The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), has predicted partly cloudy to hazy weather conditions over the Central States of the country on Saturday, October 21, 2017.
NiMet’s Weather Outlook by its Central Forecast Office (CFO), on Friday in Abuja also predicted day and night temperatures in the range of 32 to 36 and 15 to 26 degrees Celsius respectively.
The agency predicted that the Southern States would experience partly cloudy to cloudy condition over the inland cities with prospects of localised thunderstorms over Obudu, Ogoja, Ikom, Calabar, Eket, Port-Harcourt, Yenegoa during the morning.
It also predicted mist over Ijebu-Ode and Lagos with chances of localised thunderstorms over Akure, Oshogbo , Ado-Ekiti, Enugu, Awka, Abakaliki, Owerri, Ijebu-Ode, Lagos, Calabar, Eket, Port-Harcourt, Yenegoa and Uyo during afternoon and evening.
NiMet added that the southern region would have day and night temperatures in the range of 29 to 33 and 21 to 25 degrees Celsius respectively.
According to NiMet, Northern states will experience sunny and hazy conditions throughout the forecast period with day and night temperatures in the ranges of 34 to 37 and 16 to 21 degrees Celsius respectively.
“Sunny and hazy conditions are expected over the Northern states while partly cloudy to hazy conditions are anticipated over the central cities.
“Cloudy and localised thunderstorms conditions are not unlikely over the southern cities in the next 24 hours,’’ NiMet predicted.