BMKG Prepares Weather Forecast Information On Toll Roads For Lebaran Homecoming

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JAKARTA - The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) is preparing weather forecast information services, especially on toll roads, to face the 2022 Eid homecoming period.

"The service that we provide here is weather information on land transportation routes, especially toll roads, this will be prepared with special features, through the infoBMKG mobile phone application. But what we convey is weather forecasts", said BMKG Head Dwikorita Karnawati in a working meeting and a joint hearing with Commission V of the House of Representatives, reported by Antara, Wednesday, April 6.

Dwikorita said early warnings were also given from three hours to 30 minutes before the incident and were also conveyed through the special infoBMKG early warning feature.

"But we also ask that perhaps this early warning can be displayed on screens on toll roads, for toll road information", he said.

He hopes that the information disseminated will not only be carried out through mobile phone applications so that BMKG seeks to coordinate with toll road managers so that early warnings are also included in toll road information.

BMKG will also deliver weather forecasts for places of worship as well as weather forecasts leading up to Eid al-Fitr.

In addition, Dwikorita said that his party prepared special weather forecasts for tourist attractions, accompanied by early warnings.

BMKG has prepared equipment that has been installed throughout Indonesia and is calibrated and operating properly. There are 40 weather radars and thousands of equipment installed to support the smooth going home for Eid.

Then AWOS (Automated Weather Observing System) is also installed in almost all airports in Indonesia, which has meteorological stations in 98 locations.

"We have prepared a special radar for crossings, namely maritime radar, especially in Gilimanuk-Ketapang, also between the islands of Lombok and Flores, and also in the Sunda Strait.

Dwikorita hopes that the BMKG weather service can support the smooth running of the government in realizing a safe homecoming and also a healthy homecoming.