JAKARTA - The Indonesian Agency for Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics (BMKG) predicts that most major cities in Indonesia will be dominated by rainy weather with various intensities on Wednesday, May 20.
"For the western part of Indonesia, it is anticipated that there is the potential for lightning in Banda Aceh, Tanjung Pinang, and Bandar Lampung," said BMKG Praktirawan Ina Hapsari in a weather forecast broadcast quoted by Antara Jakarta, Wednesday morning.
In addition to the warning of these extreme weather conditions, Ina also mentioned that there was a potential for moderate intensity rain in the Tanjung Selor area.
Furthermore, he added that the weather in a number of other areas is quite varied, one of which is the potential for hazy air which is expected to occur in Surabaya.
Meanwhile, light-intensity rain is expected to fall and wet a number of other major cities in the western and central regions of Indonesia.
The cities that have the potential to experience light rain include Medan, Pekanbaru, Jambi, Padang, Bengkulu, Palembang, Jakarta, Serang, Bandung, Yogyakarta, and Samarinda.
On the other hand, cloudy to cloudy weather is also potentially covering other areas, such as in Pangkalpinang, Semarang, Pontianak, Palangkaraya, and Banjarmasin.
Meanwhile, people in the Denpasar and Manokwari areas are expected to experience weather conditions that tend to be cloudy and cloudy throughout the day.
Turning to the eastern part of Indonesia, BMKG said that light-intensity rain was also the most dominant weather in the region.
"For eastern Indonesia, there is the potential for light rain in Mataram, Kupang, all of Sulawesi, Ternate, Ambon, and most of Papua," said Ina.
Ina reminded that the forecast is a general picture of today's weather. For more complete and updated weather information every hour, the public can monitor the BMKG Info application and the @infobmkg social media account.
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