BMKG Expects Rain In Medan, Lampung, Bandung To Yogyakarta Today

Illustration of a boy playing football on a muddy field was raining. (Pixabay)

JAKARTA - The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) predicts that the majority of major cities in Indonesia will experience rain today, Sunday, July 7.

Citing the official BMKG website via Antara, Sunday, July 7, light rain is predicted to fall in a number of areas such as Medan, Padang, Pangkal Pinang, Bandar Lampung, Serang, Jakarta, Bandung, Palangkaraya, Banjarmasin, Mataram, Manokwari, and Jayapura.

Meanwhile, a number of areas such as Yogyakarta, Kendari, Manado, and Ambon are predicted to experience moderate rain. Rain accompanied by lightning is predicted to occur in Gorontalo and Mamuju this afternoon.

Cloudy weather is also reported to occur in a number of areas such as Tanjung Pinang, Palembang, Bengkulu, Jambi, Semarang, Pontianak, Samarinda, Makassar, and Ternate today.

Cloudy sunny weather is predicted to occur in Banda Aceh, Pekanbaru, Surabaya, Denpasar, and Kupang today.

BMKG Deputy for Meteorology Guswanto explained that the potential impact of disasters due to rain in a number of parts of Indonesia that are still high could occur, even though it has actually started to enter the dry season.

"The potential for increased rain is triggered by several atmospheric dynamics that are still active in Indonesian territory, namely the Madden Julian Oscillation (MJO) phenomenon, the Rossby Kelvin equatorial wave, and the cyclonic circulation pattern and La Nina also further strengthen the potential for the formation of the rainy cloud," said Guswanto.

The combination of the influence of these phenomena is predicted by the BMKG meteorological team to create the potential for moderate-heavy rain, accompanied by lightning / strong winds.