4 Meter Waves And Heavy Rain: BMKG's Strong Warning For September 10

Extreme weather illustration (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) reminded the public to be aware of the potential for strong winds, lightning rain, high sea waves, and tidal flooding in a number of areas on Wednesday, September 10.

BMKG forecaster Raeni Chindi, as quoted by ANTARA, said that the potential for tidal flooding could occur on the coasts of the Riau Islands (Kepri), Lampung, East Java, North Kalimantan, and Maluku.

In addition, he continued, light rain is predicted to flush the cities of Banda Aceh, Medan, Pekanbaru, Padang, Tanjung Pinang, Jambi, Palembang, Bandar Lampung, Serang, Jakarta, Bandung, Semarang, Yogyakarta, and Surabaya.

Moderate rain has the potential in Denpasar, Pontianak, Palangka Raya, Samarinda, Mamuju, Palu, Ambon, Manokwari, Jayawijaya, Merauke, and Jayapura, and Pangkal Pinang. Meanwhile, heavy rain accompanied by lightning is predicted to occur in Bengkulu and Pangkal Pinang.

BMKG also warned of thick to foggy cloudy weather in Kupang, Mataram, Gorontalo, Manado, Kendari, Makassar, and Sorong, with temperatures ranging from 2532 degrees Celsius.

Raeni explained that atmospheric conditions were influenced by the seeds of Tropical Cyclone 93W which were observed in the western Indian Ocean of Bengkulu with a maximum wind speed of 35 kilometers per hour.

This phenomenon forms convergence and cyclonic situations from North Kalimantan, West Sumatra, Jambi, Riau, Central Kalimantan to South Kalimantan and South Sulawesi to Central Sulawesi.

Although the potential to grow into Tropical Cyclone is in the low category in the next 24 hours, the presence of these cyclone seeds is considered capable of increasing the growth of rain clouds while accelerating the surface wind.

In addition, he said, cyclone seeds also have the potential to trigger sea waves with a height of 1.25 - 2.5 meters in the waters of the Mentawai Islands, West Sumatra and the western waters of Bengkulu.

Furthermore, waves 2.5-4 meters higher have the potential to occur in the waters of Enggano Island, the western waters of Lampung, the western Indian Ocean of the Mentawai Islands to Lampung, the southern Sunda Strait, the southern waters of Java, and the southern Indian Ocean of Java.