JAKARTA - The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) predicts that the weather conditions in most of the western Indonesian big cities will be dominated by light to moderate rain showers today, Friday.
BMKG Praktirawan Sastia in a weather broadcast attended from Jakarta, Friday, explained that the condition was triggered by an increase in the growth of rain clouds due to active atmospheric dynamics in the western Indonesian region.
"Light rain is expected to occur in most areas of Sumatra, Palangka Raya, and Samarinda," he said.
Sastia appealed to the public to be aware of the potential for more extreme weather in the form of heavy rain that can be accompanied by lightning or lightning in other urban areas on the island of Borneo.
Based on weather analysis data, the potential for high-intensity lightning rain should be watched by residents in the Banjarmasin City and Tanjung Selor City areas throughout today.
The wet weather conditions in the western part of Indonesia are strongly influenced by the formation of a cyclonic circulation that is currently being actively monitored in the western Indian Ocean of West Sumatra.
The circulation system forms a wind convergence area (confluence) that extends along the waters of North Sumatra to West Sumatra, as well as in the North Natuna Sea and the South China Sea.
Although rain is predicted to hit most of the western region, BMKG notes that sunny to cloudy weather conditions to thick clouds still have the potential to cover Banda Aceh, Serang, Jakarta, Bandung, Semarang, and Surabaya.
Meanwhile, a slightly different weather phenomenon is predicted to occur in the downstream area of Yogyakarta, where the city's air conditions are predicted to potentially be covered by smoke or thin fog.
Meanwhile, for the potential of moderate rain is being watched in Nabire City and the potential for cloudy, cloudy to thick clouds are in Denpasar City, Kupang, Makassar, Palu, Gorontalo, Manado, Ternate, and Merauke.
In order to anticipate sudden changes in weather in urban areas, BMKG continues to ask the public to always monitor the latest weather information released through digital platforms or their official social media on a regular basis.
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