BMKG Weather Forecast: Heavy Rain Will Fall In 20 Provinces

Soekarno-Hatta Street in Gedebage, Bandung, West Java after heavy rain fell. (Photo: Raisan Al Farisi/Antara)

JAKARTA - The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency predicts heavy rains in 20 provinces in Java, Bali, West Nusa Tenggara, Sumatra, Sulawesi, Kalimantan, Maluku, and Papua on Wednesday.

According to BMKG, heavy rain is likely to fall in the provinces of Aceh, North Sumatra, Jambi, South Sumatra, Bengkulu, Bangka Belitung, Riau Islands, East Java, Bali, West Nusa Tenggara, West Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan, South Kalimantan, East Kalimantan, North Kalimantan, South Sulawesi, Southeast Sulawesi, West Sulawesi, North Maluku, and West Papua.

The BMKG stated that Aceh Province was on alert status for weather impacts, while 19 other provinces were on alert status for weather impacts.

Meanwhile, major cities such as Pontianak, Banjarmasin, Tarakan and Mataram are forecasted to experience rain accompanied by lightning and lightning and the cities of Jayapura, Bandar Lampung and Bandung are predicted to experience moderate rain.

According to the BMKG weather forecast, light rain will fall in Medan City, Palembang, Kendari, Makassar, Mamuju, Pekanbaru, Manokwari, Ternate, Ambon, Tanjung Pinang, Pangkal Pinang, Samarinda, Palangka Raya, Surabaya, Semarang, Central Jakarta, Yogyakarta, Serang, and Denpasar.

Only the cities of Banda Aceh, Bengkulu, Gorontalo, Kupang, Manado and Padang are forecasted to have sunny cloudy weather.