The Dry Season, These 10 Provinces Are Expected To Still Experience Heavy Rain

Heavy Rain (Photo: ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The Indonesian Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) predicts that ten provinces in Indonesia have the potential to experience heavy rain on Saturday, July 13. Deputy for Meteorology of BMKG Guswanto has explained that the potential impact of disasters due to rain in a number of parts of Indonesia that are still high can occur, although actually it has begun to enter the dry season. "The potential for increasing rain is triggered by the presence of several atmospheric dynamics that are still active in Indonesian territory, namely the Madden Julian Oscillation (MJO) phenomenon, the Rossby Kelvin equatorial waves, to the cyclonic circulation pattern and La Nina also further strengthen the potential for the formation of the rainy clouds," said Guswanto. quoted from the official website of BMKG in Jakarta, Saturday morning, the areas that have the potential for heavy rain to be hit are North Sumatra Province, Jambi, North Sulawesi, Gorontalo, Central Sulawesi, West Sulawesi, South Sulawesi, Maluku, West Papua, and Papua.

In addition to heavy rains, BMKG also predicts rain accompanied by lightning and lightning has the potential to occur in ten provinces, namely West Sumatra, North Kalimantan, East Kalimantan, North Sulawesi, Gorontalo, Central Sulawesi, South Sulawesi, Southeast Sulawesi, North Maluku, and West Papua.

Then, there is also a warning regarding the potential for rain accompanied by impacts such as flooding in a number of areas including North Sulawesi, Gorontalo, Central Sulawesi, South Sulawesi, West Papua, and Papua. Next, BMKG predicts strong winds have the potential to occur in a number of areas, namely Aceh, West Nusa Tenggara, East Nusa Tenggara, Maluku, and Papua.