Weather Forecast: Beware Of Potential Heavy Rain In Some Areas

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JAKARTA - The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) warned the public to be aware of the potential for heavy rain that could be accompanied by lightning and strong winds in a number of areas in Indonesia on Tuesday, January 25. In the weather early warning system, the BMKG predicts areas that have the potential to experience rain moderate to heavy accompanied by lightning and strong winds such as in Aceh, Banten, Bengkulu, DKI Jakarta. Then Gorontalo, Jambi, West Java, East Java, West Kalimantan, South Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan, East Kalimantan, North Kalimantan, Lampung, Maluku. in West Nusa Tenggara, East Nusa Tenggara, Riau, West Sulawesi, Central Sulawesi, Southeast Sulawesi, West Sumatra and South Sumatra.

Previously, BMKG reported the presence of 91W cyclone seeds in northern Indonesia, precisely around the western Pacific Ocean east of the southern Philippines or at 8.3°N 128.0°E, which had an impact on weather conditions. BMKG Deputy for Meteorology Guswanto said through monitoring the Jakarta Tropical Cyclone Warning Center (TCWC), the cyclone seed has a maximum wind speed around the system reaching 20 knots (37 km/hour) and minimum air pressure around the center of the system reaching 1,008 hPa. Guswanto said the 91W cyclone seed system was moving west to northwest, approaching the area. mainland Philippines and further away from Indonesian territory. In the next 24 hours period, it is still in the low category to become a tropical cyclone system. He explained a criterion that a cyclone seed can be said to increase into a tropical cyclone is if the maximum wind speed around the system reaches a minimum of 35 knots (65 km/hour). The seeds of tropical cyclone 91W, he continued, could form a confluence area and slow down wind speed in the waters of the Sulu Sea, the Sulawesi Sea and the waters north of North Maluku. In the next 24 hours, according to him, the seeds of tropical cyclone 91W can have an indirect impact on wave conditions in Indonesian territory, namely wave heights of 2.5 - 4.0 meters (Rough Sea). ) in the waters of the Talaud Archipelago, the northern part of the Maluku Sea, the northern waters of the islands and Halmahera, the Halmahera Sea and the Pacific Ocean north of Halmahera to Papua.