Jakarta-Makassar Cloudy Today, BMKG: Rain In Bandung-Yogyakarta-Medan

The multilevel building is disguised by the fog of air pollution in Jakarta, Friday, June 17, 2022. (ANTARA-Aprillio A)

JAKARTA - The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) estimates that most parts of Indonesia, including Yogyakarta and Medan, will experience rain today, Friday 29 August

Quoted from the official website of the BMKG confiscated by Antara, BMKG forecaster Apdillah Akbar explained that in general, convergence areas extend in Papua Mountains to West Papua, western Lampung waters to West Sumatra, Riau Islands waters, southern waters of South Kalimantan, Sulawesi Sea, Timor Sea, Banda Sea, Andaman Sea, South China Sea, and Java Sea.

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 Bandung, Banjarmasin, Mamuju, and Merauke.

Meanwhile, several other big cities will experience light to moderate rain, namely Medan, Bengkulu, Palembang, Pangkal Pinang, Bandar Lampung, Serang, Semarang, Yogyakarta, Pontianak, Tanjung Selor, Samarinda, Palangka Raya, Gorontalo, Palu, Ternate, Sorong, Nabire, Jayapura, and Jayawijaya.

Several other big cities are predicted to experience only cloudy conditions today, including Banda Aceh, Padang, Pekanbaru, Tanjung Pinang, Jambi, Jakarta, Surabaya, Kupang, Denpasar, Mataram, Manado, Kendari, Makassar, Ambon, and Manokwari.

For the forecast for sea waves in the territory of Indonesia, BMKG predicts that generally it is in the range of 0.5 to 2.5 meters, while high waves of more than 2.5 m to 4 meters have the potential to occur in the waters of the Indian Ocean west of the Mentawai Islands to Lampung, the southern part of the Sunda Strait, and the Indian Ocean south of Java.

His party also appealed to the public to be aware of the potential for tidal flooding on the coast of the Special Region of Yogyakarta and Maluku.