Sri Lanka's Weather and Climate

Sri Lanka's position on the Earth lies within the tropical zone, close to the equator. Combine that with a land mass that is surrounded in water and you get a tropical paradise. The distance away from the equator or ITCZ is the first step to understanding why the temperature and precipitation in Sri Lanka is what it is today. Being 5-10 degrees way from the ITCZ, or largest incoming solar radiation point, the fluctuation of temperature is not high as you can see in the climograph below.

Sri Lankan Climograph
http://www.puttalam.climatemps.com/graph.php

Elevation plays a role in the precipitation in Sri Lanka

Annual Rainfall in Sri Lanka
http://www.meteo.gov.lk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=106&Itemid=81&

Sri Lanka has four seasons, naturally fluctuating between wet and dry seasons of the different regions in Sri Lanka. 

First Intermonsoon Season is from March through April.

Southwest Monsoon season is from May to September- The Yala monsoon hits the southern and western half of the island..

Second intermonsoon season is from October to November

Northeast Moonsoon season is from December through February, while the island is getting hit by the Maha monsoons. This increases the precipitation of the Northern and Eastern parts of Sri Lanka. 

These seasons do fluxuate the temperature in Sri Lanka, but they mainly the amount of precipitation.

Seasonal Rainfall
http://www.meteo.gov.lk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=106&Itemid=81&

Monsoons can be influenced by the wind directions which can either be sourced from the Bay of Bangel

Sri 

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=81833

http://eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/81000/81833/SriLanka_amo_2013099_lrg.jpg

Well, I just flew into the fascinating Sanibel Island, Flordia, so the physical geography of a completely new region for me is now going to be discovered. 

Works Cited

http://www.accuweather.com/en/lk/national/satellite

http://www.weather-forecast.com/maps/Sri-Lanka?over=arrows&symbols=none&type=cloud

http://www.worldtravelguide.net/sri-lanka/weather-climate-geography

http://www.meteo.gov.lk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=106&Itemid=81&