BMKG Predicts Big Cities Of Indonesia Will Be Cloudy And Rainy

Officers are preparing to release a balloon pilot to monitor weather developments at the Class I Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) Sultan Iskandar Muda, Aceh Besar District, Aceh, Tuesday (14/5/2024). (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) predicts that most major cities in the country will experience cloudy conditions today, accompanied by rain in a number of cities including dominating the weather in eastern Indonesia, Tuesday, September 3.

BMKG forecaster Nurul Izzah Fitria said that there is the potential for rain to fall today in a number of locations in the country, including in a number of big cities including Banda Aceh, Medan, Tanjung Pinang and Padang and Jambi.

Meanwhile, he said cloudy weather is predicted to occur in Pekanbaru, cloudy sunny in Bandar Lampung and thick cloudy in Bengkulu, Palembang and Pangkal Pinang.

For big cities on the island of Java, cloudy conditions will be dominated, he explained, with Jakarta and Bandung will experience thick clouds, Serang will be cloudy and cloudy in the areas of Semarang, Yogyakarta and Surabaya.

Sunny cloudy also has the potential to occur in the Denpasar and Kupang areas as well as cloudy conditions in the Mataram area, according to the BMKG forecast.

There are quite various conditions in the Kalimantan Island area with the BMKG conveying the potential for thunderstorms in Tanjung Selor and lightning in the Samarinda area. Cloudy conditions are predicted to occur in the Pontianak and Palangkaraya areas and sunny cloudy in Banjarmasin.

Rain with light intensity is likely to occur in the Mamuju and Manado areas on Sulawesi Island today, accompanied by cloudy weather in Gorontalo, Kendari and Makassar as well as potential smoke or fog in Palu.

BMKG warns of the potential for rain in all major cities in eastern Indonesia including light rain in Ambon, Ternate, Sorong and Manokwari. Meanwhile, moderate rain can occur in Nabire, Jayapura and Jayawijaya as well as thunderstorms in the Merauke region.