Extreme Weather: Thunderstorms, Hot Temperatures, And Rob Floods In Some Areas Today

JAKARTA - The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) reminded the public to be aware of the potential for lightning rain, to the maximum hot weather and tidal flooding in a number of areas on Friday, October 31.

BMKG weather forecaster Adelia was quoted as saying that the potential for light intensity rain is predicted to flush the cities of Tanjung Pinang, Pangkal Pinang, Surabaya, Denpasar, Mataram, Samarinda, Palangka Raya, Makassar, Palu, Kendari, Merauke, Jayawijaya, Jayapura, Manokwari, Sorong, and Ambon.

Rain is potentially in the cities of Medan, Bandung, Jakarta, Yogyakarta, Tanjung Selor, and Nabire.

Meanwhile, rain accompanied by lightning is predicted to occur in the cities of Bandar Lampung, Serang, Semarang, Banjarmasin, and Mamuju.

Furthermore, in the cities of Banda Aceh, Pekanbaru, Padang, Bengkulu, Jambi, Palembang, Kupang, Pontianak, Gorontalo, Manado, and Ternate are expected to be thick to foggy cloudy with temperatures ranging from 28 to 33 degrees Celsius.

BMKG also reported, in the same period, a maximum heat temperature of 30-34 degrees Celsius is expected to occur during the day in a number of areas in Denpasar, Mataram, Kupang, Pontianak, Samarinda, Tanjung Selor, Palangka Raya, and Banjarmasin cities.

Ship shipping actors or sea transportation users are asked to be aware of the potential for high waves of 2.5-4 meters in the Indian Ocean west of Lampung, Java, Bali, and West Nusa Tenggara.

BMKG also detected the potential for tidal flooding on the coast of the Bangka Belitung Islands, Central Java, South Kalimantan, South Kalimantan and Maluku.

Adelia explained that weather conditions were influenced by a number of atmospheric dynamics and local factors which included Cyclonic Circulation which was observed in the Andaman Sea, South China Sea and southern Java Sea, West Kalimantan - waters north of Aceh-Banten south, Sarawak Malaysia to South Kalimantan.

Furthermore, Tropical Cyclone 98W seeds are estimated to continue to move west around the Pacific Ocean north of Papua with wind speeds of 15 knots, this system forms a convergence area in the region.