Sunday, July 12, 2026

Weather Outlook: Hazy, sunny conditions expected between Monday-Wednesday

Nigerian Meteorological Agency gives forecast of this week’s weather outlook.

• November 15, 2020
NiMet
NiMet logo used to illustrate the story

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted haziness and sunshine from Monday to Wednesday across Nigeria.

NiMet’s weather outlook released on Sunday in Abuja predicted dust haze conditions with visibility range of 2km to 5km and localized visibility of less than 1000m over the northern part of the country on Monday morning and afternoon.

According to the agency, the North Central region is expected to be in sunny and hazy conditions throughout the forecast period.

“The inland and coastal cities of the south are expected to have patches of clouds with intervals of sunshine with slim prospects of thunderstorms over Delta and Bayelsa during the morning hours.

“There are also prospects of thunderstorms over parts of Edo, Imo, Ondo, Anambra, Obudu, Delta, Ijebu-Ode, Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Lagos, Bayelsa and Rivers during the afternoon and evening hours,” the forecast read.

The agency also forecast dust haze conditions with visibility range of 2km to 5km over the northern region throughout the forecast period on Tuesday.

It further forecast that the north central region to be in sunny and hazy conditions in the morning and afternoon and evening hours.

“The inland and coastal cities of the south are expected to have patches of clouds with sunshine intervals in the morning hours.

“There are prospects of few thunderstorms over parts of Obudu, Edo, Abeokuta, Ondo, Awka, Cross River, Lagos and Ijebu-Ode during afternoon and evening hours,” the outlook found.

According to NiMet, dust haze condition is expected over the northern region throughout the forecast period on Wednesday.

It envisaged the North Central region to be in sunny and hazy conditions during morning, afternoon and evening hours.

“Inland and coastal areas of the south are expected to have patches of clouds in the morning hours.

“Later in the day, few thunderstorms are expected over parts of Cross River and Akwa Ibom, ” said NiMet. 

(NAN)

We have recently deactivated our website's comment provider in favour of other channels of distribution and commentary. We encourage you to join the conversation on our stories via our Facebook, Twitter and other social media pages.

More from Peoples Gazette

farmers

Agriculture

FG tasks ECOWAS on leveraging financing strategies for agroecology

The federal government has urged stakeholders in the agriculture and finance sectors in the West Africa region to leverage financing strategies to enhance agroecology practices

Katsina State

Politics

Katsina youths pledge to deliver over 2 million votes to Atiku

“Katsina State is Atiku’s political base because it is his second home.”

Rashidi Ladoja

States

Olubadan lauds Tinubu on release of Oriire kidnap victims, urges rehabilitation

“As a follow-up to this development, the government must ensure that all communities bordering the National Park are fully secure,” he said.

Mojtaba Khamenei

Heading 1

Iran’s new supreme leader vows revenge over father’s assassination by U.S.-Israeli forces

“We pledge to avenge the blood of the martyred leader and all the martyrs of these two wars from the criminal and disgraced killers,” he said.

Heading 4

Trump administration subpoenas New York Times journalists over Air Force One story

The subpoenas seek to compel the reporters to testify before a federal grand jury in Manhattan.

Heading 2

Klopp agrees to replace Nagelsmann as Germany coach

Nagelsmann resigned last week as the men’s national team coach following Germany’s shocking exit from the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

NICRAT

Health

FG expands cancer funding, local drug production

“We are trying to domesticate expensive treatments by producing much-needed medicines locally and translating global research into action in our clinics,” he said.

Davido, Asake and Burna Boy

Heading 3

Remi Tinubu begs Asake, Davido, Burna Boy to come rescue poor Nigerians from hunger

The first lady stated that buying exotic cars is good, but noted that the singers can still establish foundations to assist the struggling population.