….people with health issues to take precaution
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency, NiMet has appealed to Airline operators to avail themselves of weather reports from NiMet for effective planning in their operations.
This has become necessary due to reported possible deterioration in horizontal visibility as a result of thick dust haze propagated into the country from the source region in Niger.
This appeal is coming on the heels of the report from the Central Forecast Office (CFO) of the Agency indicates that “favourable conditions for Dust-Haze propagations into the nation will worsen horizontal visibility.
Alhaji Muntari Yusuf Ibrahim, GM/PR NiMet in a statement says, stations in Niger (Maine-Soroa, Goure, Maradi , N-guigmi, Diffa and 61091) and Chad (Ndjamena) have both persistently reported Dust-Haze with poor horizontal visibility.
“Dust-Haze with poor horizontal visibility. Strong winds at 800m is expected to transport the dust to the country, particularly the North and North-central regions, in the next few hours”.
NiMet also explains that, satellite images obtained indicates that In the next 24 hours, there are prospects of “THICK DUST HAZE (In poor horizontal visibility, less than1000m) over Katsina, Kano, Yobe, Bauchi, Gombe, Jigawa, Borno and Adamawa.
While other Northern and North central states are expected to report MODERATE DUST-HAZE (visibility of 2–5km). This weather condition is expected to persist for the next 72hours and Day-Time Temperature (Max) over the country is expected to fall as a result of plume of dust.
While NiMet promises to continue to monitor the weather and provide updates when necessary advised the public to take necessary precautions due to dust particles presently in suspension over the atmosphere.
“Also, Individuals with respiratory ailments are advised to protect themselves as the current weather condition is not good for their health. Night-time cold temperatures should be expected so warm clothes are advised for little children”.
