Weather In Early July, Some Areas In Indonesia Were Showered With Light Rain

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JAKARTA - The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) predicts that the weather in most areas of the provincial capital will receive light rain on Monday, early July 2024.

Quoted from the BMKG website in Jakarta Monday, it was stated that the provincial capitals in Indonesia that have the potential to rain with light intensity during the day are Denpasar, Serang, Gorontalo, Jambi, Bandung, Banjarmasin, Palangka Raya, Tanjung Pinang, Ambon, Mataram, Jayapura City, Makassar, and Medan.

Meanwhile, Kendari City is predicted to rain with moderate intensity during the day, and Medan City tonight.

BMKG also warned the public to be aware of rain accompanied by lightning that could potentially occur in Pontianak, Palangka Raya, and Samarinda areas.

Meanwhile, the cities of Central Jakarta, Semarang, Pangkal Pinang, Bandarlampung, Ternate, Kupang, Manokwari, Pekanbaru, Mamuju, Manado, Padang, and Palembang are predicted to be cloudy, as well as thick cloudy Samarinda City this afternoon.

The city of Surabaya is predicted to be sunny with temperatures of 25-34 degrees Celsius, while Banda Aceh, Bengkulu, and Yogyakarta are predicted to be cloudy.

Previously, BMKG predicted that the dry season would start to hit the provinces of DKI Jakarta, West Java, East Java, Central Java, Yogyakarta, Maluku, Papua, and South Papua from 28 June to 4 July 2024.

BMKG forecaster Yuni Maharani in her report via BMKG Instagram in Jakarta, last Saturday, informed that the eight provinces with the largest population in Indonesia increased the number of areas that had switched to the dry season.

"As for other areas that have entered the dry season, including Bali, West Nusa Tenggara, and also East Nusa Tenggara," he said.