BMKG: Heavy Rain Accompanied By Lightning Potentially Guyur A Number Of Big Cities Today
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 Monday, September 8.
Quoted from the official website of the BMKG in Jakarta, Monday, forecasters,vita explained that in general, the convergence areas extend in the Mentawai Islands to the West Indian Ocean Lampung, Makassar Strait to South Kalimantan, East Kalimantan and Central Kalimantan, waters north of Aceh, South China Sea, Sulu Sea, North Sumatra, Java Sea, Karimata Strait, Flores Sea, Banda Sea, Maluku Sea, and the Pacific Ocean north of 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 Bengkulu, Tanjung Selor, Banjarmasin, Mamuju, Makassar, Nabire, and Jayapura.
Meanwhile, several other big cities will experience light to moderate rain, namely Medan, Pekanbaru, Tanjung Pinang, Padang, Jambi, Palembang, Pangkal Pinang, Serang, Bandung, Denpasar, Mataram, Samarinda, Palangka Raya, Pontianak, Palu, Manado, Kendari, Ternate, Ambon, Sorong, Manokwari, Jayawijaya, and Merauke.
Several other big cities are predicted to experience only cloudy conditions today, including Banda Aceh, Bandar Lampung, Jakarta, Semarang, Yogyakarta, Surabaya, Kupang, and Gorontalo.
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For sea level waves in Indonesian territory, BMKG predicts that generally it is in the range of 0.5 to 2.5 m, while high waves of more than 2.5 m to 4 m have the potential to occur in the West Indian Ocean, Mentawai Islands to Lampung and South Indian Ocean Banten to East Nusa Tenggara.
His party appealed to the public to be aware of the potential for tidal flooding on the coasts of the Riau Islands, Bangka Belitung Islands, Central Java, East Java, North Kalimantan, and Maluku.