Today's Weather, The Majority Of Cities In Indonesia Potentially Thunderstorms

Illustration of rain (ANTARA)

BMKG forecaster April Akbar, quoted by ANTARA, explained that the potential for light intensity rain or with rainfall less than 2.5 mm per hour is predicted to flush the cities of Medan, Pekanbaru, Tanjung Pinang, Serang, Jakarta, Bandung, Semarang, Yogyakarta, Pontianak, Tanjung Selor, Banjarmasin, Makassar, Mamuju, Palu, Gorontalo, Kendari, Ternate, Ambon, Sorong, Manokwari, and Jayapura.

Meanwhile, in the cities of Padang, Jambi, Bengkulu, Palembang, Pangkal Pinang, Bandar Lampung, Palangka Raya, Samarinda, Manado, Nabire, Jayawijaya, and Merauke, rain accompanied by lightning is expected.

Then for the cities of Banda Aceh, Surabaya, Denpasar, Mataram, and Kupang, it is predicted to be cloudy and or foggy throughout the day with temperatures ranging from 24-31 degrees Celsius.

The BMKG forecaster explained that the almost even potential for rain was influenced by a number of atmospheric dynamics.

The BMKG detected the presence of cyclonic circulation in the southwest Indian Ocean of Bengkulu, a slowdown in wind speed from Aceh - Sulawesi Sea and wind confluence areas in the Andaman Sea, West Sumatra Waters, Sulawesi Sea, South China Sea, northern waters of Papua - South Halmahera.

Kondisi dinamika atmosfer tersebut dinilai mampu meningkatkan pertumbuhan awan penghujan dan gelombang laut tinggi di sepanjang kawasan sirkulasi siklonik itu.

BMKG juga memprediksi adanya potensi banjir rob di kawasan pesisir Sumatera Utara, Kalimantan Selatan, Sulawesi Utara, Maluku, Papua, dan Papua Selatan.

In addition, the community, especially ship and fishermen, is asked to be aware of high sea waves due to an increase in wind speeds of more than 25 knots in the Pacific Ocean east of the Philippines and the Indian Ocean west of Sumatra.