BMKG: Due To Forest And Land Fires, Cloud Fog In Bengkulu Has Mixed With Smoke

BMKG Bengkulu said the fog in Bengkulu had been mixed with smoke. BETWEEN/Anggi Mayasari

BENGKULU - Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) Balai Island Climatology Station said the cloud fog that occurred in Bengkulu had mixed with smoke due to the impact of land and forest fires (karhutla). Currently, the cloud fog in Bengkulu is thin but mixed with smoke because it has entered the medium cloud layer marked by a slightly reddish sun. "From the analysis of the wind, it is impossible because the wind moves from South to Southeast to North, but with the source of hotspots in the south there can be smog," said Head of Data and Information for BMKG, Climatology Station, Baai Bengkulu Island, Anang Anwar, in Bengkulu City, Antara, Friday, October 6. From the results of the monitoring of hotspots carried out, he said, it was observed that there were three hotspots in the southern part of Bengkulu, while the wind was moving from southeast to northwest. Thus, according to him, it is possible that the smoke particles were carried away, but were in an intermediate cloud layer of about 3000 feet with a not so large number of particles that caused the morning sun in Bengkulu City to turn reddish. Previously, the morning fog that occurred in a number of areas in recent times was caused by the air period on the surface which had not yet been evaporated. Then the evaporation or air period rises upwards and occurs during the day and this can happen, he said, because the particle is wet or water vapor and can also be caused because the particle is dry, aka smoke, depending on the surrounding conditions. "The morning fire that occurred in a number of Bengkulu areas was caused by the air period on the surface not yet experiencing evaporation or the air was still stable," said Anang. With enough water vapor, the growth of clouds will increase so that the chance of rain in the Bengkulu Province is quite large.