{"id":5531,"date":"2026-04-06T06:38:50","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T01:08:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ceylontribune.com\/?p=5531"},"modified":"2026-04-06T06:38:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T01:08:50","slug":"sun-directly-over-parts-of-sri-lanka-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ceylontribune.com\/?p=5531","title":{"rendered":"Sun directly over parts of Sri Lanka today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Showers or thundershowers will occur at several places in Northern, Eastern, North-central, Central and Sabaragamuwa provinces and in Puttalam, Galle and Matara districts after 2.00 p.m, today (06), the Department of Meteorology said.<\/p>\n<p>Showers may occur in coastal areas of Western province and in the Puttalam and Jaffna districts in the morning.<\/p>\n<p>Misty conditions can be expected at some places in Central, Sabaragamuwa and Uva provinces and in Ampara district during the early hours of the morning, the Met. 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