Riau Islands Residents Must Be Extra Patient, The Extreme Heat Just Finished In Early September

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BATAM - The Hang Nadim Batam Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) predicts extreme hot weather for the Riau Islands region to end in early September 2022.

"Normally this extreme heat condition can last until early September," said Head of the BMKG Data and Information Section Hang Nadim Batam Suratman in Batam, Tuesday, July 19.

After that, he said, during September to December, the peak period of rain for the Riau Islands was entered.

He explained that the scorching heat and low humidity can cause environmental conditions, be it trees, garbage, or leaves, to be easily burned.

"Therefore, we are advised to always protect the environment from potential fires, such as burning garbage without supervision, clearing land by burning, and so on," he said, quoted by Antara.

The hot weather in the last few days, he said, was due to the relative dryness of the upper layers of the air in the Riau Archipelago, so the potential for rain clouds to grow was less significant.

"Therefore, the sun's rays go directly to Earth and cause high evaporation so that the temperature feels hot until the evening and only decreases in the early hours of the morning," he said.

In addition, said Suratman, the geographical location of the Riau Islands also affects the hot weather in the area.

"Geographically, the location of Batam or Riau Islands is surrounded by about 94 percent of the ocean so that evaporation is high and the temperature is also high," he said.