By Bisola Adeyemo
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) weather outlook released on Thursday predicted three days of cloudy skies sunshine and thunderstorm from Friday to Sunday across the country.
Few thunderstorms were predicted over parts of Kebbi, southern Yobe, Sokoto, Borno, Taraba, Bauchi and Adamawa, Sokoto, Yobe, Adamawa, Borno, Bauchi, Zamfara, Kaduna and Taraba in the afternoon and evening hours, while the Northcentral region should be predominately cloudy in the morning hours, the Nation reports.
“Later in the day, there are prospects of thunderstorms over parts of Kwara, Plateau, Niger and the Federal Capital Territory.
“The inland and coastal cities of the South are expected to be cloudy with intervals of sunshine with prospects of a few thunderstorms over Rivers, Bayelsa, Lagos and Ogun in the morning hours.
“Later in the day, thunderstorms are anticipated over Enugu, Imo, and Abia state. Also, parts of the coastal cities such as Rivers, Akwa Ibom and Bayelsa should expect similar weather activities,” it said.
“Later in the day, thunderstorms are anticipated over parts of Nassarawa, Kwara, Kogi and Niger state during the afternoon and evening hours.
“There is chances of few thunderstorms over Abia, Imo, Lagos and Ogun in the morning hours, and great chances of thunderstorms over Edo, Anambra, Osun, Ondo, Imo, Ekiti, Enugu, Ebony, Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Rivers, Bayelsa, Delta, Lagos and Ogun in the afternoon and evening hours,” it said.
In anticipation, partly cloudy skies with intervals of sunshine over the northern region in the morning hours on Sunday, as few thunderstorms were predicted over Sokoto, Bauchi, Gombe, Borno and Taraba during the afternoon and evening hours.
The agency envisaged scattered thunderstorms over parts Edo, Delta, Cross River, Lagos, Akwa Ibom, Rivers, Imo, Umuahia, Anambra, Lagos, Ondo, Oyo, Ekiti and Enugu and Ogun later in the day.