The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted cloudiness and sunshine across the country from Monday to Wednesday.

NiMet on Sunday in Abuja predicted cloudy skies with intervals of sunshine over the northern parts on Monday.

It stated that there would be prospects of isolated thunderstorms in Gombe, Borno, Taraba, Adamawa and Kaduna in the morning hours. Thunderstorms are anticipated in Taraba, Adamawa, Kaduna, Borno, Yobe, Kebbi, Jigawa, Sokoto, Katsina and Kano later in the day.

Cloudy skies are anticipated in the North-Central and thunderstorms in Plateau, Benue, Nasarawa, Kogi, Niger, the FCT and Kwara in the morning, afternoon and evening hours.

The inland and coastal cities of the South (in Enugu, Ogun, Ondo, Edo, Ebonyi, Anambra, Oyo, Imo, Abia, Lagos, Cross River, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Rivers and Delta) are likely to be cloudy with the prospect of thunderstorms in the morning and later in the day. 

NiMet said the atmosphere would be cloudy on Tuesday with sunshine intervals over the North and that there would likely be thunderstorms in Taraba, Adamawa, Bauchi, Gombe and Kaduna in the morning hours.

“Later in the day, thunderstorms are anticipated over parts of Taraba, Adamawa, Kaduna, Borno, Yobe, Kebbi, Jigawa, Sokoto, Katsina and Kano. Isolated thunderstorms are anticipated over parts Plateau, Benue, Nasarawa, Niger, the FCT and Kwara in the morning and afternoon hours,” it added.

The agency also predicted that the inland and coastal cities of the South would be cloudy with chances of rains in Ebonyi, Abia, Ondo, Osun, Cross River, Lagos, Bayelsa and Akwa Ibom in the morning hours or later in the day.

On Wednesday, cloudy skies with sunshine intervals are anticipated over the northern parts, with pockets of thunderstorms over parts of Zamfara and Taraba in the morning hours, according to NiMet.

The agency envisaged isolated thunderstorms in Bauchi, Jigawa, Taraba, Kaduna and Kano later in the day.

“Isolated thunderstorms are envisaged over parts of Kwara, Kogi, the FCT and Niger during the morning hours. Later in the day, thunderstorms are anticipated over parts of Kwara, Kogi and Plateau,” it added. “The inland and coastal cities of the south should be cloudy with prospects of thunderstorms in the morning, afternoon and evening hours.”

Also to be affected are Ebonyi, Ondo, Ekiti, Anambra, Enugu, Edo, Delta, Cross River, Lagos, Bayelsa, Akwa Ibom and Rivers.

(NAN)