BMKG: The Dry Season Is Still Ongoing In NTB Despite Rain

Rain predictions in the NTB region in early August 2024 (ANTARA/HO-Humas BMKG NTB)

MATARAM - The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) stated that the dry season in West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) Province was still ongoing despite the rain from late July to early August 2024. "Despite the rain, the dry season is still ongoing in NTB," said BMKG forecaster for NTB Climatology Station Nidya Kirana in a written statement in Mataram, as reported by Antara, Wednesday, July 31. BMKG stated that on the basis of August 2024 (1-10 August 2024) the potential for rain in the NTB area is relatively small. The potential for rain with light to moderate intensity (above 20 mm/basis) has an opportunity for an incident of less than 10 percent in all areas of NTB. Based on monitoring, analysis, and forecasting of basic rainfall, there are indications of meteorological drought (iklim) as a result of successive dry days with indicators of days without rain with potential alert, alert, and alert. He said the status of drought was on alert in Dompu, Bima Regency, Bima City, North Lombok, and Sumbawa, the alert level in Swela District, East Lombok Regency, and the alert level in Belo and Palibelo Districts, Bima Regency. The last ENSO monitoring results show that the ENSO index (+0.11) is observed to be in a neutral condition. The prediction of the ENSO index has the potential to go to La Lina starting from August-September-October (ASO) 2024. The value of the SST anomaly in the Indian Ocean shows the value of the Neutral IOD (+0.49) and it is predicted that the Neutral IOD will take place from August to January 2025. "The air mass flow in the southern part of Indonesia, including NTB, has been dominated by east winds," he said. MJO is predicted to be active again in the maritime continent on the basis of July III, while the Kelvin and Equatorial Rossby waves are predicted to be active in northern, central and eastern parts of Indonesia, as well as a small part of the south. "The effectiveness of MJO and atmospheric waves is related to the potential for increased formation of rain clouds," he said.

The entire NTB area is still in the dry season period, so the people of NTB urge to use water wisely, effectively, and efficiently. "The public also needs to be aware of the occurrence of forest and land fires and droughts that generally occur during the peak period of the dry season," he said.