Be Careful, BMKG Predicts Light Rain Domination Of Indonesian Weather On The First Day Of 2023

Illustration - Residents use an umbrella when it rains in Makassar, South Sulawesi. (Between)

JAKARTA - The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) said that light rain is predicted to dominate the weather in Indonesia in early 2023.

On the official website www.bmkg.go.id quoted by Antara in Jakarta, Sunday, cloudy weather is predicted to occur during the day in Gorontalo, Jambi, Banjarmasin, Palangka Raya, Samarinda, Tanjung Pinang, Ternate, Mamuju, Kendari, Manado, and Padang.

In the afternoon in Palembang, it is predicted that thick clouds will experience and only Banda Aceh will experience sunny weather during the day.

Then sunny cloudy weather has the potential to be present in Jakarta, Pontianak, Tarakan, Jayapura City, and Medan.

According to BMKG's previous appeal, the potential for rain today still needs to be watched out for, because it occurs in a number of areas. During the day, light rain has the potential to flush Denpasar, Serang, Yogyakarta, Surabaya, Semarang, Pangkal Pinang, Bandar Lampung, Ambon, Kupang, Manokwari, Pekanbaru, and Makassar.

Meanwhile, moderate-intensity rain will fall in Bandung. Mataram and Bengkulu are advised to be careful of heavy rain accompanied by lightning and lightning during the day.

Entering the evening, cloudy weather is predicted to occur in Denpasar, Serang, Yogyakarta, Jakarta, Gorontalo, Bandung, Surabaya, Pontianak, Tarakan, Pangkal Pinang, Tanjung Pinang, Ambon, Ternate, Mataram, Manokwari, Kendari, Manado, Padang, Palembang, and Medan.

BMKG said the temperature in these areas reached 18-33 degrees Celsius. While the humidity level reaches 55-100 percent.

Previously, the Head of BMKG Dwikorita Karnawati said that a new phenomenon had the potential to trigger extreme rain on December 31, 2022 until early 2023.

"The seeds of cyclones in the north are extinct. However, there is an addition to the emergence of the tropical Ex-cyclon Ellie, so the phenomenon has changed compared to yesterday," said Dwikorita.

The emergence of the new phenomenon made significant changes to previous weather predictions. "So, on December 31, which was originally predicted to improve, the situation was still vigilant, the intensity of extreme rain and could be above extremes. So, we need to convey this significant change to the public that the situation is not as good as predicted yesterday," he said.

The active Asian Monsoon and still identified as cool and cross-equatoral, MJO (Madden Jullian Oscillation) is still active along with the Kelvin Wave and Rossby wave phenomena in the past week, plus the tropical Ex-cyclon Ellie observed in western Australia has contributed to the increase in heavy to very heavy rainfall.

Based on this situation, he continued, until January 4, 2023, for the Java region, in general, the potential for extreme weather still has to be watched out for, especially on December 30, 2022 to January 1, 2023.

"For Banten, DKI and West Java areas, in general, the potential for extreme weather still has to be watched out for, especially on December 30, 2022, to January 1, 2023," said the Head of BMKG.