Weather April 9, Takbir Night Potentially Raining In A Number Of Cities In The Country

Illustration of rain (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - A number of parts of Indonesia have the potential to experience rain ranging from heavy to light intensity on the night of takbir, Tuesday 9 April. The Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) asked the public to remain alert to potential floods and landslides.

A number of provinces whose territory has the potential to experience heavy rain include Aceh, North Sumatra, West Sumatra, Riau, Riau Islands, Bengkulu, Jambi, South Sumatra, Bangka Belitung Islands, Lampung, Banten, West Java, Central Java, DI Yogyakarta, East Java, Bali, and West Nusa Tenggara.

In addition, areas in West Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan, North Kalimantan, East Kalimantan, South Kalimantan, North Sulawesi, Gorontalo, Central Sulawesi, South Sulawesi, Southeast Sulawesi, North Maluku, Maluku, West Papua and Papua can also experience heavy rains.

Meanwhile, a number of points in East Jakarta and Nusa Tenggara are predicted to experience rain with lighter intensity.

In particular, heavy rains have the potential to fall in the cities of Bengkulu, Jambi, Banjarmasin, Pangkal Pinang, Ambon, and Palembang. Rain of intensity is predicted to fall in Bandung, Samarinda, Tanjung Pinang, Pekanbaru and Makassar.

BMKG also reminded the potential for light rain in Denpasar, Serang, Yogyakarta, Gorontalo, Semarang, Surabaya, Pontianak, Palangkaraya, Tarakan, Mataram, Kupang, Jayapura, Manokwari, Mamuju, and Padang cities.

For the Jakarta area, light rain during the day can fall in West Jakarta, South Jakarta and East Jakarta. Meanwhile, at night South Jakarta, East Jakarta, and North Jakarta have the potential to experience light rain which is also experienced by the Thousand Islands in the early hours of the morning.

BMKG includes a number of areas in the category of alertness for the impact of rain such as floods, including several points in West Sumatra, Jambi, South Sumatra, Lampung, West Java, Central Java, DI Yogyakarta, East Java, East Nusa Tenggara, West Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan, South Kalimantan, East Kalimantan, North Kalimantan, Central Sulawesi, South Sulawesi, Southeast Sulawesi, Gorontalo, North Maluku, West Papua, and Papua.