The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted thunderstorms and cloudiness from Thursday.

NiMet’s weather outlook released on Wednesday in Abuja predicted thunderstorms over parts of Southern Kaduna, Borno, and Taraba states in the morning hours on Thursday.

It further predicted thunderstorms over parts of Adamawa, Taraba, Sokoto, Katsina, Yobe, Borno, Bauchi, Jigawa, Kano, Katsina, and Kebbi states in the afternoon and evening hours.

According to it, cloudy skies with prospects of scattered rains are anticipated over parts of Plateau and the Federal Capital Territory in the morning hours.

“Later in the day, there are prospects of thunderstorms over parts of Plateau, Kwara, Nasarawa, Kogi, Benue, Niger, and the Federal Capital Territory.

“The Inland and the Coastal cities of the South are expected to be under cloudy skies with rain showers over parts of Ogun, Ondo, Edo, Rivers, Cross River, and Akwa Ibom state during the morning hours.

“Rains are expected over parts of Enugu, Ondo, Imo, Osun, Abia, Anambra, Ogun, Delta, Cross River, Rivers, Bayelsa, and Akwa Ibom in the afternoon and evening hours, “ it said.

According to NiMet, cloudy skies with spells of sunshine are expected over the Northern region in the morning hours on Friday.

The agency anticipated thunderstorms over parts of Taraba, Adamawa, Kano, Katsina, Kaduna, Kebbi, Zamfara, Gombe, Bauchi, Kaduna, and Borno states later in the day.

“Cloudy skies are anticipated over the Northcentral region in the morning hours with prospects of isolated rains over parts of the Federal Capital Territory, Plateau, and Benue state.

“ Thunderstorms are expected over parts of Plateau, Nasarawa, Niger, Benue, and Kogi state in the afternoon period.

“ Cloudy skies are expected over the Inland and the Coastal cities of the South with few spots of rain over parts of Imo, Enugu, Abia, Cross River, Bayelsa, Edo and Rivers state in the morning hours, “ it said.

NiMet envisaged rains over parts of Ogun, Ondo, Oyo, Imo, Enugu, Ebonyi, Delta, Cross River, Rivers, Bayelsa, and Akwa Ibom in the afternoon period.

The agency forecast cloudy skies with intervals of sunshine over the Northern region on Saturday with chances of thunderstorms over parts of Sokoto, Zamfara, Kebbi, and Kaduna in the morning hours.

It further forecasts thunderstorms over Adamawa, Borno, Kano, Katsina, Kaduna, Bauchi, Gombe, and Taraba during the afternoon and evening hours.

“ The Northcentral region should be cloudy in the morning hours with prospects of rains over parts of Plateau, Benue, FCT, and Nasarawa state during the afternoon and evening hours.

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“The Inland and the Coastal cities of the South should be predominately cloudy in the morning hours with chances of rains over parts of Rivers, Bayelsa and Lagos state.

“ Later in the day, rains are anticipated over Imo, Ebonyi, Enugu, Oyo, Ondo, Lagos, Cross River, Rivers, and Akwa Ibom State, “ it said.