Hurricane Rain Potentially Guyur Most Of Indonesia

Illustration of rainstorms. (ANTARA)

The potential for thunderstorms, namely rain accompanied by strong winds and lightning, flushed the majority of regions in Indonesia this Thursday. This was revealed by the Indonesian Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG). As quoted from the official website of the BMKG in Jakarta, Thursday, the areas that have the potential to be hit by thunderstorms are Aceh, West Sumatra, Riau, Riau Islands, Bengkulu, Jambi, South Sumatra, Bangka Belitung Islands, Lampung, Banten, and West Java.

Quoted from ANTARA, Thursday, May 9, thunderstorms are also expected to flush the provinces of DKI Jakarta, East Java, West Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan, North Kalimantan, East Kalimantan, South Kalimantan, Gorontalo, West Sulawesi, South Sulawesi, North Maluku, Maluku, and West Papua. In addition to the rain of storms, BMKG also reminded the public to be aware of the heavy rain in the areas of Aceh, North Sumatra, West Sumatra, Riau, Riau Islands, Bengkulu, Jambi, South Sumatra, Bangka Belitung Islands, Lampung, West Kalimantan, North Kalimantan, and East Kalimantan. Next, North Sulawesi, Central Sulawesi, South Sulawesi, Southeast Sulawesi, West Papua, and Papua. Furthermore, strong winds are also predicted to appear in some areas, namely Aceh, South Sumatra, West Java, East Java, East Nusa Tenggara, North Kalimantan, and West Sulawesi.

In addition, there is the potential for rain accompanied by impacts such as flooding in North Sumatra, West Sumatra, Jambi, South Sumatra, Lampung, East Kalimantan, Central Sulawesi, and Papua. According to BMKG forecasters, Rif'at Darajat, the weather conditions of major cities in Indonesia are dominated by rain due to the presence of three cyclonic circulations and the seeds of tropical cyclone 91P. "Three cyclonic circulations in the waters north of West Kalimantan, then the northern Pacific Ocean from Papua and the Banda Sea," he said. Rift'at said the condition was able to increase the potential for rain cloud growth around the cyclonic circulation area. Tropical cyclone seeds 91P located around the Arafuru Sea have a low chance of being cyclone, thus having an impact on the potential for moderate to heavy rain and strong winds around the cyclone seed area.