Sunny, hazy atmosphere, cloudy skies to prevail on Thursday – NiMet

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency has predicted sunny and hazy weather conditions over the central states of the country on Thursday.
NiMet made the prediction in the Weather Outlook by its Central Forecast Office in Abuja on Wednesday.
It added that the region would have day and night temperature of 36 to 37 degrees Celsius and 17 to 22 degrees Celsius, respectively, except over Jos with 28 and 13 degrees Celsius.
The agency predicted that the Southern states would experience cloudy to partly cloudy skies over most parts of the inland with localised rain showers over coastal cities in the morning.
It also predicted chances of localised thunderstorms over coastal cities of Yenogoa and Port Harcourt later in the day with day and night temperatures of 33 to 35 degrees Celsius and 22 to 25 degrees Celsius, respectively.
According to NiMet, northern states will experience dust haze conditions with reduced horizontal visibility range of two to five kilometres and localised visibility of 1000m throughout the forecast period.
NiMet predicted: “The region will also have day and night temperatures of 32 to 36 degrees Celsius and 10 to 21 degrees Celsius respectively during the forecast period.
“Dusty and hazy conditions are still expected over the north with prospects of cloudy to partly cloudy conditions over the south in the next 24 hours.”