BMKG Reveals The Equinox Phenomenon Triggering Bintan Island Riau Islands Is Hot And Hot

One of the tourist resorts on the island of Bintang. (startourism.com)

JAKARTA - The Tanjungpinang City BMKG stated that the equinox phenomenon is one of the triggers for hot weather on Bintan Island or the Tanjungpinang-Bintan area in Riau Omissions (Kepri) in the last few days.

BMKG Tanjungpinang forecaster Rizqi Nur Fitriani said, equinox is one of the astronomical phenomena, in which the sun crosses the equator and periodically takes place twice a year, namely in March and September.

"For now, the maximum air temperature recorded on Bintan Island has reached 33.6 degrees Celsius," he said, Sunday, March 24, as reported by Antara.

In addition, he said, the hot weather on Bintan Island was also triggered by the position of the apparent movement of the sun which is currently right at the equator, so that sunlight also affects the high air temperature, especially in areas around the equator, including in the Riau Islands Province in general.

Based on normal conditions, Rizki continued, rainfall in March 2024 in the Bintan Island area is indeed in the low category.

According to the BMKG forecast, the basic rainfall (10 daily) will occur until the end of March. Rainfall is also in the low category, which is around 20 to 50 millimeters.

"The strong wind in the upper layers of the atmosphere also causes delays in the formation of convective clouds that have produced rain in recent days," he said.

However, he continued, currently the intensity of the wind in the upper layers of the atmosphere is starting to decline with support from the humidity level of the atmosphere, which tends to dry to wet, can potentially increase the chance of uneven rain cloud growth (local).

"In general, the weather is predicted to be cloudy to cloudy and there is the potential for uneven light rain (local) that occurs for the next three days in the Bintan Island area," he also said.

Furthermore, BMKG also appealed to the public not to burn garbage or throw cigarette butts carelessly for fear of triggering a larger fire due to the current hot weather.