Simultaneous Regional Head Elections In 2024, The Majority Of The Region Of The Republic Of Indonesia Is Projected To Be Moderate To Heavy Rain
JAKARTA - The 2024 Simultaneous Pilkada is predicted to experience moderate to heavy rain accompanied by lightning and strong winds. This is an early warning in various major cities in Indonesia on Wednesday, August 27.
Quoting Antara, forecaster Syndhy Indah explained that in general the convergence area extends to the west coast of Sumatra, the western Indian Ocean to the southwest of Sumatra, the northern Natuna Sea, West Kalimantan, the eastern waters of the Riau Islands, the waters of North Sulawesi to North Maluku.
This condition is able to increase the potential for rain cloud growth along areas that are passed by convergence or convergence.
Therefore, his party predicts that several major cities will have the potential to experience moderate to heavy rain accompanied by lightning and strong winds, namely Medan, Tanjung Pinang, Pekanbaru, Bengkulu, Pangkal Pinang, Bandar Lampung, Yogyakarta, Kupang, Denpasar, Tanjung Selor, Banjarmasin, Mamuju, Manado, Nabire, Jayapura, Jayawijaya, and Merauke.
Meanwhile, several other big cities will experience light to moderate rain, namely Padang, Jambi, Palembang, Jakarta, Serang, Bandung, Semarang, Surabaya, Mataram, Pontianak, Palangkaraya, Samarinda, Gorontalo, Palu, Kendari and Makassar, Ternate, and Sorong.
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Several other big cities are predicted to experience only cloudy conditions today including Banda Aceh, Ambon, and Manokwari.
For the forecast for sea waves in the territory of Indonesia, BMKG predicts that generally it is in the range of 0.5 to 2.5 meters, while high waves up to 4 meters have the potential to occur in the Indian Ocean west of Sumatra.
He also appealed to the public to be aware of the potential for tidal flooding in the Riau Islands, Lampung, Banten, Jakarta, North Coast of Central Java, East Java Coast, East Nusa Tenggara Coast, East Kalimantan Coast.