Nigerian Meteorological Agency(NiMet) has predicted thunderstorms and rainfall across the country from Wednesday to Friday.
Gatekeepers News reports that weather outlook released by NiMet on Tuesday showed that thunderstorms will occur during the morning hours over parts of Borno, Adamawa, Taraba, Yobe, Katsina, Sokoto, and Kaduna states.
Thunderstorms are expected later in the day over parts of Kano, Borno, Katsina, Adamawa, Kaduna, Taraba, Zamfara, Kebbi, and Jigawa states.
The forecast goes, “In the North Central region, thunderstorms are anticipated over parts of the Federal Capital Territory, Nasarawa and Niger states during the morning hours.”
“Later in the day, thunderstorms are anticipated over parts of the Federal Capital Territory, Nasarawa, Benue, Kogi, Niger and Kwara states.”
“In the southern region, thunderstorms are expected over parts of Oyo, Osun, Ekiti, Ogun, Ondo, Lagos, Edo, Delta, Cross River and Akwa Ibom states during the morning hours.”
The agency said intermittent rains will occur in parts of Enugu, Ebonyi, Abia, Anambra, Edo, Ekiti, Oyo, Rivers, Cross River, Delta, and Akwa Ibom later in the day.
NiMet also predicted morning thunderstorms in parts of Taraba and Adamawa states on Friday.
The agency urged residents to avoid flood-prone areas, as strong winds may precede the rains in areas where thunderstorms are likely to occur.
It said, “In the north central region, rains are anticipated over parts of Plateau and Benue states during the morning hours.”
“In the afternoon/evening hours, thunderstorms are anticipated over parts of the Federal Capital Territory, Nasarawa, Kogi, Niger, Kwara and Benue states.”
“Later in the day, localised thunderstorms are expected over parts of Kogi, the Federal Capital Territory, Kwara and Niger states.”
NiMet also urged airline operators to avail themselves of weather reports from NiMet for effective planning.
