BMKG Weather Forecast: Majority Of Big Cities In Indonesia Are Expected To Be Cloudy, While Jakarta Is Rainy-Thunderstorm

Overcast skies over the South Jakarta area, Thursday, July 1. (Photo: Dewa Ketut Sudiarta Wiguna/Antara)

JAKARTA - The weather for the majority of big cities in Indonesia on Monday afternoon is cloudy or sunny, according to the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) forecast. As reported by Antara, Monday, August 9, major cities that are cloudy today, according to the BMKG weather forecast, include: City of Bengkulu, Yogyakarta, Central Jakarta, Bandung, Semarang, Banjarmasin, Palangkaraya, Bandar Lampung, Jayapura, Manokwari, and Makassar. Areas of Denpasar, Gorontalo, Jambi, Samarinda, Tarakan, Tanjung Pinang, Mataram, Kupang, Pekanbaru, Mamuju, Kendari Meanwhile, the cities of Serang, Ambon, Ternate and Padang are forecasted to face light rain, Banda Aceh City has the opportunity to experience rain accompanied by lightning, and the cities of Pontianak and Manado have the potential to experience moderate intensity rain. BMKG conveyed an early warning regarding the potential for heavy rain which could be accompanied by lightning or lightning and strong winds in the Aceh region, Sulawesi West Sumatra, Bengkulu, Jambi, South Sumatra, Banten, West Java, Central Java, West Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan, North Kalimantan, East Kalimantan, West Sulawesi, Southeast Sulawesi, North Maluku, Maluku, West Papua and Papua. accompanied by lightning or lightning and strong winds are predicted in North Sumatra, Riau, Lampung, DKI Jakarta, Central Sulawesi and South Sulawesi.

Meanwhile, West Nusa Tenggara and East Nusa Tenggara have the potential to face strong winds.

Meanwhile, for the Jakarta area, the BMKG issued an early warning to the public to be aware of the potential for rain that could be accompanied by lightning and thunder in South Jakarta, East Jakarta and West Jakarta today.

"Be aware of the potential for rain that can be accompanied by lightning in the South, East and West Jakarta areas in the afternoon and evening," the BMKG said in a statement on the official BMKG website monitored in Jakarta, Monday.

BMKG estimates that the weather in all areas of DKI Jakarta will be cloudy on Monday morning.

Furthermore, for West Jakarta, South Jakarta, and East Jakarta, light rain will occur on Monday afternoon, while the weather in Central Jakarta, North Jakarta and the Thousand Islands will be cloudy.

Light rain is expected to still lash West Jakarta, South Jakarta and East Jakarta until Monday evening, and will spread to Central Jakarta.

For North Jakarta and the Thousand Islands, the BMKG estimates it will be sunny on Monday night.

Meanwhile, the temperature in DKI Jakarta on Monday will range from 24 degrees Celsius to 33 degrees Celsius.