Beware Of Lightning Rain In 3 Areas Of Jakarta Today

Illustration - lightning appears in the city of Jakarta (Muhammad AdimajaAntara)

JAKARTA - The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) on Tuesday night issued an early warning of potential rain accompanied by lightning and strong winds in three areas of DKI Jakarta from Wednesday afternoon to evening. It was hit by a thunderstorm on Wednesday, February 24. Meanwhile, in Central Jakarta at the same time moderate rain was expected, while North Jakarta and the Thousand Islands had light rain. BMKG predicted light rain would hit all areas of Jakarta on Wednesday morning. For Wednesday night it is estimated that the entire area of Jakarta will experience cloudy weather.

BMKG estimates that throughout Wednesday the air temperature in Jakarta will range from 24 to 31 degrees Celsius with a humidity range of 75-90 percent. Jakarta was hit by floods due to high rainfall on Saturday (20/2) in the morning with a volume of up to 266 mm / day. in Jakarta, the electricity service was interrupted, but on Tuesday 500 substations were back in operation.