BMKG Weather Forecast: A Number Of Areas Have The Potential For Heavy Rain And Are On Flood Alert

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JAKARTA - The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) predicts a number of areas have the potential to experience heavy rain accompanied by strong winds and lightning, making several areas fall into the flood alert category. December 2 BMKG warned of the potential for heavy rains in Aceh, Riau, Bengkulu, Jambi, South Sumatra, Bangka Belitung Islands, Lampung, West Java, Central Java, East Java and Bali. Similar potential could also occur in West Nusa Tenggara, North Kalimantan, East Kalimantan, South Kalimantan, Central Sulawesi, Maluku and West Papua. Meanwhile, other areas that are likely to experience lighter rains are West Sumatra, DKI Jakarta, East Nusa Tenggara, West Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan, North Sulawesi, Gorontalo and Southeast Sulawesi. Especially for Jakarta, most areas will experience sunny cloudy weather throughout the day even though the BM KG also issued an early warning of potential rain in the South Jakarta and West Jakarta areas in the afternoon and early evening.

The BMKG also warned that a number of areas were included in the flood alert category today, namely Aceh, North Sumatra, West Sumatra, Riau, South Sumatra, Bengkulu, Lampung, Banten, DKI Jakarta, West Java, Central Java, East Java and Bali. Tropical cyclone "Nyatoh" was observed in the Pacific Ocean east of the Philippines and moving northwestward away from Indonesia. This system forms a meeting area and slows wind speed in the northern Sulawesi Sea which plays a role in increasing the potential for rain clouds. Tropical cyclone seeds 94W in northwest Aceh are moving northwest away from Indonesia and tropical cyclone seeds 92S are in the western Indian Ocean. power of Lampung which moves to the southeast.