NiMet issues thunderstorm forecast for Lagos, FCT, Kaduna, and more

• NiMet has forecast thunderstorms and rainfall crossed astir parts of Nigeria from Sunday to Tuesday, informing of imaginable beardown winds
• States successful the North, Central, and South—including Lagos, Kaduna, FCT, Rivers, and Zamfara—are expected to acquisition greeting and evening downpours
• The bureau advised residents to instrumentality precautions and urged airlines to program flights astir real-time upwind updates for safety

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has projected a agelong of thunderstorms and rainfall apt to impact assorted regions crossed the state from Sunday done Tuesday.

The forecast signals imaginable disruptions arsenic some bluish and confederate states brace for shifting upwind patterns and varying intensities of rainfall.

Nimet predicts scary upwind conditions for Nigerian states
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According to the connection released connected Saturday, the upwind outlook anticipates aboriginal greeting thunderstorms connected Sunday successful respective confederate states, including Oyo, Ogun, Ondo, Ekiti, Ebonyi, and Lagos, alongside parts of Taraba and Adamawa successful the northeast.

These upwind events are expected to widen into the day and evening, impacting areas specified arsenic Katsina, Kano, Zamfara, Kaduna, and Bauchi with persistent rainfall and lightning activity.

FCT among states captured

The cardinal region, peculiarly the Federal Capital Territory, Niger, Kwara, and Kogi states, is besides predicted to acquisition evening thunderstorms.

In the confederate coastal belt, states similar Cross River, Rivers, Delta, and Bayelsa volition witnesser intermittent rainfall, intensifying aboriginal successful the day.

Monday’s upwind is expected to travel a akin pattern, with greeting showers successful parts of Akwa Ibom, Rivers, Bayelsa, and Cross River.

Northern states including Sokoto, Zamfara, and Bauchi whitethorn acquisition thunderstorms during the aboriginal hours, portion cardinal states specified arsenic Benue, Nasarawa, and the FCT could besides look important rainfall by afternoon.

Morning rainfall predicted for Niger

On Tuesday, NiMet projects isolated thunderstorms with mean rainfall implicit bluish locations similar Zamfara and Kaduna. Morning rains are besides expected to expanse crossed the north-central zone, affecting Niger, Kogi, and the Federal Capital Territory.

By afternoon, thunderstorms are predicted successful Plateau, Kwara, and Nasarawa.

The bureau has advised the wide nationalist to stay alert and instrumentality indispensable precautions, peculiarly successful areas prone to beardown winds that often precede thunderstorms.

Residents are urged to debar flooded areas, unafraid escaped objects, and trim outdoor activities during stormy conditions.

NiMet besides called connected aviation operators to marque usage of the latest upwind advisories to negociate formation schedules and guarantee rider safety, stressing the value of due readying successful airy of the predicted turbulent upwind conditions.

States that volition acquisition much rainy days

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMET) has released a list of states that volition acquisition the highest fig of rainy days successful 2025, ranging betwixt 250 and 290 days.

NiMET projected that Lagos, Delta, Bayelsa, Cross River, Rivers, and Akwa Ibom states volition grounds 250 rainy days.

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Source: Legit.ng