BMKG Today: Jakarta-Medan Potential Rain, Central Java-Tangerang Flood Rob

Illustration of heavy rain accompanied by lightning. (Unsplash-Alex Duhhanov)

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 on Wednesday.

Quoted from the official BMKG website in Jakarta confiscated by Antara, forecaster Wahyu Annisa explained that in general the convergence area extends from the Gulf of Thailand to the southern coast of Vietnam, in West Kalimantan and the Sulawesi sea, northern to eastern waters of Aceh, Riau to the waters of the Riau Islands, Lampung to South Sumatra, North Java Sea, Central Java to the Karimata Strait.

This condition, he said, was able to increase the potential for rain cloud growth along areas that were passed by convergence or convergence.

Therefore, his party predicts that several major cities have the potential to experience moderate to heavy rain accompanied by lightning and strong winds, including Bengkulu, Bandar Lampung, Serang, Bandung, Semarang, Jakarta, Yogyakarta, Tanjung Selor, Samarinda, Mamuju, Kendari, Nabire, and Merauke.

Meanwhile, several other big cities will experience light to moderate rain, namely Medan, Pangkal Pinang, Jambi, Mataram, Denpasar, Palangkaraya, Banjarmasin, Manado, Gorontalo, Palu, Makassar, Ternate, Ambon, Sorong, Manokwari, Jayapura, and Jayawijaya.

Several other big cities are predicted to experience only cloudy conditions today, including Jambi, Pekanbaru, Tanjung Pinang, Banda Aceh, Padang, Palembang, Surabaya, Kupang, and Pontianak.

For the forecast for sea waves in the territory of Indonesia, BMKG predicts that generally it is in the range of 0.5 to 2.5 meters, while high waves of more than 2.5 m to 4 meters have the potential to occur in the Indian Ocean South Java, the South Indian Ocean Bali and the South Indian Ocean NTB.

His party also appealed to the public to be aware of the potential for tidal flooding on the coast of the Bangja Belitung Islands, North Tangerang, North Jakarta, Central Java (Central Java), Central Kalimantan, South Kalimantan and Maluku.