Hot Weather: NIMETS Says It Will Continue Until Soil Absorbs Enough Rain Water - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 18, 2019
ThePresident, Nigeria Meteorological Society, NIMetS, Clement Akoshile, has saidthat the extreme hot weather being experienced now would continue until the soilabsorbs enough rain water.
Akoshile,who said this in Lagos on Monday, noted that more or less moisture in theatmosphere would affect the temperature and determine whether it would be coolor hot.
He  said that the sun was constantly sending itsradiation into the earth’s surface, adding that if much of the radiation gotthrough, there would be more heat on the ground, the same way, if less gotthrough, there would be less heat on the ground.
The NMetSpresident said that what was happening at present was that the weather was hotand many people are feeling the heat as a result of the cloud cover. Theremight be spontaneous relief when some rain falls.
Akoshilesaid, however, that as long as the hot cloud cover was not allowing the air tomove freely on its own, the weather would continue to be hot.