JAKARTA - The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) warns that there is a potential for heavy rain in a number of regions of Indonesia today, Tuesday, February 17, just as a number of people celebrate the Chinese New Year 2577 Kongzili.
"The readiness for potential heavy to very heavy rain in Aceh, Jambi, Banten, West Java, Jakarta, Central Java, D.I. Yogyakarta, East Java, Bali, West Nusa Tenggara, East Nusa Tenggara, South Sulawesi, North Sulawesi and North Maluku needs to be improved," said BMKG Praktirawan Sastia Frista in an online weather forecast, quoted by Antara.
For major cities in Indonesia, Sastia said the BMKG predicted heavy cloudy weather in Banda Aceh and light rain in Medan, Pekanbaru, Tanjung Pinang, Padang, Jambi, Pangkal Pinang and Bengkulu.
There is also the potential for rain accompanied by lightning in Palembang and Bandar Lampung.
In the Java region, there is the potential for rain in all provincial capitals, including light rain in Jakarta and Surabaya, and moderate intensity rain in Serang, Bandung, Semarang and Yogyakarta today.
There is also a possibility of light rain in the Denpasar, Mataram and Kupang areas.
For Kalimantan, BMKG warns of the potential for light rain in the Tanjung Selor and Samarinda areas, as well as rain accompanied by lightning in Pontianak, Palangkaraya and Banjarmasin.
Meanwhile, he said, light rain was also predicted to fall in the Gorontalo, Palu, Mamuju, Makassar and Kendari regions, and there was a possibility of moderate intensity rain in Manado.
In the eastern Indonesian region, light rain can fall in Ambon, Sorong, Manokwari, Nabire, Jayapura, Jayawijaya and Merauke and there is the potential for moderate intensity rain in the Ternate region.
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