JAKARTA - The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has issued an early warning regarding the potential for heavy rain that could be accompanied by lightning and strong winds in most provinces in Indonesia on Saturday, December 25.
Reporting from Antara, information on weather forecasts published on the BMKG official website shows that heavy rain accompanied by lightning and strong winds could cover 26 of the 34 provinces in Indonesia.
Heavy rain accompanied by lightning and strong winds is predicted in the provinces of Bangka Belitung, Bengkulu, Jambi, West Sumatra, South Sumatra, Lampung, Banten, DKI Jakarta, West Java, East Java and Bali.
Similar conditions also have the potential to occur in the provinces of West Kalimantan, South Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan, East Kalimantan, North Kalimantan, West Sulawesi, South Sulawesi, Central Sulawesi, Southeast Sulawesi, North Sulawesi, West Nusa Tenggara, East Nusa Tenggara, Gorontalo, Maluku and West Papua.
BMKG said that a cyclonic circulation or low pressure center was observed in the Indian Ocean southwest of Lampung, which formed a confluence area in the waters west of Bengkulu.
In addition, the convergence area was observed extending in West Sumatra, Central Kalimantan, North Kalimantan, the northern part of the Sulawesi Sea, West Papua, as well as from Bengkulu to Lampung and from West Java to Central Java.
According to BMKG, the growth of rain clouds has the potential to increase around the center of low pressure or cyclonic circulation and along areas of convergence or confluence.
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