Light to Heavy Rain Accompanied by Lightning Will Hit Indonesia, These Are the Areas

JAKARTA - Light to heavy rain accompanied by lightning is predicted to hit most major cities in Indonesia on Saturday, so all parties are asked to be aware of the potential that accompanies it.

BMKG forecaster Andika Hapsari explained that the potential for light rain or with rainfall of less than 2.5 mm per hour is predicted to hit the cities of Banda Aceh, Padang, Tanjungpinang, Jambi, Pangkal Pinang, Lampung, Jakarta, Semarang, Surabaya, Denpasar, Mataram, Palangka Raya, Samarinda, Palu, Kendari, Sorong, Jayapura.

Moderate rain or rainfall of more than 4.0 mm per hour with temperatures ranging from 24-31 degrees Celsius is predicted to hit the cities of Medan, Pontianak, Gorontalo, Manado, Ternate, Nabire, Jayawijaya and Merauke.

Heavy rain with rainfall of more than 50 mm per hour is predicted to hit the city of Mamuju. Meanwhile, the cities of Pekanbaru, Palembang, Bandung, Yogyakarta, Kupang, Tanjung Selor, Banjarmasin and Makassar are predicted to be hit by rain accompanied by lightning.

The cities of Bengkulu, Serang, Ambon and Manokwari are predicted to be cloudy and/or foggy throughout the day with temperatures ranging from 25-30 degrees Celsius.

The BMKG forecaster explained that Tropical Cyclone Seed 96S was monitored from the Indian Ocean southwest of Sumatra which induced an increase in wind speed in the Indian Ocean west of Sumatra to the Indian Ocean south of Banten - West Java.

Then the cyclonic circulation was also monitored in the Indian Ocean west of Aceh and Natuna which formed an area of ​​wind speed slowdown or elongated convergence in the waters north of Aceh - the southern sea of ​​Natuna, Jambi - Lampung, West Kalimantan - East Kalimantan and central Papua. This condition is able to increase rain clouds throughout the area.

In this case, wind conditions at an altitude of 3,000 feet in the Indonesian region are generally dominated by winds blowing from the east and southeast at a speed of 13-30 kilometers per hour. The air temperature is generally at 16-34 degrees Celsius and the humidity is 58-100 percent.

BMKG analyzes in general the height of sea waves is estimated at 0.5-2.5 meters. However, the community around the western waters of the Nias-Lampung Islands, the Indian Ocean west of Sumatra, the Indian Ocean south of Banten are asked to be aware of high sea waves of 2.5 - 4 meters.

The potential for tidal flooding is also predicted to occur on the coast of the Riau Islands, the North Coast of Central Java and the Coast of West Kalimantan on Saturday.