Majority Of Big Cities Have The Potential For Light Rain To Be Accompanied By Strong Winds

Illustration of heavy rain (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) predicts the potential for light, moderate to heavy rain which can be accompanied by lightning and strong winds in various major cities in Indonesia on Monday, August 19, 2024. Quoted from the official website of the BMKG in Jakarta, forecastan Eriska explained that the confluence area is in the waters north of Kalimantan Island, South China Sea, North Natuna Sea, northern waters of North Maluku, and northern waters of Papua.

This condition is able to increase the potential for rain cloud growth around cyclonic circulation and along these convergence or convergence areas. Therefore, his party predicts that several major cities will have the potential to experience moderate to heavy rain accompanied by lightning and strong winds, namely Padang, Tanjung Pinang, Pontianak, Mamuju, Sorong, Nabire, Jayapura, Jayawijaya, and Merauke. Meanwhile, BMKG predicts that several other major cities will experience light to moderate rain, namely Banda Aceh, Medan, Pekanbaru, Jambi, Bengkulu, Samarinda, Tanjung Selor, Gorontalo, Manado, Palu, Ternate, Ambon, and Manokwari. Several major cities are predicted to be cloudy including Palembang, Lampung, Pangkal Pinang, Jakarta, Serang, Serang, Semarang, Segyakarta, Surabaya, Mataram, Denpasar, Kupang, Banjarmasin, Palangka Raya, Makassar, and Kendari.

For the forecast for sea waves in the territory of Indonesia, BMKG predicts that generally it is in the range of 0.5 to 2.5 m. BMKG also urges the alert wave height of 2.5 to 4 meters in the waters of the Southwest Indian Ocean Lampung. In addition, his party is also aware of areas that have the potential to be very flammable in the southern part of Sumatra, Java, Bali and East Nusa Tenggara, southern Kalimantan, South Sulawesi, Southeast Sulawesi, and in a small part of southern Papua.