The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) says there will be thunderstorms and rains from Wednesday to Friday across the country.
News About Nigeria reports that the agency predictions were disclosed in its weather outlook released on Tuesday,
According to NiMet, thunderstorms will impact some parts of Borno, Adamawa, Taraba, Yobe, Katsina, Sokoto and Kaduna States during the morning hours on Wednesday in the northern region.
The agency said the thunderstorms are also expected during afternoon and evening hours in some states.
The states are Kano, Borno, Katsina, Adamawa, Kaduna, Taraba, Zamfara, Kebbi and Jigawa.
The agency further said that 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.
NiMet also predicted expected rains over parts of Enugu, Ebonyi, Abia, Anambra, Edo, Ekiti, Oyo, Rivers, Cross River, Delta and Akwa Ibom States later in the day.
The agency predicted thunderstorms during the Friday morning hours in parts of Adamawa and Taraba states.
“We envisaged thunderstorms over parts of Taraba, Borno, Gombe, Bauchi, Adamawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina and Zamfara States later in the day,” NiMet said.
“Rains are expected over parts of Nasarawa and Niger during the morning hours in the North Central region.
“Later in the day, localised thunderstorms are expected over parts of Kogi, the Federal Capital Territory, Kwara and Niger States.
“In the southern cities, cloudy skies are expected in the morning hours. Later in the day, thunderstorms are anticipated over the Inland cities with prospects of intermittent rains over the Coastal cities.”
The weather agency equally cautioned residents to avoid flood-prone areas and take precautions due to high likelihood of urban flooding and strong winds preceding heavy downpours and thunderstorms in major cities.
Airline operators were also advised to avail themselves of weather reports from NiMet for effective planning.
