JAKARTA - The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) reminds residents of the West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) region of the potential impact of uncertain weather in the next week due to the emergence of the 96S tropical cyclone.
"For the next seven days from December 29, 2025 to January 4, 2025, the weather is generally expected to be cloudy to heavy rain," said BMKG NTB Meteorology Station Praktirawan Andre Jersey in Mataram, quoted by Antara, Monday.
Andre said that the weather forecast report on December 29-31, 2025, there is a potential for moderate intensity rain which can be accompanied by lightning and strong winds in some parts of NTB.
The chance of rain with an intensity of 5-10 millimeters (km) per hour is predicted to occur in East Lombok Regency, North Lombok, Central Lombok, West Sumbawa, Sumbawa, Dompu, Bima, and Bima City.
Meanwhile, on January 1-4, 2025, moderate to heavy rain which can also be accompanied by lightning and strong winds has the potential to occur throughout the NTB area.
"Surface winds are blowing with a dominant direction variation from south to southwest with a maximum speed of 35 kilometers per hour," said Andre.
Based on the analysis of the Tropical Cyclone Warning Center (TCWC) Jakarta, the tropical cyclone 96S seed was formed in the waters of the Indian Ocean south of Lombok Island, NTB, on December 24, 2025.
The tropical storm's seeds are currently in the waters of the southern Indian Ocean of Sumba Island, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT). The maximum wind speed is 65 kilometers per hour with a minimum pressure of 999 hPa.
The tropical cyclone 96S seed is slowly moving away from Indonesia towards the West Australian mainland and is predicted to fall on December 31, 2025.
The cyclonic circulation phenomenon not only has an indirect impact in the form of moderate to heavy rain, but also high waves of 1.25 meters to 2.5 meters in the waters south of Bali, NTB and NTT.
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