The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMET) has made the following predictions about the country’s weather condition for today, Wednesday February 8, 2017:

NORTHERN STATES: This region is anticipated to be under sunny and hazy conditions; however, dust haze condition with visibility range of 2-5km is anticipated over places like Kano, Zaria, Nguru, Yelwa and Minna in the next 24hours. Day and night temperature values are expected to be in the range of 31 – 39°C and 14 – 24°C respectively.

CENTRAL STATES: Sunny and hazy condition is expected to prevail over the central cities with exception of places like Minna, Bida and Abuja where dust haze condition with visibility range of 2-5km is anticipated during the forecast period. Day and night temperature values are expected to be in the range of 31 – 39°C and 14 – 24°C respectively.

SOUTHERN STATES: Hazy condition is anticipated over the inland cities of the south while Partly cloudy condition is anticipated over the coastal cities of the south during the forecast period, however places like Yenagoa, Port Harcourt, Owerri, Awka, Eket and Calabar axis are likely to experience isolated rain showers during the afternoon/evening hours. Day and night time temperatures are expected to be in the ranges of 32 – 36°C and 22 – 24°C respectively.