JAKARTA - The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) issued an early warning in the form of the potential for light, moderate, and heavy rain, which may be accompanied by lightning and strong winds in various major cities in Indonesia on Monday.
Quoted from the BMKG's official website in Jakarta, Monday, Prakirawan Afif explained in general that the convergence area extends from the Banda Sea, southern Malukubagian to the southeast in the Arafura Sea.
This condition is able to increase the potential for rain cloud growth along the areas that are passed by convergence or confluence.
Therefore, it is estimated that several major cities will have the potential to experience moderate to heavy rain accompanied by lightning and strong winds, namely in the Banjarmasin (South Kalimantan), Kupang (NTT), Mamuju (West Sulawesi), and Kendari (South Sulawesi) areas.
Meanwhile, some other major cities will experience light to moderate rain, namely the Padang area (West Sumatra), Palembang (South Sumatra), Pangkal Pinang (Babel Islands), Bandar Lampung, Serang (Banten), Semarang (Central Java), Surabaya (East Java), Yogyakarta (DIY), Palangka Raya (Central Kalimantan), Manado (North Sulawesi), Makassar (South Sulawesi), Ambon (Maluku), Nabire (Central Papua), Jayawijaya (Papua Mountains), Jayapura (Papua) and Merauke (South Papua).
Several other major cities are expected to only experience cloudy conditions today, including the Banda Aceh (Aceh), Medan (North Sumatra), Pekanbaru (Riau), Tanjung Pinang (Kepri), Jambi, Bengkulu, Jakarta, Bandung (West Java), Pontianak (West Kalimantan), Mataram (NTB), Gorontalo, Ternate (North Maluku), Sorong (South West Papua), and Manokwari (West Papua).
Previously on Saturday (21/3) BMKG said there were three provinces that needed attention, which had the potential to experience heavy rain during the 2026 homecoming period.
"That is West Java, Central Java, and South Sulawesi," said BMKG Head Teuku Faisal Fathani.
He added that there was also rain in several places in Jabodetabek, according to him, it was actually a positive thing, because the rain was short.
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