Beware Of Potential Heavy Rain In South Central Java Until The End Of June, Potential Floods?

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CILACAP - The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) urges people in the southern part of Central Java and the central mountains of Central Java to be aware of heavy rains that still have the potential to occur until the end of June 2022. "Based on monitoring of atmospheric dynamics on June 26, 2022, the Dipole Mode Index (DMI) is still negative, which is minus 0.49, normally 0.4," said Teguh Wardoyo, Head of the BMKG Technician Group at the Cilacap Meteorological Station, Teguh Wardoyo, in Cilacap, Monday, June 27. In this case, cloud formation in the western part of Indonesia, including southern Central Java and the central mountains of Central Java, is significant. In addition, the DMI is still negative, currently there are wind bends and convergence, so the potential for rain cloud growth in Java, especially Central Java, is still high. "Anomaly of sea surface temperature or The surface temperature (SST) is still around 1-3 degrees Celsius, so it has the potential to increase the mass of water vapor," he said, quoted by Antara. Teguh said that based on observations at several observation posts, moderate to very heavy rainfall was observed.

According to him, the moderate rainfall observed at the Tunggul Wulung Meteorological Station was 26 millimeters and the Tunggul Wulung Airport Observation Post was 37 millimeters. "Medium to very heavy rainfall occurred in Cilacap. The concentration of rain was very heavy around the Karangpucung area," he said. Besides Cilacap, very heavy rainfall was also observed in Banjarnegara Regency, namely Susukan of 104 millimeters, Klampok of 103 millimeters, and Purwanegara 140 millimeters, and Purbalingga Regency in particular Bukateja reaching 113 millimeters. "We urge the public to remain alert to hydrometeorological disasters because heavy to very heavy rains still have the potential to occur until the end of June 2022," said Teguh.