulation of around 15.0mm. On the whole winds are likely to be moderate.

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Day

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Local Time

The wind direction we use on this page is the direction the wind is coming from, given in a 16 point compass format.
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Dir

This refers to the sustained average wind speed, normally averaged over a period of 10 minutes for up to 3 hrs.
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Speed/
Gust

Temperature from our forecast perspective are fairly well defined, they are what we would expect to measure in a standard meteorological screen (in other words, shaded and well ventilated) at 2 metres above ground level.
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Temp/
Feels Like

The relative humidity is the percent of saturation humidity, generally calculated in relation to saturated vapour density.
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Humidity

The value given is a total predicted for the previous 3 hrs and includes the time of the forecast being looked at.
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Precip Amount

The total amount of cloud as a percentage is derived from looking at cloud cover throughout the atmosphere and estimating how these combine when looked at from the ground.
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Cloud Amount

Here we try to capture the feel of the weather as an image � it will never be perfect but is useful for a quick overview.
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Weather

When we measure for forecast air pressure we are normally doing this relative to a certain height and most commonly relative to Mean Sea Level.
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Pressure