NAN-AE-7
Weather
By Sumaila Ogbaje
Abuja, Sept. 23, 2016 (NAN) The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted cloudy weather conditions over the central states of the country on Saturday.
In the NiMet’s Weather Outlook issued by its Central Forecast Office (CFO) on Friday in Abuja, cities like Abuja, Lokoja Minna, Ibi , Lafia and Markudi would experience early morning isolated thunderstorms.
It added that localised thunderstorms would prevail over Abuja, Kaduna, Bauchi, Jos and Gombe in the afternoon and evening hours with maximum temperatures of 29 to 31 degrees Celsius.
The Agency predicted that the southern states would experience localised rains and showers over the entire coast in the morning with maximum temperatures of 29 to 33 degrees Celsius.
It also predicted that inland and coastal cities of Lagos, Asaba, Calabar and Port Harcourt, Oshogbo, Ilorin, Ibadan, Enugu and Awka would experience localised rains during the afternoon and evening hours.
NiMet also predicted that northern states would experience cloudy conditions over most parts in the morning with thunderstorms over Kano, Katsina and Yelwa.
It added that partly cloudy conditions and localised thunderstorms would prevail over Sokoto and Gusau, Nguru and Maiduguri in the afternoon and evening hours with maximum temperatures of 30 to 35 degrees Celsius. (NAN)
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(Edited by Morayo Omolade/Hadiza Mohammed-Aliyu)