Sri Lanka, July 27 -- A slight increase in rainfall is expected in the southwestern part of the island over the next few days, beginning tomorrow (28), the Department of Meteorology said.

According to the department's weather forecast issued at 5.30 a.m. today (27), several spells of showers are expected in the Western, Sabaragamuwa and North Western provinces, as well as in the Galle, Matara, Kandy and Nuwara Eliya districts.

Showers or thundershowers may also occur at a few places in the Uva Province and the Batticaloa and Ampara districts after 2.00 p.m.

Mainly dry weather is expected to prevail over the rest of the island.

Meanwhile, fairly strong winds of 40-50 kmph can be expected at times over the western slopes of the central ...