Friday, February 27, BMKG predicts moderate to heavy rain in various areas.

JAKARTA - The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) issued an early warning in the form of the potential for light, moderate, and heavy rain, which may be accompanied by lightning and strong winds in various major cities in Indonesia on Friday, February 27.

Quoted from the BMKG's official website in Jakarta, Prakirawan Ranika explained in general that the convergence area extends in the Southwest Indian Ocean, the North-East Pacific Ocean, the South Indian Ocean, West Java to the south coast of DIY, the southern coast of Sumbawa Island to Sawu, the Flores Sea and the Arafuru Sea.

This condition is able to increase the potential for rain cloud growth along the areas that are passed by convergence or confluence.

Therefore, his party estimates that several major cities will have the potential to experience moderate to heavy rain accompanied by lightning and strong winds, namely the Bandar Lampung, Surabaya, Tanjung Selor, Denpasar, Mamuju, Makassar, and Merauke areas.

Meanwhile, several other major cities will experience light to moderate rain, namely Medan, Tanjung Pinang, Pangkal Pinang, Palembang, Bengkulu, Jakarta, Bandung, Semarang, Yogyakarta, Palangka Raya, Samarinda, Banjarmasin, Mataram, Kupang, Kendari, Palu, Gorontalo, Manado, Ternate, Sorong, Manokwari, Nabire, and Jayawijaya.

Meanwhile, several other major cities are expected to only experience cloudy conditions today, including the Pekanbaru, Jambi, Serang, Pontianak, Ambon, and Jayapura regions.

Previously on Wednesday (25/2) BMKG asked shipping actors of logistics ships and fishermen to be aware of the potential for high sea waves of up to four meters in the waters of Java, Bali, and West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) on February 25-28, 2026.

BMKG Maritime Meteorology Director Eko Prasetyo said in his statement that the early warning was issued as a mitigation measure to minimize the risk of marine accidents due to increased wave heights.

According to him, waves as high as 2.50-4.0 meters are likely to occur in the waters of the Indian Ocean south of West Java, Central Java, the Special Region of Yogyakarta (DIY), East Java, Bali, NTB to East Nusa Tenggara (NTT).