Weather Thursday 27 June, Jakarta Will Be Cloudy All Day

Illustration of sunny cloudy weather (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) predicts that all administrative areas in Jakarta, including the Thousand Islands, will be cloudy on Thursday, June 27 afternoon and evening.

"On Thursday morning, West Jakarta is predicted to be cloudy while the other Jakarta areas are thick cloudy," according to the BMKG through its official website, Wednesday night.

Then, during the day the entire Jakarta area is cloudy, such as Central Jakarta, East Jakarta, North Jakarta, and the Thousand Islands, South Jakarta and West Jakarta.

This condition continues into the evening, the entire Jakarta area is predicted to be cloudy and likely to last until the early hours of the morning, except for the Thousand Islands, North Jakarta and Central Jakarta which are likely cloudy.

The average temperature today in Jakarta ranges from 23 - 32 degrees Celsius with humidity between 70 - 100 percent.

Previously, BMKG coordinated with the DKI Jakarta Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) and the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) to modify Jakarta's weather.

Head of DKI Jakarta BPBD Isnawa Adji said that according to the direction of the Acting Governor, the team carried out weather modification technology (TMC) in Jakarta, in line with the deteriorating air conditions in DKI Jakarta in recent days.

Meanwhile, based on data from the IQAir air quality monitoring site at 00.43 WIB, the air quality index (AQI) in Jakarta is in first place with 158 or is categorized as unhealthy.

This condition places the city of Jakarta as the second city in the world to have bad air after the Kinshasha Congo with a value of 204 or very unhealthy.