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Weather
By Sumaila Ogbaje
Abuja, Nov. 8, 2016 (NAN) The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted dust haze weather conditions over the central states of the country on Wednesday.
NiMet gave the prediction in the Weather Outlook by its Central Forecast Office (CFO) on Tuesday in Abuja.
It stated that the region would have reduced visibility of about two to five kilometres with maximum temperatures of 27 to 37 degrees Celsius.
The agency predicted that the southern states would experience cloudy to partly cloudy conditions in the morning, with maximum temperatures of 32 to 34 degrees Celsius.
It also predicted that localosed thunderstorms were likely over Asaba, Awka, Enugu, Ikom, Obudu, Uyo, Eket and Owerri axis in the afternoon and evening hours.
According to NiMet, northern states will experience dust haze conditions with chances of reduced horizontal visibility of about two to five kilometres with maximum temperatures of 32 to 37 degrees Celsius.
“Dust haze is expected over the north and central cities, reducing horizontal visibility with increased dryness over the country.
“However, partly cloudy conditions is expected over parts of the south with isolated thunderstorms in few cities in the next 24 hours,’’ NiMet predicted. (NAN)
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Edited by Hadiza Mohammed-Aliyu