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Weather
By Sumaila Ogbaje
Abuja, Dec. 1, 2016 (NAN) The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted hazy weather conditions over the central states with day and night temperatures of 31 to 38 degrees Celsius and 13 to 23 degrees Celsius respectively on Friday.
NiMet made the prediction in the Weather Outlook issued by its Central Forecast Office in Abuja on Thursday.
The agency predicted that the southern states would experience cloudy skies over the entire inland and the coast in the morning with chances of isolated thunder storms over Port Harcourt, Yenegoa and Eket.
It also predicted isolated thunderstorms over Oshogbo, Ado-Ekiti, Ibadan, Akure, Lagos, Warri, Yenegoa, Port Harcourt and Eket later in the day with day and night time temperatures of 32 to 36 degrees and 21 to 23 degrees Celsius respectively.
According to NiMet, the northern states will experience dust haze in moderate visibility of three to five kilometres throughout the forecast period.
“The region will also have day and night time temperatures of 34 to 39 degrees Celsius and 15 to 22 degrees Celsius respectively.
“Dust haze conditions though in moderate visibility should be expected over the north while some places over the south have prospects of isolated thunderstorms in the next 24 hours,” NiMet predicted. (NAN)
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