The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has forecasted sunshine and haziness across the nation from Monday to Wednesday.
According to NiMet’s weather outlook issued on Sunday in Abuja, sunny and hazy conditions are expected on Monday across regions in Yobe, Jigawa, Kano, and Katsina states throughout the forecast period. There is also a possibility of morning thunderstorms in parts of Taraba state.
“However, localised thunderstorms are expected over parts of Kaduna, Bauchi, Zamfara, Kebbi, and Taraba states.
“Cloud patches with sunshine intervals are expected over the North Central region, with chances of localised thunderstorms over parts of the Federal Capital Territory, Kwara, Benue, and Kogi states during the morning hours.
“In the afternoon/evening period, localised thunderstorms are anticipated over parts of the Federal Capital Territory, Plateau, Nasarawa, Benue, Kogi, Kwara, and Niger states,” it said.
The agency expects cloudy skies interspersed with sunshine across the inland southern states and the coastal areas.
It also foresees the possibility of localized thunderstorms over parts of Ogun, Oyo, Edo, Delta, Bayelsa, Cross River, and Akwa Ibom states in the morning hours.
NiMet forecasts localized thunderstorms later in the day over parts of Imo, Abia, Ondo, Osun, Ekiti, Oyo, Rivers, Edo, Cross River, Akwa Ibom, Lagos, Bayelsa, Rivers, and Delta states.
For Tuesday morning, sunny skies with a few clouds are predicted over the northern region.
“Later in the day, localised thunderstorms are expected over parts of Kaduna, Taraba, Zamfara, and Kebbi states. The North Central region is expected to be cloudy with sunshine intervals.
“Also, with chances of localised thunderstorms over parts of Kogi, Nasarawa, Benue, and the Federal Capital Territory during the morning hours,” it said.
NiMet predicted localized thunderstorms over regions including Kogi, Plateau, the Federal Capital Territory, Niger, Kwara, Benue, and Nasarawa states later in the day.
It anticipated cloudy skies interspersed with sunshine across the inland southern states and the coastal areas, with chances of isolated thunderstorms over parts of Enugu, Imo, Anambra, Ebonyi, Rivers, Cross River, and Akwa Ibom states in the morning hours.
NiMet also forecast localized thunderstorms over parts of Imo, Abia, Enugu, Anambra, Edo, Ondo, Oyo, Osun, Ogun, Ekiti, Delta, Rivers, Cross River, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, and Lagos states.
For Wednesday morning, the agency envisaged a sunny atmosphere with patches of cloud over the northern region.
“Later in the day, localised thunderstorms are expected over parts of Taraba and Kaduna states. Cloudy skies with intervals of sunshine are expected over the North Central region during the morning hours.
“In the afternoon/evening period, localised thunderstorms are anticipated over parts of the Federal Capital Territory, Nasarawa, Plateau, and Niger states. A cloudy atmosphere is expected over the southern region during the morning hours.
“Later in the day, thunderstorms are expected over the entire region,” it said.
NiMet urged the public to take adequate precaution as strong winds might precede the rains in areas where thunderstorms were likely to occur.
The agency advised the airline operators to get updated weather reports and forecasts from NiMet for effective planning in their operations.