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  • NiMet predicts cloudy, sunny weather on Saturday

    NiMet predicts cloudy, sunny weather on Saturday

    The Nigerian Meteorological Agency ( NiMet ) has predicted partly cloudy weather conditions over the central States of the county on Saturday.

    The agency said that the states would record 33 degrees Celsius to 41 degrees Celsius and 15 degrees Celsius to 24 degrees Celsius day and night temperatures.

    In the Weather Outlook by its Central Forecast Office in Abuja on Friday, it also predicted chances of thundery activities over Nassarawa, Ilorin, Minna, Bida, Abuja, Lokoja, Makurdi, and Lafia in the afternoon and evening.

    The agency predicted that southern States would experience partly cloudy conditions in the morning, with day and night temperatures in the range of 34 degrees Celsius to 38 degrees Celsius and 24 degrees Celsius to 27 degrees Celsius.

    It also stated that localised thunderstorms were probable over Shaki, Ado-Ekiti, Awka, Owerri, Umuahia, Oshogbo, Akure, Enugu and the coastal cities during the afternoon and evening.

    According to NiMet, Northern States will experience sunny and hazy conditions throughout the period with day and night temperatures in the range of 36 degrees Celsius to 40 degrees Celsius and 16 degrees Celsius to 20 degrees Celsius, respectively.

    “Sunny and hazy conditions are expected over the north with increase cloudiness over the central cities and prospects of thunderstorms activities over the south and part of central cities within the next 24 hours,” it predicted.

     

  • NIMET to Nigerians: Brace up for more hot days, nights

    NIMET to Nigerians: Brace up for more hot days, nights

    With the continual heat wave biting harder, the Nigerian Meteorological Agency ( NIMET ) has warned Nigerians to brace up for more hot days and warm Nights.
    In a letter addressed to the generality of the populace, Nigerians have been advised to take these following steps to battle dehydration.
    They have also been urged to develop smart adaptation techniques in order to survive the heat wave.

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    Here are eight ways Nigerians can combat the heat wave:
    1. Drinking more water to stay hydrated
    2. Keep a water bottle close by. This is to remind you to always take water. Carry it about always.
    3. Avoid alcohol and caffeinated drinks during this period. Reduce the sweet and juicy junks.
    4. Reduce food rich in protein. This is because they increase metabolic heat.
    5. Go natural. Eat lots of fresh foods, fruits and vegetables.
    6. Do health checkups. Monitor your blood pressure.
    7. Don’t go outside at noon. Stay indoors from 12 noon till 3pm
    8. Avoid warm baths at night. Take cold baths before you retire to bed
    Health is wealth. This heat wave will pass. In all, Nigerians have been advised to stay healthy and hydrated while this period lasts.
  • Expect moderate dust haze, cloudy weather – NiMet

    Expect moderate dust haze, cloudy weather – NiMet

    The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted moderate dust haze over the central States of the country today.

    NiMet’s weather outlook by its Central Forecast Office in Abuja yesterday also predicted day and night temperatures in the range of 27 to 36 and 11 to 23 degrees Celsius respectively.

    The agency predicted that the southern states would experience cloudy to partly cloudy over the coast in the morning hours with slim chances of isolated thunderstorm over Eket, Calabar and Port-Harcourt in the afternoon and evening hours.

    It also predicted hazy conditions over the inland cities throughout the day with day and night temperatures in the range of 30 to 35 and 19 to 24 degrees Celsius respectively

    According to NiMet, northern states will experience moderate dust haze with localised horizontal visibility to less than or equal to 2,000m over some places throughout the forecast period.

    “The region is expected to have day and night temperatures in the range of 31 to 36 degrees Celsius and 12 to 19 degrees Celsius respectively.

    “No Fresh dust has been raised over Chad republic, moderate dust haze expected to prevail throughout the forecast period from Northern state down to the Central cities.

    “Part of the inland of the southern states are expected to be Sunny and Hazy condition with slim chances of localized thunderstorms within the next 24 hours,” NiMet predicted.

     

  • NiMet predicts sunny, hazy, cloudy weather for Sunday

    NiMet predicts sunny, hazy, cloudy weather for Sunday

    The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted sunny and hazy weather conditions over the Central States of the Country on Sunday.

    NiMet Weather Outlook by its Central Forecast Office (CFO) on Saturday in Abuja, also predicted day and night temperatures in the range of 29 to 38 and 14 to 23 degrees Celsius respectively.

    The agency predicted that the Southern states would experience partly cloudy conditions over some inland cities during the forecast period with cloudy conditions over the coastal cities during the morning hours.

    It also predicted isolated thunderstorms over Eket, Calabar, Yenagoa and port-Harcourt during the afternoon and evening hours with day and night temperatures ranging from 29 to 35 and 20 to 26 degrees Celsius respectively.

    According to NiMet, Northern states will experience sunny and hazy conditions during the forecast period with day and night temperatures in the range of 33 to 38 and 15 to 23 degrees Celsius respectively.

    “Sunny and Hazy conditions are anticipated over the entire northern cities down to the central with prospects of localised thunderstorms over some parts of the coastal cities within the next 24 hours,” NiMet predicted.

  • NiMet, IFAD sign MoU on food security

    NiMet, IFAD sign MoU on food security

    The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the International Fund for Agricultural Development on Climate Change Adaptation and Agri-Business Support Programme (IFAD-CASP).

    The pact is aimed at improving yields and reducing the risk of crop failure in seven northern states  that are vulnerable to the effects of climate change.

    The states are; Katsina, Borno, Sokoto, Yobe, Kebbi, Zamfara and Jigawa.

    The agreement would also reduce the losses incurred by farmers in the states over the years as a result of climate change and weather uncertainties.

    Speaking on the agreement, the Director-General of NiMet, Professor Sani Mashi, said NiMet would assist the states in the  prediction of rainfall establishment, rainfall variability, dry spells and length of raining season for sustainable agriculture.

    “Development of crop calendars in line with the value chain crops adopted by the selected communities and training of Extension Workers, Climate Change Officers and Community development associations in the analysis and interpretation of the Seasonal Rainfall Prediction (SRP) in selected CASP States.”

  • NiMet, IFAD sign MoU on climate change to boost food production

    NiMet, IFAD sign MoU on climate change to boost food production

    The Nigerian Meteorological Agency, NiMet, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the International Fund for Agricultural Development  ( IFAD ) on Climate Change Adaptation and Agri-Business Support Programme, IFAD-CASP.

    A statement by Mr Muntari Ibrahim, General Manager, Public Relations Unit, on Monday in Abuja, said the MoU had a renewable life span of four years.

    The statement noted that Prof. Sani Mashi, Director-General, NiMet, said the MoU was aimed at improving yields, mitigating the vagaries associated with climate change, and reducing the risk of crop failure.

    “The key components of the MoU include prediction of rainfall establishment, rainfall variability, dry spells and length of raining season for sustainable agriculture

    “Another component, is the installation of NiMet applications to CASP smart phones for real-time climate and weather information in the designated programme areas,’’ the statement said.

    Mashi added that the MoU would also cover the development of crop calendars in line with the value chain crops adopted by the selected communities.

    “It also included training of Extension Workers, Climate Change Officers and Community development associations in the analysis and interpretation of the Seasonal Rainfall Prediction (SRP) in selected CASP states.

    “The programmes of IFAD are in tandem with NiMet’s core mandate, which are geared toward poverty reduction, increase in food security and accelerated economic growth on a sustainable basis,” Mashi said.

    Mashi said that the collaboration was designed to improve crop yields and farming systems through adaptation to climate change in core northern savannah states adjudged to be most vulnerable to the effects of climate change.

    He listed the states as Katsina, Borno, Sokoto, Yobe, Kebbi, Zamfara and Jigawa.

    “These states are to benefit from the IFAD/NiMet symbiotic relationship, which will reduce the losses incurred by farmers in the states over the years as a result of climate change and weather uncertainties.”

    The National Programme Coordinator, CASP, Muhammad Idah, said the synergy between the two organisations across the aforementioned Northern states would be downscaled to cover 104 local government areas and 727 villages.

    Idah said the synergy would enable the agencies to provide climate change adaptation and resilience information to the farmers to manage and coordinate their farming practice.

    The programme, according to him, was aimed at promoting climate smart agricultural production.

    He commended NiMet for the recent training of CASP field climate change officers and extension agents.

    According to him, the officers can confidently predict rainfall through the help of the rain gauges presented to them by NiMet.

    “An action plan is to be developed to periodically assess the level of impact of the collaboration on farmers of the targeted seven Northern states,” he said.

    NAN

  • Partly cloudy, thunderstorms, rains expected on Tuesday

    Partly cloudy, thunderstorms, rains expected on Tuesday

    The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted partly cloudy weather conditions with isolated thunderstorms in the central states’ cities of Makurdi, Abuja, Jos, Lafia, Mambila and Yola on Tuesday morning.

    NiMet’s Weather Outlook by its Central Forecast Office (CFO) on Monday in Abuja also predicted thunderstorms over Yelwa, Jos, Abuja, Kaduna, Ilorin, Minna and Lokoja in the afternoon and evening hours.

    It added that the central states would experience day and night temperatures in the range of 28 to 32 and 17 to 23 degrees Celsius respectively.

    The agency predicted that southern states would experience chances of morning thunderstorms and rains with localised thunderstorms and in the afternoon and evening hours.

    It states that the southern states would have day and night temperatures in the range of 28 to 31 and 20 to 28 degrees Celsius respectively.

    According to NiMet, northern states will experience partly cloud-to-cloudy conditions in the morning hours with sunny to partly cloudy conditions later in the day.

    “The region will experience chances of thundery activities with rains over Jalingo, Bauchi, Gombe, Gusau and Yelwa with day and night temperatures of 31 to 35 and 20 to 24 degrees Celsius respectively.

    “We expect cloudy and partly cloudy conditions in the northern cities while thunderstorms and rain showers are likely over most places around the central cites and southern states in the next 24 hours,” NiMet said.

  • Union kicks against appointments in NIMET

    Amalgamated Union of Public Corporations, Civil Service Technical and Recreational Services Employees (AUPCTRE) has condemned recent appointment at the Nigeria Metrological Agency (NIMET), saying they undermine professionalism in the agency.

    The union is demanding a reversal of the appointments made by the Minister of State, Aviation, saying it will not fold its hands and watch strange individuals be impose on the agency.

    In a statement signed by the General Secretary, Yusuf Lekke Zambuk, the union said failure of the government to reverse the appointments may result in a breakdown of the existing industrial harmony in the agency.

    He said the appointment of non- career professionals into key technical and scientific directorate positions in the agency is bound to hinder productivity, professionalism and also demoralise eligible career professionals for their rightful positions within the agency.

    The union, however, calls on the Federal Government as a matter of urgency, to reverse the appointment.

    Zambuk said letters had been written to the Office of the Acting President of the Federation, the Minister of State for Aviation, and the Minister of Labour and Employment in on the matter, but no response had been received.

  • Nigeria Aviation sector, pacesetter in Africa

    Nigeria Aviation sector, pacesetter in Africa

    Prof. Sani Marshi, Director-General, Nigeria Metrological Service (NiMet), has said that the achievements recorded in the aviation sector has made it a pacesetter to other African countries.

    Marshi made this known on Tuesday in Abuja while presenting the International Standards Organisation (ISO) 2015 certifications for its compliance with international best practices to the Minister of State for Aviation,

    According to Marshi, Nigeria has recorded a giant stride to be the first African country to have met the requirements of the International Civil Aviation Authority (ICAA) and the World Metrological Organisation (WMO) for quality management system.

    He said that at the just concluded Ministerial conference of ministers in charge of handling matters related to metrology at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa, Nigeria was given a loud ovation after presenting its situation reports.

    He said that Nigeria can be proud to now show other countries in the continent the way.

    Marshi said that Metrological services are very important ingredients of the aviation sector because no matter how certified an airport or aircraft is, once there are no favorable weather, flight operations cannot take place.

    “In line with that, we in the ministry of aviation have given the Met. services sector that urgent necessary importance it deserves.

    “ The two bodies that are regulating the activities of Met agencies in the world, the ICAA and the WMO made it clear that any Met agency in the world that is supposed to be offering services must be certified by the International Standard organisation.

    “We set the ball in motion, did all we are supposed to do, put all the necessary infrastructure, met all our requirements and then we invited the auditors from the ICAA and WMO.

    “They came to Nigeria and they looked at what we had and as a result of this, they have issued the certificate to us.

    “By this, it means we are now certified by the two bodies to be offering best services in the aviation sector,” Marshi said.

    Receiving the certificate, Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika commended the NiMet DG and other Chief Executives in the Aviation sector for moving the sector forward.

    He said that the International Certification of NiMet as well ad the Murtala Mohammed Airport in Lagos are inline with President Muhammadu Buhari’s mission of securing the country and boosting economic development.

    Sirika said that NiMet’s certification was a huge one as the only agency to achieve the 9001 certificate in Africa p, which is a pride to Nigeria.

    He explained that both certifications would increase the value of the nation’s airports and boost economic activities.

    “Our mission and vision inline with Mr President is to ensure that our institutions are working very well, strong, efficient and dynamic and to make them better for tomorrow

    “Once that is achieved, it means we are managing the country well. Strong institutions will definitely beget a strong nation.

    “Our intent is to create this strong viable and sustaining institutions that are good enough to take our industry out of the woods and begin to do things standardised as provided for by the ICAA, the world regulator of Aviation,” Sirika said

    The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the NiMet received the certification in March and is valid until 2020.

  • NiMet predicts localised rains, thunderstorms on Sunday

    NiMet predicts localised rains, thunderstorms on Sunday

    The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted localised rains over the central cities of Ilorin, Bauchi, Yola, Abuja and environs on Sunday morning.

    NiMet made this known in the daily Weather Outlook produced by its Central Forecast Office (CFO) on Saturday in Abuja.

    It added that thunderstorms were expected over the region later in the day with day and night temperatures in the range of 23 to 29 and 17 to 24 degrees Celsius respectively.

    The agency predicted that southern states would experience morning cloudy conditions over the inland of the Southeast and Southwest with high chances of rains over the coastal cities.

    It also predicted localised rains over the region later in the day with day and night temperatures in the ranges of 26 to 29 and 21 to 23 degrees Celsius respectively.

    According to NiMet, the Northern States will experience morning rains over Sokoto and Kebbi states, while cloudy conditions may prevail over the rest of the region.

    “Cloudy conditions are likely to persist into the afternoon/evening hours, with exception of Sambisa, where thunderstorms with day and night temperatures of 24 to 32 and 22 to 24 degrees Celsius respectively will occur .

    “With sufficient moisture in the atmosphere, most parts of the country are suitable for weather activities over the next 24 hours,” NiMet predicted.