JAKARTA - The Provincial Government (Pemprov) of DKI Jakarta will again carry out a Weather Modification Operation (OMC) starting Saturday (1/2) until Thursday (6/2) as a potential response to extreme weather forecasts.
The Executive Secretary of the DKI Jakarta Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD), Maruli Sijabat explained, extreme weather in the form of heavy rains that occurred on Tuesday (28/1) and Wednesday (29/1), provided lessons on the impact of the economic losses caused.
Acting Governor of DKI Jakarta, Teguh Setyabudi, gave directions to his staff to anticipate the occurrence of floods again.
"BMKG has issued a warning that the potential for moderate to heavy rain weather has the potential to occur in Jakarta until February 6. Therefore, we are trying to carry out OMC to minimize disaster risk," Maruli said as quoted by ANTARA, Friday, January 31.
This OMC activity is planned to use Halim Perdanakusuma Airport as the base of the operation post. It is planned that OMC will start on Saturday (1/2) early in the morning.
Head of the DKI Jakarta BPBD Logistics and Equipment Subgroup, Michael Sitanggang, explained that the same as before the OMC this time also involved the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) and the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) as supervision, as well as elements of the Indonesian Air Force (AU).
In fact, he said, the implementation of flight sorties would use the Cesna aircraft belonging to the Indonesian Air Force.
Technically, OMC activities will start every day at around 07.00 to 17.00 WIB. The implementation of flight sorties will be carried out based on the results of observations and supervision from the BMKG.
He confirmed that the airport and Indonesian Air Force management had guaranteed that this OMC activity would not be hampered by commercial and military flights. This is because the OMC has been decided to be a priority for flight activities at Halim Perdanakusuma Airport.
"We have not been able to determine how many sorties will be in the day until February 6. This is of course adjusted to the results of BMKG observations and supervision," he said.
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