Alert For Extreme Weather! Heavy Rain And Lightning Hits A Number Of Areas Today

Illustration of heavy rain (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) predicts light rain to heavy rain and accompanied by lightning will flush the majority of major cities in Indonesia on Monday, March 17, so all parties are asked to be aware of the potential that accompanies it.

BMKG Satriana forecaster, quoted by ANTARA, explained that the potential for light intensity rain or with rainfall less than 2.5 mm per hour flushed the cities of Medan, Jambi, Palembang, Denpasar, Banjarmasin, Samarinda, Ternate, Sorong, Manokwari and Jayapura.

Rain with moderate intensity or rainfall of more than 4.0 mm per hour will flush the cities of Padang, Bengkulu, Jakarta, Serang, Bandung, Mamuju, Makassar, Palu, Kendari, Manado, Jayawijaya.

Heavy rains with rainfall of more than 5.0 mm per hour are predicted to flush Nabire City. Meanwhile, Pekanbaru, Pangkal Pinang, Bandar Lampung, Semarang, Yogyakarta, Surabaya, Mataram, Kupang, Palangka Raya, Tanjung Selor, and Merauke cities rain accompanied by lightning.

Then for the cities of Banda Aceh, Tanjung Pinang, Pontianak, Gorontalo and Ambon, it is predicted to be cloudy and or foggy throughout the day with temperatures ranging from 25-30 celsius.

Prakirawati BMKG explained that the potential for almost even rain in a number of major cities was influenced by atmospheric dynamics.

Among them, BMKG monitors the presence of cyclonic circulation which forms an elongated wind deceleration area in the Indian Ocean west of Lampung, the East Sea and the Carpentaria Bay.

This condition is considered capable of increasing the growth of rainy clouds and high sea waves along the cyclonic circulation area that has low air pressure.

The BMKG also detected an increase in wind speeds of more than 25 knots in the South China Sea, west of Sumatra, south of Banten, Flores Sea, southern Indian Ocean Sumatra Java which can trigger high sea waves and is expected to be watched out for by the public, including ship shipping actors.

In addition, BMKG appealed to be aware of tidal flooding on the coast of North Sumatra, Riau Islands, East Kalimantan, South Kalimantan.