Weather
By Sumaila Ogbaje
Abuja, May 23, 2018 (NAN) The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted cloudy weather conditions over the Central States of the country on Thursday morning with prospect of isolated thunderstorms over Jalingo, Mambila Plateau and Ibi.
NiMet’s Weather Outlook by its Central Forecast Office in Abuja on Wednesday also predicted day and night temperatures in the range of 20 to 36 and 16 to 26 degrees Celsius, respectively.
It added that localised thunderstorms were expected over places like Jos, Bauchi, Abuja, Kaduna and Lafia axis during the afternoon and evening hours.
The agency predicted that the southern states would experience increase cloudiness with possibility of localised rain over the coastal cities and the inland areas of the South east in the morning hours.
It also predicted localised rain showers over the region in the afternoon and evening hours with day and night temperatures in the range of 30 to 36 and 20 to 26 degrees Celsius, respectively.
According to NiMet, Northern states would experience cloudy to partly cloudy conditions morning hours with day and night temperatures in the ranges of 33 to 40 and 24 to 28 degrees Celsius, respectively.
“There are prospects of isolated thunderstorms over places like Maiduguri, Yola and Nguru axis during the afternoon and evening period.
“Cloudy conditions with prospects of isolated thunderstorms and rain showers are expected to prevail over the country in the next 24 hours,” NiMet predicts. (NAN)
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Edited by Felix Nwadioha/Ismail Abdulaziz