This Saturday The Majority Of Indonesia's Big Cities Rain Light To Heavy

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JAKARTA - Specifically for this Saturday, the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) issued an early warning in the form of potential light, moderate to heavy rain which could be accompanied by lightning and strong winds in various major cities in Indonesia.

Reported on the BMKG website, reported by ANTARA, Saturday, June 15, BMKG predicts that several major cities will have the potential to experience moderate to heavy rain accompanied by lightning and strong winds, namely Medan, Pekanbaru, Padang, Tanjung Pinang, Jambi, Bengkulu, Palembang, Pangkal Pinang, Serang, Bandung, Pontianak, Banjarmasin, Gorontalo, Ambon. Meanwhile, BMKG predicts several other major cities will experience light to moderate rain, namely Bandarlampung, Semarang, Yogyakarta, and Surabaya, Tanjung Selor, Palangkaraya, Manado, Palu, Kendari, Mamuju, Ternate, Manokwari, and Jayapura. Meanwhile, several major cities are predicted to experience only cloudy conditions today, including Banda Aceh, Mataram, Denpasar, Kupang, Samarinda, Makassar.

Specifically for the DKI Jakarta area, BMKG predicts that all areas will experience thick cloudy weather conditions in the morning. Then, the entire Jakarta area will experience sunny cloudy conditions during the day and end in rain, from light to moderate at night.

BMKG also appealed to people in several areas with very flammable categories, including a small part of Aceh, Riau, West Nusa Tenggara, East Nusa Tenggara, West Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan, Sulawesi, South Sulawesi, Southeast Sulawesi, and South Papua. As for the forecast for sea wave heights in the territory of Indonesia, BMKG predicts that it will generally be in the range of 0.5 to 2.5 m. BMKG also provides an alert appeal for the potential for tidal flooding in the coastal area north of Central Java.