BMKG Warns Potential Heavy Rain Accompanied By Lightning In Several Regions Of Indonesia

Illustration of thunderstorms (ANTARA)

The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) issued an early warning of the potential for light to heavy rain which could be accompanied by lightning and strong winds in various major cities in Indonesia on Thursday, November 6.

BMKG forecaster Rizky explained that in general convergence areas are currently elongated in the South China Sea, Sulu Sea, west coast of Sumatra, West Sumatra, Jambi, Bangka Belitung, Banten, and West Java. Similar conditions also occurred in Central Java, Central Kalimantan, South Sulawesi, Southeast Sulawesi, Central Sulawesi, North Sulawesi, East Nusa Tenggara, Papua, Mountains Papua, and Central Papua.

"This condition is able to increase the potential for rain cloud growth along areas that are passed by convergence or convergence," he said as quoted by Antara, Thursday morning.

BMKG predicts that a number of major cities will experience moderate to heavy rain accompanied by lightning and strong winds, including Tanjungpinang, Bengkulu, Palembang, Pangkalpinang, Bandar Lampung, Yogyakarta, Tanjung Selor, Pontianak, and Merauke.

Several other cities are expected to experience light to moderate rain, including Banda Aceh, Medan, Padang, Jambi, Serang, Jakarta, Bandung, Semarang, Surabaya, Denpasar, Mataram, Kupang, Samarinda, Palangka Raya, Banjarmasin, Makassar, Mamuju, Palu, Manado, Kendari, Ambon, Ternate, Sorong, Manokwari, Nabire, Jayapura, and Jayawijaya.

Meanwhile, cloudy conditions are predicted to occur in areas such as Pekanbaru, Jambi, and Gorontalo.

For sea conditions, BMKG estimates that the wave height in most of Indonesia's waters ranges from 0.5 to 2.5 meters. High waves of more than 2.5 to 4 meters have the potential to occur in the northern part of the Malacca Strait, the western Indian Ocean of Sumatra, as well as the southern Indian Ocean of Java, Bali, West Nusa Tenggara, and East Nusa Tenggara.

BMKG appealed to the public to be aware of the potential for tidal flooding on the coasts of Aceh, North Sumatra, Riau Islands, Lampung, Banten, Jakarta, south of West Java, East Java, Bali, West Nusa Tenggara, North Kalimantan, South Kalimantan, North Sulawesi, and Maluku.