Today's Weather Forecast: Parts Of Indonesia Are Raining, Including Two South Jakarta And East Jakarta

Lightning flashes across the sky in Jakarta (Photo: Muhammad Adimaja/Antara).

JAKARTA - The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) predicts an increasing trend of rain cloud growth in several regions in Indonesia which is influenced by the slowing pattern of wind speed on Monday, August 2. Reported from the www.bmkg.go.id page, rain cloud growth occurred in some areas of West Coastal Sumatra, South Sumatra, Java, central to southern Sulawesi and West Papua. Heavy rains accompanied by lightning/lightning and strong winds still have the potential to hit several areas such as West Sumatra, Riau, Bengkulu, Jambi, South Sumatra, Lampung , Banten, West Java, East Java, West Kalimantan, North Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan, South Kalimantan, North Sulawesi, Central Sulawesi and West Sulawesi. As for sunny and cloudy weather situations are expected to occur in various big cities in Indonesia such as Denpasar, Jambi, Semarang, Pontianak, Banjarmasin, Bandar Lampung, Ambon, Ternate, Mataram, Kupang, Jayapura, Makasar and Kendari. Light and moderate rain is also forecasted in several areas such as Serang, Bengkulu, Bandung, Pontianak, Palangkaraya, Tarakan, Tanjung Pinang, Manokwari, Pekan Baru, Manado and Medan. The temperature situation in big cities is on average between 23 to 32 degrees. celsius with humidity levels ranging from 55 to 95 percent.

The BMKG has issued an early warning for heavy rain accompanied by lightning and strong winds in a number of areas in Central Kalimantan Province, which is expected to last until 08.00 WIB.

Meanwhile, the BMKG issued an early warning of the potential for rain accompanied by lightning and strong winds for the South Jakarta and East Jakarta areas from Monday afternoon to evening. On its official website, the BMKG predicts that the entire DKI Jakarta area will be cloudy on Monday morning. cloudy skies are forecasted in the areas of West Jakarta, North Jakarta and Central Jakarta. Meanwhile, the South Jakarta and East Jakarta areas are forecasted to rain with light intensity, while the Thousand Islands area is forecasted to be sunny during the day. BMKG forecasts cloudy weather in five areas of DKI Jakarta. Only the West Jakarta area is forecasted to be cloudy at night. The air temperature in Jakarta is between 23 to 32 degrees Celsius, while the humidity is between 70 to 95 percent.