BMKG Detection Of 2 Tropical Cyclone Bibits, Emergences The Potential For Extreme Rain In Maluku, 6 Met High Waves In Talaud

High waves accompanied the children playing on Meninting Beach, Batulayar, Lombok, NTB. (Between-Ahmad S)

MALUKU - The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) detected the emergence of two tropical cyclone seeds around Indonesia.

The two cyclone seeds are the 91P tropical cyclone seeds observed in the southern Carpentaria Bay of Papua and the 99W tropical cyclone seeds in the Philippine Sea north of West Papua.

"It is estimated that the potential for Tropical Cyclone 91P will grow to become a tropical cyclone in the next 24 hours in the low category," said Deputy for Meteorology of BMKG, Guswanto in Jakarta, Friday, February 17, as quoted by Antara.

He explained that Tropical Cyclone 91P was observed with a maximum wind speed of 30 knots and a minimum air pressure of 1003.2 mb or millibars moving to the South of Southwest.

Meanwhile, Tropical Cyclone 99W seeds with a maximum wind speed of 15 knots and minimum air pressure of 1007.9 mb moved towards the Northwest.

He said the Tropical Cyclone Bibit had an indirect impact on the weather in Indonesia in the form of heavy rain accompanied by lightning or lightning and strong winds, and high waves.

According to Guswanto, Tropical Cyclone 91P has the potential to cause moderate to heavy rain accompanied by lightning in the Maluku region.

In addition, he continued, Tropical Cyclone 911P also caused waves of 1.25-2.5 meters high in the southern waters of Kep. Wakatobi, northern Banda Sea, eastern Seram Sea, southern waters of P. Buru to P. Seram, waters of Kep. Kai to Kep. Aru, and the eastern Arafuru Sea to southern Merauke.

Meanwhile, the seeds of Tropical Cyclone 99W have the potential to cause waves of 1.25-2.5 meters high in the Sulawesi Sea, northern and southern waters of North Sulawesi, southern Maluku Sea, northern waters of Manokwari to Jayapura, and northern Pacific Ocean of Papua.

Waves 2.5-4 meters higher have the potential to occur in the waters of Sangihe Kep, the southern waters of Kep. Talaud, Bitung waters to Sitaro Island, northern Maluku Sea, northern Halmahera Islands, Halmahera Sea, northern Raja Ampat waters, and the northern Pacific Ocean of West Papua.

Furthermore, Guswanto explained, the seeds also have the opportunity to cause 4-6 meters high waves of potential to occur in the waters north of the Talaud Islands and the northern Pacific Ocean of Halmahera.