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Weather
By Sumaila Ogbaje
Abuja, April, 13, 2017 (NAN) The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), has predicted localised thunderstorms over the central states of Jos, Makurdi and Kaduna on Friday morning.
NiMet, in the Weather Outlook by the Central Forecast Office (CFO), on Thursday in Abuja also predicted localised thunderstorms over parts of Bida, Minna, Abuja, Lokoja, Ilorin in the afternoon and evening hours.
It added that the region would have day and night temperature of 29 to 38 and 18 to 27 degrees Celsius respectively.
The agency predicted that southern states would experience cloudy morning with prospects of thunderstorms over Lagos, Ijebu-ode and localised thunderstorms over the Inland cities during the afternoon and evening period.
It also predicted localised thunderstorms over the coastal cities throughout the forecast period with day and night temperatures of 31 to 36 and 22 to 25 degrees Celsius respectively.
According to NiMet, northern states will experience partly cloudy conditions with chances of localised thunderstorms over Kano, Zaria, Gombe and Bauchi during morning hours.
“There are also prospects of localised thunderstorms over Sokoto and Yelwa axis later in the day with day and night temperature of 32 to 41 and 23 to 29 degrees Celsius respectively.
“Due to high level of moisture in the atmosphere, there are chances of thunderstorm activities over most parts of the country in the next 24 hours,” NiMet predicted.(NAN)
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Edited by Martins Odeh/Felix Ajide
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