During The Seasonal Transition, Rain Still Has An Opportunity To Occur In Some Parts Of Indonesia

Extreme Weather Illustration (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) predicts that the majority of major cities in Indonesia will be cloudy on Wednesday, June 19, 2024.

Based on information on the official BMKG website reported by ANTARA, cloudy weather is predicted to occur in Pangkal Pinang, Jambi, Bandarlampung, Yogyakarta, Palangka Raya, Mataram, and Mamuju.

Meanwhile, thicker clouds are predicted to cover the skies of Gorontalo and Jayapura.

Sunny cloudy weather is also predicted to occur in several areas such as Banda Aceh, Palembang, Serang, Jakarta, Bandung, Semarang, Surabaya, Pontianak, Tarakan, Denpasar, Kupang, Makassar, and Kendari.

It is predicted that rain will fall in Pekanbaru, Bengkulu, Tanjung Pinang, Samarinda, Manado, Ambon, Ternate, and Manokwari with light intensity.

Rain with moderate intensity is also predicted to fall in Medan, while rain accompanied by lightning is predicted to fall in Padang and Banjarmasin.

However, BMKG Deputy for Meteorology Guswanto explained, Indonesian territory will have the potential to be hit by rain until at least September even though it has started entering the dry season.

This happens 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 has caused the impact of extreme hydrometeorological disaster weather which includes 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.