BMKG: The Majority Of Big Cities In The Country Will Be Rained Starting Monday Afternoon

Illustration of rain (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) predicts light, moderate to heavy rains will flush the majority of major cities in Indonesia on Monday, August 26 afternoon. BMKG forecasters Ida Pramuwardani in a report Monday morning, explaining that the potential for light, intensity rain or with rainfall less than 2.5 mm per hour will flush Pekanbaru, Jambi, Bengkulu, Pangkulu, Pangkal Pinang, Palang Raya. Subsequently, light rain will flush, Samarinda City, Banjarmasin, Gorontalo, Ambon, Sorong, Ternate, and Manokwari with temperatures ranging from 26-29 Celsius. Part of other cities such as Medan, Mamuju, Kendari, Merauke, Jayawijaya, Jayapura, and Nabire will receive moderately intensity rain or rainfall more than 4.0 mm per hour with temperatures ranging from 21-27 Celsius. In forecasts of rain accompanied by lightning will occur in the cities of Padang, Pontianak, Tanjung Selor, Palu City with temperatures predicted to be around 23-29 Celsius. Heavy intensity shocks with rainfall of more than 50 mm per hour are predicted to flush Manado City with temperatures ranging from 24-28 Celsius. Meanwhile for the cities of Kupang, Palembang, Yogyakarta, Mataram, Banda Aceh, Tanjung Pinang, Serang, Serang, Serang, Bandung, Surabaya, Denpasar and Makassar are forecasted to be sunny and cloudy throughout the day with temperatures ranging from 24-31 Celsius. BMKG forecasters explain the growth of the late cloud occurring after an elongated encounter and wind deceleration such as from Aceh-Selat Malaka, North Sumatra Jambi and the Philippine Pacific Ocean Sulawes.

In this case, the surface wind in Indonesia is generally dominated by winds blowing from the east and southeast 1185 km per hour. BMKG also asked the public to be aware of the high potential for sea waves of 2.5 4 meters which are predicted to occur in the waters of Enggano Island, West Lampung, West Indian Ocean Mentawai Islands Lampung, West-South Sunda Strait, South Indian Ocean Java and, the potential for tidal flooding in the Riau Islands and the coast of West Java.