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Puttalam Weather Forecast

Temperature, wind, rain and more for Puttalam

Sri Lanka

DayLocal TimeDirSpeed/
Gust		Temp/
Feels Like		HumidityPressureCloud AmountPrecip AmountWeather
Sun 27
Apr		17:30

SW
SW

 10 / 11 mph 89 / 99°F 71% 1007 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 17%
High level cloud: 28%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
18%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
20:30

SSW
SSW

 4 / 5 mph 86 / 98°F 75% 1010 mb
Low level cloud: 7%
Mid level cloud: 21%
High level cloud: 9%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
40%
Expect 0.01 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.01 In
Mon 28
Apr		02:30

S
S

 8 / 11 mph 82 / 90°F 82% 1008 mb
Low level cloud: 12%
Mid level cloud: 23%
High level cloud: 13%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
21%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
05:30

S
S

 7 / 11 mph 80 / 87°F 83% 1009 mb
Low level cloud: 32%
Mid level cloud: 22%
High level cloud: 14%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
41%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
08:30

SSW
SSW

 9 / 15 mph 84 / 87°F 74% 1011 mb
Low level cloud: 36%
Mid level cloud: 17%
High level cloud: 7%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
42%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
11:30

SW
SW

 9 / 13 mph 88 / 92°F 67% 1009 mb
Low level cloud: 17%
Mid level cloud: 16%
High level cloud: 12%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
23%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
14:30

SW
SW

 11 / 13 mph 89 / 99°F 69% 1006 mb
Low level cloud: 1%
Mid level cloud: 10%
High level cloud: 9%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
14%
Expect 0.01 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.01 In
17:30

SW
SW

 9 / 11 mph 89 / 100°F 73% 1007 mb
Low level cloud: 7%
Mid level cloud: 13%
High level cloud: 3%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
11%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
20:30

S
S

 7 / 9 mph 86 / 97°F 78% 1009 mb
Low level cloud: 10%
Mid level cloud: 15%
High level cloud: 4%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
15%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
The 7 day weather forecast summary for Puttalam:

Taking a look at Puttalam over the coming week and the average daytime maximum temperature will be around 31°C, with a high for the week of 32°C expected on the of Monday 28th. The mean minimum temperature will be 28°C, dipping to its lowest on the morning of Monday 28th at 27°C. The coming week will have mostly dry days although Sunday is likely to see a little rain. The indicators are that Sunday 28th will have the most precipitation with an accumulation of around 3.0mm. 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