The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) issued a warning yesterday that heavy rainfall is expected today in Delta, Bayelsa, Lagos, Ogun, Rivers, Taraba, and 9 other states.
They also mentioned the likelihood of extremely high temperatures in some northern states over the next three days, and that very strong winds could impact 13 states.
This information is part of the Multi-Hazard Impact-Based Weather Forecast Bulletin issued yesterday, which covers the weather conditions from today until Thursday.
On the rainfall pattern, the bulletin stated: “Moderate to heavy rainfall is expected over parts of Kwara, Osun, Ekiti, Ondo, Ogun, Lagos, Edo, Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers, Imo, Abia, Akwa Ibom, Taraba, and Cross River States on Tuesday (0000 – 2359hrs).
“Low to moderate rainfall is also expected over parts of Kaduna, the FCT, Nasarawa, Plateau, Anambra, Kogi, Benue, Ebonyi, Oyo and Adamawa states.
“There are good chances of moderate to heavy rainfall anticipated on Wednesday (0000 – 2359hrs) over parts of Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers, Imo, Cross River, Abia, and Akwa Ibom states.
“Low to moderate rainfall is expected over parts of Kwara, Oyo, Ogun, Osun, Ondo, Lagos, Edo, Anambra, Enugu and Ebonyi states.
“Moderate to heavy rainfall is anticipated on Thursday (0000 – 2359hrs), over parts of Benue, Cross River, Akwa Ibom and Taraba States.
“Low to moderate rainfall is expected over parts of Kaduna, the FCT, Nasarawa, Oyo, Osun, Ekiti, Ondo, Kogi, Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers, Abia, Edo and Ebonyi State.”
For the temperature, the bulletin stated: “During this day (0000 – 2359hrs Tuesday), there are good chances of extremely-high temperatures (top one per cent) over parts of Borno, Adamawa, Taraba, Yobe, Bauchi, Gombe, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, and Zamfara states.
“Good chances of very-high temperatures (top three per cent) are expected over parts of Sokoto, Kebbi, Niger, Kwara and Plateau states.
“Elsewhere in the country, there is little or no chance of temperature-related hazards.
“On Wednesday (0000 – 2359hrs), there are high chances of extremely-high temperatures (top one per cent) over parts of Borno, Yobe, Adamawa, Bauchi, Gombe, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina and Niger states.
“There are good chances of very high temperatures (top three per cent) over parts of Sokoto, Kebbi, Niger, Kwara, the FCT, Zamfara, Taraba and Plateau states.
“Elsewhere in the country, there is little or no chance of temperature-related hazards.
“Parts of Borno, Adamawa, Yobe, Gombe, Bauchi, Jigawa, Kano, Kaduna, Katsina, Zamfara and Niger states have good chances of extremely-high temperatures (top one per cent) on the third day (0000 – 2359hrs Wednesday).
“There are also good chances of Very High-temperatures (top three per cent) expected over parts of Sokoto, Kebbi, Kwara, the FCT, Plateau, Taraba and Lagos states.
“Elsewhere in the country, there is little or no chance of temperature-related hazards.”
Regarding the wind pattern, NiMet has reported that over the next two days, there is a high probability of very strong winds impacting regions within Borno, Adamawa, Gombe, Yobe, Bauchi, Jigawa, Plateau, Nasarawa, Taraba, Kwara, Kogi, Enugu, and Benue states. Additionally, the agency has indicated that parts of Katsina, Kano, Kaduna, Niger, Oyo, Osun, Ogun, Lagos, Ondo, Edo, Delta, Anambra, Imo, Abia, Akwa Ibom, Ebonyi, and Cross River states could experience a moderate risk of hazards due to strong winds.
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