Potentially High Waves Of Residents Of The South Coast Of DIY Asked To Be Alert

DIY south coast beach/Photo: Antara

YOGYAKARTA - The Yogyakarta Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) appealed to people who are active on the southern coast of the Special Region of Yogyakarta to be aware of the potential for high waves due to high-pressure patterns in southwest Australia.

Head of the Yogyakarta BMKG Forecasting Data Analysis Group, Romadi, in Yogyakarta, Tuesday, July 19, said the high wave would continue until July 19, 2022, then gradually decline.

"For fishermen, traders, tourists, high waves will still take place, so they must obey and obey the appeals given by officers around the location", he said as quoted by Antara.

According to him, the trigger for the high waves in the south of the Special Region of Yogyakarta (DIY) was caused by a pattern of high air pressure in the southwest of Australia and a pattern of low pressure in the southwest of Sumatra.

In addition, he said, the Australian Monsoon also strengthened so that the easterly wind was more dominant and had an impact on building damage, as happened on the coast in Gunung Kidul Regency and Bantul Regency last week.

According to him, the potential for high waves will decrease in the next few days.

"It's gradually weakening with the extinction of high pressure in southwest Australia", he said.

Earlier on Saturday, July 16, a dozen stalls of traders on the shores of Somandeng and Pulangsyawal beaches in Gunung Kidul Regency, DIY, suffered light to moderate damage due to being hit by sea waves with a height of between three and five meters.

In addition to Gunung Kidul, several business buildings in the Depok Parangtritis Beach area, Bantul Regency, were also destroyed by the high waves.