Dark Clouds Covered, BMKG Predicts Thunderstorms In Several Big Cities Today

Illustration of cloudy weather (ANTARA)

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, Thursday, August 7.

BMKG forecaster, Zhenny Husna, as reported by ANTARA, explained that in general, the convergence area extends in the southwest Indian Ocean of Sumatra, north of West Kalimantan, Sulawesi Sea, and northern waters of Aceh.

In addition, in the western waters of West Sumatra to Riau, Lampung to West Kalimantan, Southeast Sulawesi to West Sulawesi, East Nusa Tenggara to the eastern part, Banda Sea, Arafuru Sea, Maluku, and South 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, Jambi, Bandung, Serang, and Tanjung Selor areas.

Meanwhile, several other big cities will experience light to moderate rain, namely Medan, Pekanbaru, Padang, Tanjung Pinang, Palembang, Bandar Lampung, Semarang, Pontianak, Samarinda, Mamuju, Palu, Manado, Ternate, Ambon, Sorong, Manokwari, Jayapura, Jayawijaya, Merauke, and Nabire.

Several other big cities are predicted to experience only cloudy conditions today, namely the areas of Banda Aceh, Pangkal Pinang, Surabaya, Jakarta, Mataram, Denpasar, Kupang, Palangka Raya, Banjarmasin, Makassar, Kendari, and Gorontalo.

For sea waves in the territory of Indonesia, 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 northern part of the Malacca Strait, the western Indian Ocean of Aceh to Bengkulu, the southern Indian Ocean of West Nusa Tenggara to East Nusa Tenggara.

His party appealed to the public to be aware of the potential for tidal flooding on the coast of the Riau Islands, Bangka Belitung Islands, Jambi, Banten, Jakarta, West Nusa Tenggara and the coast of West Kalimantan.