Amid The Threat Of Forest And Land Fires, East Kalimantan Has The Opportunity To Rain on September 11-20

Karhutla hit East Kalimantan (Kaltim). (doc. Satpolpp.kaltimprov.go.id)

JAKARTA - The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) predicts that East Kalimantan (Kaltim) will receive rain amid the threat of forest and land fires (karhutla) that hit Kalimantan Island due to the dry dry season.

Head of Class III Meteorological Station Aji Pangeran Tumenggung (APT) Pranoto BMKG Samarinda Riza Arian Noor said that East Kalimantan has a chance of rain on September 11-20 or September II 2023.

"The impacts of the forecast moderate rain include slippery roads, puddles, flooding, overflowing rivers and the possibility of landslides," he said in Samarinda, East Kalimantan, Monday, September 11, reported by Antara.

Riza said the chance of rain reached 80 percent.

According to him, on this basis, rain in East Kalimantan is predicted to have medium criteria of between 50-150 millimeters (mm). However, a number of areas can reach criteria above 150 mm.

Medium rain criteria between 150-300 mm are likely to occur in the western part of East Kalimantan, especially areas that fall into the western part of Berau Regency, the western part of East Kutai Regency, the eastern and western parts of Mahakam Ulu Regency.

In the deterministic rainfall forecast for September 2023, he continued, in general the East Kalimantan region is predicted to experience rainfall with a medium intensity of 50-100 mm.

Meanwhile, medium intensity rainfall between 100-150 mm is predicted to occur in the western part of East Kalimantan, namely in the western part of Berau Regency, the western part of East Kutai, the northwestern part of West Kutai and the southeastern part of Mahakam Ulu Regency.

Then, in the deterministic forecast for the nature of rain in the second half of September 2023, he said, the East Kalimantan region is generally predicted to be dominated by the nature of rain in the above normal category.

Meanwhile, based on the results of monitoring Days Without Rain (HTH) in the first half of September 2023, the entire East Kalimantan region experienced HTH with very short criteria ranging from 1-5 days, to very long criteria between 31-60 days.

"The longest day without rain occurred in Batu Engau District, Paser Regency, with the number of days without rain reaching 51 days," he said.