Light To Moderate Rain Is Likely To Fall In A Number Of Big Cities

JAKARTA - The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) predicts rain with light to moderate intensity is likely to fall in a number of major cities in Indonesia on Saturday, May 21 in the afternoon and evening.

Reporting from Antara, the BMKG weather forecast said that during the day light rain could potentially fall in the cities of Central Jakarta, Gorontalo, Bandung, Semarang, Surabaya, Palangka Raya, Bandar Lampung, Pekanbaru, Mamuju, Makassar, Manado, Pangkal Pinang and Tanjung Pinang.

Rain with moderate intensity is likely to fall in the cities of Kendari and Yogyakarta and rain accompanied by lightning is predicted to occur in the cities of Pontianak and Banjarmasin during the day.

The weather forecast for the cities of Padang, Medan, Kupang, Jayapura, Manokwari, Tarakan, Jambi, Denpasar and Bengkulu is cloudy on Saturday afternoon, while the cities of Palembang, Mataram, Ternate, Samarinda, Ambon and Serang are forecasted to be cloudy.

In the evening, light rain could potentially fall in the cities of Palembang, Pekanbaru, Jayapura, Ternate, Banjarmasin, Palangka Raya, Samarinda, Bandar Lampung, Central Jakarta and Surabaya. Moderate-intensity rain is forecast to lash Mamuju City.

The cities of Padang, Manado, Kendari, Mataram, Pangkal Pinang, Tanjung Pinang and Denpasar are forecasted to be cloudy at night.

Meanwhile, the cities of Medan, Makassar, Manokwari, Kupang, Tarakan Ambon, Yogyakarta, Gorontalo, Jambi, Bandung, Pontianak, Semarang, Serang and Bengkulu according to the weather forecast at night will be cloudy.

Only the city of Banda Aceh has sunny weather forecast from Saturday afternoon to evening.