JAKARTA - The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) warns of the potential for rain to fall in a number of regions of Indonesia today Thursday, January 29 with heavy to very heavy intensity.
"The combination of atmospheric dynamics causes the potential for weather to be quite significant in several regions of Indonesia. Preparedness for the potential for heavy to very heavy rain in the Banten, Jakarta, Yogyakarta, North Sulawesi and NTT regions needs to be increased," said BMKG Praktirawan, Ina Indah H in an online weather forecast quoted by Antara, Thursday, January 29.
Specifically for a number of major cities in the country, Ina said that in Sumatra there was the potential for hazy air in Banda Aceh, thick clouds in Medang, Tanjung Pinang and Pangkal Pinang.
With the potential for light rain expected to fall in the Padang, Pekanbaru, Jambi, Bengkulu and Palembang regions today, accompanied by the possibility of lightning in the Bandarlampung area.
For the Java region, BMKG predicts the potential for light rain in Serang and Bandung, moderate intensity rain in Jakarta and heavy rain in Yogyakarta. Only Surabaya is predicted to be thick clouds on Java Island today.
He said that in Kalimantan, there was the potential for light rain in Pontianak, Palangka Raya and Samarinda, and rain accompanied by lightning in Tanjung Selor and Banjarmasin.
There is also the potential for light intensity rain in Denpasar and Kupang and heavy cloudy weather conditions in Mataram.
Meanwhile, in Sulawesi, his party estimates that there are indications of potential light rain in Manado, Gorontalo, Palu, Mamuju, and Makassar, as well as lightning in Kendari.
In eastern Indonesia, it is clear that Jayapura is experiencing smoke/fog conditions and cloudy in Manokwari and Jayapura. Meanwhile, light rain is predicted to fall in Ternate, Ambon, Sorong and Jayawijaya as well as lightning in Merauke.
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