Be Careful! Heavy Rain Accompanied By Lightning And Wind In A Number Of Regions Of The Republic Of Indonesia

JAKARTA - The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has given an early warning of the potential for heavy rain which can be accompanied by lightning and strong winds in a number of parts of Indonesia.

Quoted from the BMKG website, Thursday, March 23, there is the potential for heavy rain with an intensity of more than 50 millimeters (mm) per day, which is predicted to occur in Aceh, North Sumatra, West Sumatra, Jambi, South Sumatra, Bangka Belitung Islands, Lampung, West Java, Central Java, Yogyakarta and East Java.

Similar conditions also have the potential to occur in West Nusa Tenggara, East Nusa Tenggara, West Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan, East Kalimantan, South Kalimantan, North Sulawesi, Gorontalo, Central Sulawesi, Southeast Sulawesi, North Maluku, Maluku, West Papua and Papua.

Meanwhile, areas with potential rain accompanied by lightning, namely Aceh, Bengkulu, Jambi, South Sumatra, Bangka Belitung Islands, West Java, DKI Jakarta, Central Java, Yogyakarta, East Java, Bali, West Nusa Tenggara, East Nusa Tenggara, West Kalimantan, East Kalimantan, South Kalimantan, North Sulawesi, Central Sulawesi, West Sulawesi, South Sulawesi, Southeast Sulawesi, Maluku and West Papua.

Meanwhile, strong winds have the potential to occur in Aceh, South Sumatra, Islands. Bangka Belitung, West Java, Yogyakarta, East Java and South Kalimantan.

The BMKG said that the Cyclonic circulation was observed in the Southwest Indian Ocean of Bengkulu, and in the Indian Ocean south of NTT, which formed a convergence area extending from Bengkulu to the southwest Indian Ocean of Bengkulu, and from the Savu Sea to the South Indian Ocean of NTT.

Other convergence areas were observed extending from the West Waters of Aceh to West Sumatra, from the Malacca Strait to Jambi, from the Karimata Strait to Lampung, from the Sulu Sea to North Kalimantan, from the Sulawesi Sea to Central Sulawesi, and from Central to Southern Papua. The confluency area (wind meeting) was also observed from the southern coast of Java to the Southwest Indian Ocean Lampung, and in the waters of the southwest of Bengkulu.

This condition, conveyed by BMKG, is able to increase the potential for rain cloud growth around cyclonic circulation and along these convergence and convergence areas.