Beware Of Potential Heavy Rain To Lightning In Several Provinces

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JAKARTA - Weather forecasts have the potential for heavy rain to lightning that will occur in several areas of the provincial capital. Launching from the website of the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG), several areas on the island of Kalimantan such as Banjarmasin and Pangkal Pinang will experience heavy rain accompanied by lightning this afternoon quoting Antara. Then on the island of Sumatra, the Padang and Palembang areas are also predicted to experience rain accompanied by lightning during the day, while the Medan area is predicted to experience heavy rain.

Jambi City is predicted to rain thunderstorms tonight. Shifting to Eastern Indonesia, Kupang is predicted to rain accompanied by lightning, and Makassar heavy rain this afternoon. BMKG also mentioned light rain will occur in several provincial capitals, including Bengkulu, Palangkaraya, Tanjung Pinang, Ambon, Manokwari, Pekanbaru, and Kendari. Meanwhile, the Gorontalo, Pontianak, and Manado areas are predicted to rain with moderate intensity. Meanwhile, Denpasar City, Serang, Central Jakarta, Jambi, Samarinda, Tarakan, Mataram, Jayapura City, and Mamuju are predicted to be cloudy this afternoon. For the Ternate region, it is predicted to be thick cloudy.

BMKG also predicts that some areas will be cloudy, such as Banda Aceh, Yogyakarta, Bandung, Semarang, and Bandar Lampung. Then, the city of Surabaya is predicted to be sunny with temperatures of 25-35 degrees Celsius. Previously, the Head of BMKG Dwikorita Karnawati reminded the public to be aware of hydrometeorological disasters that will occur until next February due to extreme weather that hit most parts of Indonesia. "One of the causes of extreme weather is the existence of an Asian Monsun which shows quite significant activity in the last few days. This condition could potentially be accompanied by a cold-cold mission phenomenon that can increase the potential growth of rain clouds in most parts of Indonesia," said Dwikorita.