Please Be Aware Of Wind Speed In Bengkulu Which Is Predicted To Be 50 Km/hour

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JAKARTA - The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) of Fatmawati, Bengkulu City said rain accompanied by strong winds reached 27 knots or the equivalent of 50 km/hour in the entire area so that residents must be aware of the possible impact in the form of natural disasters.

BMKG forecaster Fatmawati Bengkulu City, Harits Syahid Hakim, said that for the next few days Bengkulu Province would be raining with strong winds, Thursday, March 3.

"There is a chance that strong winds will occur until tonight, even if the strength is estimated to be greater or less than 27 knots," he said, quoted from Antara.

He explained that the rain was caused by the significant supply of water vapor from the Sumatra-Indies region to the western part of Indonesia.

In addition, there is a cyclonic circulation in Sumatra, India, southwest of Bengkulu, which causes a confluence of winds in the Bengkulu waters and quite strong air lability and wet air humidity from the bottom to the top in the atmosphere in Bengkulu.

He said these factors could support the process of forming rain clouds in the Bengkulu region.

"The chance of rain is almost evenly distributed throughout the region from north to south and from the coast to the hills as well as the chance of strong winds from noon to early morning," he said.

He said the wave height reached three meters in the waters of Bengkulu and Enggano Island, North Bengkulu Regency, while in the Indian Ocean it reached 3.5 meters.

The Bengkulu region has the potential for hydrometeorological disasters, such as floods, landslides, and strong winds due to long-duration rains.