Extreme Weather: Beware Of Thunderstorms, Extreme Heat, And 4 Meter Sea Waves Today

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JAKARTA - The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) reminded the public to be aware of the potential for lightning rain to the maximum hot weather, high sea waves reaching 4 meters, and tidal flooding, in a number of areas on Wednesday, October 22.

BMKG weather forecaster Raeni Cindy in an online broadcast quoted by ANTARA in Jakarta, said that the potential for light intensity rain is predicted to flush the cities of Padang, Medan, Jambi, Bengkulu, Palembang, Pangkal Pinang, Semarang, Yogyakarta, Surabaya, Palangka Raya, Tanjung Selor, Makassar, Palu, Gorontalo, Kendari, Ternate, Ambon, Sorong, Manokwari, Nabire, Jayapura, and Jayawijaya.

Rain is potentially in Bandar Lampung, Bandung, Serang, Denpasar, and Mataram.

Meanwhile, rain accompanied by lightning, he said, is predicted to occur in Pekanbaru City, Tanjung Pinang, Jakarta, Pontianak, Banjarmasin, Samarinda, Mamuju, and Manado.

Meanwhile, the cities of Banda Aceh, Kupang, and Merauke are expected to be thick to foggy cloudy with temperatures ranging from 28 to 33 degrees Celsius.

In addition, BMKG reported that in the same period, a maximum heat temperature of 28-33 degrees Celsius is expected to occur during the day in a number of areas in Denpasar, Mataram, Kupang, Pontianak, Samarinda, Tanjung Selor, Palangka Raya, and Banjarmasin cities.

Ship shipping actors or sea transportation users are asked to be aware of the potential for high waves of 2.5-4 meters in the Indian Ocean west of Aceh - Lampung.

BMKG also detected the potential for tidal flooding on the coasts of North Sumatra, Banten, West Java, East Java, North Kalimantan, and Maluku.

Raeni explained that weather conditions were influenced by a number of atmospheric dynamics and the locality factor which included Tropical Cyclone Fengshen in the southwest of Indonesia towards the South China Sea with a wind speed of 50 knots.

Furthermore, Tropical Cyclone 95S seeds were observed in the Indian Ocean west of Bengkulu with wind speeds of more than 25 knots. Then the cyclonic circulation was observed in the eastern Java Sea, Sulu Sea, Riau Islands, West Kalimantan, Central Java, East Java, and Papua.