NAN-AE-19
Weather
By Sumaila Ogbaje
Abuja, Oct. 19, 2016 (NAN) The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted partly cloudy weather conditions over the central states of the country on Thursday morning.
According to NiMet’s Weather Outlook by its Central Forecast Office (CFO) on Wednesday in Abuja, there are prospects of localised thunderstorms over Jalingo and Yola during the morning hours.
It added that chances of isolated thunderstorms would prevail over Abuja, Jalingo, Lafia, Makurdi and their environs with day time temperatures of 30 to 33 degrees Celsius.
The agency predicted that the southern states would experience cloudy conditions with localized rains over Lagos, Calabar, Port Harcourt, Uyo, Eket and Warri in the morning hours.
It also predicted localised thunderstorms over the region in the afternoon and evening period with day time temperatures of 30 to 32 degrees Celsius.
NiMet predicted that northern states would experience partly cloudy conditions over Sokoto, Gusau and Yelwa with hazy conditions over Katsina, Kano, Dutse and Nguru in the morning.
It added that most of the northern cities were expected to be under sunny with clear sky later in the day with day time temperatures of 34 to 38 degrees Celsius. (NAN)
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Edited by Felix Ajide
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