NIMET forecasts seven-day rainfall for Lagos

The city of Lagos is to experience a seven-day consecutive rainfall, the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET) revealed on Saturday.
Making this disclosure was Mr Abayomi Oyegoke of the NIMET Central Forecast Unit, Oshodi, Lagos who also revealed that that a total of 570mm of rainfall had been recorded in Lagos State between January and June this year.

 
Oyegoke explained that the rains being experienced in state were the beginning of a seven-day rainfall.
In his words, “In the last one week, it appears we are experiencing a prelude to the normal seven days rainfall and immediately after the seven days rain, what should be the next, is the little dry season.

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“The dry season indicates the onset of the ‘August break’ and it seems the break may come early this year towards the second or third week in July, this is also normal,” he said.

He said the August break was an indication of the first break of the peak of the rainfall over the swamp forest area. Oyegoke said that the announcement by the Lagos State Ministry of Environment that rain would fall for 238 days was misleading, as that period was the duration of all the rainfall in the state.
He urged residents to keep their surroundings clean to prevent flooding.