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Latest Weather Alert: NiMet forecasts three-day rain, thunderstorms

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency has predicted rain and thunderstorms from Monday to Wednesday across the country.

• July 14, 2025
Rains used to tell the story
Rain used to tell the story

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency has predicted rain and thunderstorms from Monday to Wednesday across the country.

NiMet’s weather outlook, released on Sunday, envisaged thunderstorms with moderate rainfall during the morning hours over parts of Yobe, Kano, Jigawa, and Bauchi.

According to it, the remaining parts of the region will be sunny with patches of clouds.

Thunderstorms with moderate rains are expected during the afternoon or evening hours over parts of Adamawa, Taraba, Zamfara, Kebbi, Bauchi, Borno, Jigawa, and Yobe. For the central region, cloudy skies with sunny intervals are expected during the morning hours, according to NiMet.

In afternoon or evening hours, thunderstorms with moderate rains are anticipated over parts of Plateau, Nasarawa, Kogi, Benue, and Niger.

The agency forecasted cloudy skies over the southern region, with prospects of light rain over parts of Anambra, Abia, Ebonyi, Imo, Bayelsa, Delta, Cross River, Akwa Ibom, and Rivers during the morning hours. It predicted moderate rain to continue into the afternoon or evening hours.

According to the forecast, there are prospects of thunderstorms on Tuesday with moderate rainfall over parts of Adamawa, Gombe, and Kaduna during the morning hours in the northern region.

It forecasted thunderstorms with moderate rainfall during the afternoon or evening hours over parts of Sokoto, Kebbi, Katsina, Kano, Bauchi, Gombe, Adamawa, Taraba, Yobe, Jigawa, Borno, and Zamfara.

For the central region, morning thunderstorms with light to moderate rains are anticipated over parts of Plateau and Nasarawa. Afternoon or evening thunderstorms with moderate to heavy rains are anticipated over most parts of the region.

For the southern region, there are chances of morning rains over parts of Abia, Ebonyi, Imo, Anambra, Enugu, Edo, Ondo, Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Rivers, and Bayelsa. The agency anticipated moderate to heavy rains over the entire region during the afternoon or evening periods.

NiMet predicted morning thunderstorms on Wednesday with rain over parts of Taraba, Jigawa, Kebbi, Kano, Katsina, and Kaduna. It forecast thunderstorms with moderate rain over parts of Kebbi, Zamfara, Adamawa, Taraba, Kaduna, Borno, and Yobe later in the day.

For the central region, there are chances of thunderstorms with moderate rains over parts of Abuja, Benue, Plateau, Kwara, Kogi, Nasarawa, and Niger. Thunderstorms with moderate rains are expected over parts of Abuja, Nasarawa, Plateau, and Benue during the afternoon to evening periods.

For the southern region, there are prospects of morning coastal rains over parts of Cross River, Delta, Akwa Ibom, and Bayelsa during the morning hours.

According to it, the remaining parts are expected to be cloudy. Moderate to heavy rains are expected across the Southern region during the afternoon or evening periods.

NiMet urged the public to take adequate precautions as strong winds might precede the rains in areas where thunderstorms are likely to occur.

(NAN)

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