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JAKARTA - The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) predicts light rain will flush most of the provincial capital areas in Indonesia on Tuesday, June 11.

Quoted from the BMKG website in Jakarta, the provincial capital that has the potential to rain with light intensity during the day is Padang, Manado, Kendari, Makassar, Manokwari, Jayapura City, Ambon, Bandar Lampung, Tanjung Pinang, Banjarmasin, Jambi, Gorontalo, Central Jakarta, and Serang.

Meanwhile, the cities of Bengkulu, Bandung, and Palembang are predicted to rain with moderate intensity.

BMKG also warned the public to be aware of rain accompanied by lightning that could potentially occur in the Pangkal Pinang area.

Several areas are predicted to be cloudy this afternoon, including Denpasar, Yogyakarta, Semarang, Palangkaraya, Ternate, Mataram, and Medan.

Meanwhile, the areas of Banda Aceh, Surabaya, Pontianak, Samarinda, Tarakan, Kupang, Pekanbaru, and Mamuju are predicted to be cloudy.

BMKG previously also stated that the potential for rain in a number of parts of Indonesia was still high, at least until September, although some areas had also begun to enter the dry season.

Deputy for Meteorology Guswanto explained that this happened because of several atmospheric dynamics that are still active in Indonesian territory, the Madden Julian Oscillation (MJO) phenomenon, Rossby equatorial waves, Kelvin, to cyclonic circulation patterns and the potential for the formation of bend areas and wind slowdown.

This condition can have an impact on extreme weather of hydrometeorological disasters which include floods, flash floods, rain lava floods, landslides and so on, although at the same time Indonesia began to be hit by the dry season in June-September 2024.