BMKG Weather Forecast: Heavy Rain Potentially Hits Some Areas Wednesday September 1

Lustration - BMKG officers monitor rainfall gauges at the BMKG yard at Kertajati Station, Jatiwangi, Majalengka, West Java (Photo: Dedhez Anggara/Antara)

JAKARTA - The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) predicts heavy rain that can be accompanied by lightning or lightning and strong winds has the potential to occur in a number of areas in Indonesia on Wednesday, September 1. Based on information compiled by Antara from the official BMKG website in Jakarta, Wednesday , the weather has the potential to hit Aceh, West Sumatra, Riau, Riau Islands, Bengkulu, Jambi, South Sumatra, and the Bangka Belitung Islands. Similar weather is also predicted to occur in Lampung, Banten, West Java, West Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan, North Kalimantan, Kalimantan East, South Kalimantan, Gorontalo, Central Sulawesi, West Sulawesi, Southeast Sulawesi, and Papua.

Rain that can be accompanied by lightning or lightning and strong winds has the potential to occur in North Sumatra, DKI Jakarta, North Sulawesi, South Sulawesi, North Maluku, Maluku, and West Papua, while West Nusa Tenggara is predicted to experience strong winds. The BMKG also issued a warning for high waves 2 ,5-4 meters in the northern waters of Sabang, the western waters of Aceh, the western waters of Simeulue Island to the Mentawai Islands, Bengkulu waters to the west of Lampung, the western and southern Sunda Strait. The high wave warning also applies to the Indian Ocean area west of Sumatra, southern waters Banten to Sumba Island, southern Bali-Lombok-Alas Strait, southern Indian Ocean Banten to East Nusa Tenggara, and eastern Arafuru Sea.