Extreme Weather, Depok City Residents Asked To Beware Of Falling Trees

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DEPOK - The Environment and Hygiene Service (DLHK) of Depok City, West Java, appealed to the public to be aware of extreme weather, especially strong winds that can cause trees to fall. extreme weather that has the potential to make trees fall and other natural disasters. He said that according to the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) based on monitoring radar images and satellite images, the occurrence of strong winds in the Greater Jakarta area was triggered by the presence of a Cumulonimbus (Cb) convective cloud system. which moves from the west of Banten to the east. Then, towards the Jabodetabek area with a fairly elongated dimension of the cloud system, from north to south, causing strong wind gusts in the Banten and Jabodetabek areas.

"Based on BMKG data, the measured wind speeds are quite diverse with an average range of more than 30 km/hour, even in some locations the measured strong winds reached more than 50 km/hour which occurred around 12.00-13.00 WIB," he explained in Depok, Wednesday, March 9. Indra said this wind phenomenon could potentially occur for the next two days. This condition is triggered by the existence of a cyclonic circulation pattern in the waters of the Timor Sea which forms a wind confluence pattern in the areas of Lampung, Banten, Jabodetabek, to the southern part of Kalimantan, Sulawesi and Nusa Tenggara, thus triggering the potential for wind to occur. During this period of March-April, most parts of Indonesia began to enter a transitional period from the rainy season to the dry season. During this period the public is advised to remain alert to the potential for extreme weather such as heavy rains of short duration which can be accompanied by winds. thunderstorms/lightning, hurricanes, waterspouts, rain, and more.*