nStation » Sri Lanka http://nstation.org Online existence, portfolio and journal of Nadeeshyama Talagala. Sun, 10 Jul 2011 07:33:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Department of Meteorology, Sri Lanka http://nstation.org/blog/department-of-meteorology-sri-lanka http://nstation.org/blog/department-of-meteorology-sri-lanka#comments Fri, 31 Aug 2007 12:16:02 +0000 Nadee http://n.talagala.org/2007/08/31/department-of-meteorology-sri-lanka/ Raininghttp://www.meteo.slt.lk is the Department of Meteorology website. Although the website is poorly (or perhaps badly) designed, it has all the weather related information on Sri Lanka. Detailed information on Sri Lanka weather, forecasts, statistical information and warnings are available freely. To my knowledge recent forecasts from the department has been somewhat accurate compared to those days where the common understanding was “if the forecast say it’d rain, one may leave the umbrella home”.

As I mentioned earlier the site is poorly designed and you have to dig deeper to find useful information. For instance the weather forecast for today is two-levels deep from the home page; which is in my opinion should be on the first page itself. However the website provides useful weather related information on Sri Lanka which is not readily available from other online weather sites. What’s more interesting is that some of the vital information is posted in Sinhalese (as an image though).

It’s a pity that this website isn’t popular and wide spread in the society. Undoubtedly many Sri Lankans and foreigners can equally benefit from this service and the authoritys should leverage and promote this website to enhance its quality.

Some useful links from the Department of Meteorology website

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