Alert For Extreme Weather: Lightning Threatens Nabire And Several Other Regions

Illustration of heavy rain (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) predicts light to moderate rain in a number of major cities on Wednesday, May 21, such as light rain in Jayapura and Makassar, and moderate rain in Jakarta, Medan, Bandung.

BMKG weather forecaster, Ranti Kurniati said that for Sumatra Island, Padang has the potential to be foggy, thick clouds have the potential to occur in Banda Aceh City, light rain has the potential to occur in Pekanbaru and Tanjung Pinang cities, rain with moderate intensity has the potential to occur in Medan City.

Then, in Palembang there is the potential for air to escape, light rain has the potential to occur in Jambi and Pangkalpinang cities, rain with moderate intensity has the potential to occur in Bengkulu City.

He reminded us to be aware of the potential for rain accompanied by lightning that occurred in Bandar Lampung City.

"Escaped vehicles have the potential to occur in the city of Surabaya, light rain has the potential to occur in the city of Semarang, rain with moderate intensity has the potential to occur in the cities of Jakarta, Serang and Bandung, be aware of the potential for rain accompanied by lightning that occurs in the city of Yogyakarta," said Ranti, quoted by ANTARA.

For the areas of Bali and Nusa Tenggara, Mataram has the potential to be cloudy, Kupang has the potential to be thick cloudy, and rain with moderate intensity has the potential to occur in Denpasar City.

On the island of Kalimantan, he said, Pontianak has the potential to be cloudy, Samarinda has the potential for light rain. Meanwhile, Banjarmasin, Palangka Raya, and Tanjung Selor need to be aware of the potential for rain accompanied by lightning.

"The island of Sulawesi, thick cloudy, has the potential to occur in Manado City, light rain has the potential to occur in Makassar, Palu, and Kendari cities. Be aware of the potential for rain accompanied by lightning that occurs in Mamuju and Gorontalo cities," he said.

For eastern Indonesia, Manokwari has the potential to be thick cloudy, light rain has the potential to occur in the cities of Ternate, Ambon, Sorong, Jayapura, Jayawijaya, and Merauke.

"Be aware of the potential for rain accompanied by lightning that occurs in Nabire City," he said.