BMKG Warns Jambi Residents To Beware Of Lightning Ahead Of The Entry Of The Rainy Season

Illustration of lightning grabbing fields ahead of heavy rain accompanied by strong winds. (Pixabay)

JAKARTA - The Jambi Province Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) warned residents to be aware of strong winds accompanied by lightning during the dry transition season to the current rainy season. Jambi Province BMKG Data and Information Coordinator Annisa Fauziah said, by the end of October, it had entered a transition period of the season and it was predicted that the rainy season would occur in November. "Now it is the end of October and this has entered a transition period ahead of the rainy season in November," said Annisa Fauziah in Jambi, Wednesday, October 25, as reported by Antara. In the rainy season which is expected to be in November in Jambi, he said, it will rain gradually in every city and district due to topographic conditions where the rainy season in Jambi Province is not coincident. He said there are 11 season zones in Jambi and the different enter the rainy season.

Meanwhile, BMKG also recorded a decrease in hotspots to around 1,454 in Jambi Province as it began to rain. "Because it has started to rain in some areas of Jambi, so the hotspots that originally reached 2,703 have now decreased to 1,454 which were observed in the Sarolangun and Tanjung Jabung areas. West," said Annisa Fauziah. The decline in hotspots was observed starting from October 19 yesterday to today. Hotspots are still being monitored in the western part of Jambi