Weatherman predicts dust haze, sunshine and thunderstorms

Posted by Mayowa Okekale, Abuja | 28 October 2017 | 1,864 times

•Dust haze

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has made the following predictions about the country’s weather condition for Saturday, October 28, 2017:

NORTHERN STATES: Dust haze condition is expected to persist in poor horizontal visibility range of 2 - 5 kilometres and less than or equal to 1,000 metres in few cities such as Maiduguri and Katsina throughout the forecast period. Day and night temperature values are expected to be in the range of 32 – 39℃ and 16 – 21℃ respectively.

CENTRAL STATES: The northern half of the region will experience sunny and hazy conditions, while places like Lokoja, Makurdi, Lafia and Ilorin are expected to be partly cloudy during the forecast hours. Day and night temperature values are expected to be in the range of 32 – 35℃ and 17 – 25℃, except over Jos where 28℃ and 14℃ respectively are expected.

SOUTHERN STATES: Cloudy to partly cloudy situation is anticipated over the inland and the coastal cities in the morning with exception of Calabar and Eket where localised thunderstorms are expected. There are prospects of localised thunderstorms over cities such as Owerri, Awka, Enugu, Akure, Benin and Osogbo, including coastal areas like Port Harcourt, Yenagoa and Lagos during afternoon/evening hours. Day and night temperature values are expected to be in the range of 32 – 34℃ and 22 – 23℃ respectively.

Source: News Express