BMKG Warns Of Extreme Weather: Heavy Rain In Several Regions Of Indonesia
JAKARTA - The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) issued an early warning in the form of potential light, moderate, to heavy rain which could be accompanied by lightning and strong winds in various major cities in Indonesia on Friday, December 6.
Quoted from the official BMKG website in Jakarta Friday, BMKG forecaster Bagas Briliano explained that in general the convergence area extends to the west west coast of Bengkulu to Lampung, on the southern coast of West Java to Banten, the western waters of Aceh, around the Natuna Sea, and the northern coast of West Papua.
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, including Padang, Bengkulu, Palembang, Jambi, Semarang, Yogyakarta, Surabaya, Mataram, Kupang, Pontianak, Tanjung Selor, Makassar, Manado, Kendari, Mamuju, Nabire, Sorong, and Merauke.
Meanwhile, several other big cities will experience light to moderate rain, namely Aceh, Medan, Tanjung Pinang, Pangkal Pinang, Lampung, Serang, Jakarta, Bandung, Denpasar, Banjarmasin, Samarinda, Palu, Ternate, Ambon, Manokwari, Jayapura, and Jayawijaya.
Several other big cities are predicted to experience only cloudy conditions today, including Pekanbaru, Palangkaraya, and Gorontalo.
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Furthermore, for the forecast for sea wave heights in the territory of Indonesia, BMKG predicts that generally it is in the range of 0.5 to 2.5 m, while high waves up to 4 m have the potential to occur in the Southern Sunda Strait and the West Lampung waters.
His party also appealed to the public to be aware of the potential for tidal flooding on the coasts of the Riau Islands, Banten, north of Jakarta, Central Java, West Kalimantan, North Sulawesi, Papua, and South Papua.