Weather At The End Of Saturday, April 13, Jakarta Has The Opportunity To Rain All Day

Illustration of rain (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) announced that DKI Jakarta is included in the category of areas with alert status over the potential for rain to rain throughout the day on Saturday, April 13.

BMKG Deputy for Meteorology Guswanto in Jakarta Saturday, said that the results of the weather analysis found that most areas of DKI Jakarta were hit by light rain throughout the day, including North Jakarta and the Thousand Islands.

The rest for Central Jakarta, West Jakarta, South Jakarta, and East Jakarta will experience light rain from noon, night, and early morning.

"The average humidity level of DKI Jakarta is 75-95 percent with a lowest temperature of 24 Celsius," he said.

In addition to DKI Jakarta, he added, from the weather analysis it was also known that there were 19 other areas with alert status and potential for low-intensity rain to occur.

Each region has the status of being aware of the potential for rain, including North Sumatra, Jambi, South Sumatra, Lampung, Riau Islands, West Java, Central Java, DI Yogyakarta, East Java, Banten.

Furthermore, Bali, West Nusa Tenggara, West Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan, South Sulawesi, Central Sulawesi, West Sulawesi, West Papua and Papua.

So with the predicted rainfall tending to be consistent throughout the day, he assessed, it has the potential to cause the impact of flood disasters or others such as strong winds and lightning.

Therefore, BMKG urges people in 19 areas including DKI Jakarta to be careful, and pay more attention to information about weather developments so as to avoid the impact caused, especially when doing activities outside the home.

The results of the analysis can be obtained by the public by accessing the online application infoBMKG, social media infoBMKG, or can directly contact the nearest BMKG office.