The Majority Of Indonesia Will Experience Light Rain

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JAKARTA - The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) issued an early warning in the form of potential light, moderate to heavy rain which could be accompanied by lightning and strong winds in various major cities in Indonesia.

Quoting Antara, forecaster Eva Septiani explained that in general the convergence area extends from the Andaman Sea, the west coast of West Sumatra, the west coast of the Philippines, North Sumatra, West Sumatra, from the Karimata Strait to Jambi, from the Makassar Strait to West Sulawesi, Papua and Papua Mountains.

This condition is able to increase the potential for rain cloud growth along areas that are passed by convergence or convergence.

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 Tanjung Pinang, Padang, Pekanbaru, Palembang, Jambi, Bengkulu, Serang, Yogyakarta, Banjarmasin, Palangkaraya, Manado, Mamuju.

Meanwhile, several other big cities will experience light to moderate rain, namely Medan, Banda Aceh, Pangkal Pinang, Lampung, Mataram, Denpasar, Tanjung Selor, Pontianak, Gorontalo, Palu, Makassar, Ternate, Nabire, Ambon, Jayapura, Jayawijaya and Merauke.

Several other big cities are predicted to experience only cloudy conditions today, including Jakarta, Bandung, Semarang, Surabaya, Kupang, Samarinda, Manokwari, and Sorong.

For the forecast for sea wave heights in Indonesian territory, BMKG predicts that it will generally be in the range of 0.5 to 2.5 m.

Waves as high as up to 4 m have the potential to occur in the West Indian Ocean. BMKG also gave an alert appeal for tidal flooding on the north coast of Central Java.