Dust Haze: Airline operators to seek weather advisory, as visibility drops in northern region, NiMet warns

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency, (NiMet), has released a weather report on the possibility of deterioration in visibility, resulting from dust haze propagated into the country from the source region. 

The agency swiftly called on airline operators to avail themselves of weather reports from NiMet for effective planning of their flight operations, especially to the northern region.

In a statement signed by its General Manager, Public Relations, Muntari Yusuf, the Agency said, “Winds over 10m and 925hPha are favourable for Dust-Haze propagations into the Northern parts of the country. 

“Stations in the source region, Niger (Goure, Zinder, Maine-Soroa, Diffa, N-Guigmi and 61091) reported horizontal visibility between 800m and 6000m. The sources from Chad are expected to report poor horizontal visibility in the next 24hrs, based on available models.”

Explaining  further the agency revealed that due to strong winds, the dust in suspension is expected to propagate  to some states in the northern part of the country, which will further reduce horizontal visibility especially over Katsina, Kano, Nguru, Jigawa, Potiskum and Maiduguri in the next 24 hours.

NiMet, therefore, advises members of the public to take necessary precautions due to dust particles presently in suspension over the atmosphere. 

The agency also advised individuals with respiratory ailments to protect themselves as the current weather condition is not good for their health.

NiMet said it will continue to monitor the weather and provide updates when necessary.