BMKG Estimates Heavy Rain In North Sumatra To West Java Today

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JAKARTA - The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) estimates that a number of parts of Indonesia have the potential to experience heavy rain accompanied by lightning and strong winds today, Sunday, July 2.

Quoted from the BMKG website in Jakarta, Sunday, July 2, early warning of the potential for heavy rain which can also be accompanied by lightning or lightning, namely in Aceh, North Sumatra, Riau Islands, Bengkulu, Jambi, South Sumatra, Lampung, Banten, West Java, East Java, Bali, West Nusa Tenggara, East Nusa Tenggara.

Then, West Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan, North Kalimantan, East Kalimantan, South Kalimantan, North Sulawesi, Gorontalo, Central Sulawesi, West Sulawesi, South Sulawesi, Southeast Sulawesi, North Maluku, Maluku, West Papua and Papua.

Meanwhile, there are several areas that have the potential to experience strong winds of more than 45 km per hour, namely South Sumatra, West Java, East Java, West Nusa Tenggara, North Kalimantan and South Kalimantan.

BMKG said the convergence area was observed extending from the West Coast of Aceh to the Malacca Strait, in Riau, from the Malacca Strait to the South China Sea, from the Natuna Sea to the South China Sea, from Central Kalimantan to the Natuna Sea, from the Makassar Strait to the Sulu Sea, and in the South waters of NTT.

Other confluency areas were also observed in the South Indian Ocean NTT to the Southwest of Bengkulu, Andaman Sea, Karimata Strait, Natuna Sea, and South China Sea.

This condition, said BMKG, is able to increase the potential for rain cloud growth along these convergence/confluence areas.

Plt. Head of the Center for Public Meteorology, BMKG, Andri Ramdhani said that based on weather analysis data in the last three days, there were still rain in several areas.

"The potential increase in rain was also triggered by several atmospheric dynamics factors," he said.

He stated that the atmospheric factor, including the turn pattern and the slowdown of the wind around the northern part of Indonesia which also triggered an increase in the growth of rain clouds.

In addition, he continued, the push for air masses from the southern region of Indonesia could increase the potential for rain cloud growth.