Sri Lanka, Jan. 10 -- The Department of Meteorology states that the deep depression over the southwest Bay of Bengal was located about 100 km north-northeast of Trincomalee at 4:00 a.m. today (10 January).

It is moving northwestwards and is likely to weaken into a depression by around 5:30 a.m. today, the Met. Department said.

It is very likely to cross the Sri Lanka coast between Trincomalee and Jaffna around noon.

Cloudy skies can be expected over the northern half of the island.

Showers or thundershowers will occur at times in the Northern Province and in the Puttalam, Anuradhapura, and Trincomalee districts.

Heavy rainfall above 100 mm is likely at some places in the Northern Province, it added.

Several spells of showers may occ...