BMKG: DIY Experiences Very Short Category Day Without Rain

DOK ANTARA

YOGYAKARTA - The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) reports that all districts and one city in the Special Region of Yogyakarta (DIY) experience days without successive rain with a very short category of 1-5 days.

"Based on monitoring the day without rainy updates dated May 10, 2023, the DIY area generally has very short criteria or no rain for one to five days," said Head of BMKG Yogyakarta Climatology Station Reni Kraningtyas as reported by ANTARA, Wednesday, May 10.

This, he continued, was triggered by the active easterly wind from Australia which made almost most of the DIY region enter the dry season.

"This is a natural thing because some areas of DIY have entered the dry season. It is predicted that the start of the dry season will be in April, the basis of two to May, the first basis of 2023," he said.

Reni said the distribution of rainfall in DIY for the period 1 to 10 May 2023 or the first basis was recorded in the low-middle category ranging from 0 - 150 mm.

Hari tanpa hujan, kata dia, merupakan salah satu metode untuk menentukan awal kerumunan secara meteorologi atau kondisi di mana curah hujan sudah dikuran dibandingkan dengan rata-ratanya, baik pada skala bulan maupun tahunan.

"Rainless days have six criteria from very short criteria (1-5 days) to extreme or more than 61 days of rain," he said.

According to him, on the three grounds of the future (Basis I May to the third basis of May 2023), the rainfall in DIY ranges from 0 - 100 mm with low to medium categories.

BMKG urges local governments (Pemda) and the wider community to be more prepared and anticipatory about the impact of the 2023 dry season which is predicted to be drier than the previous year.

"For areas with opportunities for low rainfall, it is necessary to take anticipatory steps to choose agricultural cultivation that does not require a lot of water, be aware of forest, land, and shrub fires, and save the use of clean water," he said.

However, the Head of the Yogyakarta BMKG Meteorological Station, Warjono, predicts moderate to heavy rain has the potential to occur in DIY on May 11-13, 2023, triggered by a low pressure center in the Indian Ocean, west of Sumatra and a low pressure center in the Pacific Ocean, north side of Halmahera.