Even Though It Has Been Routinely Rained, The Peak In Indonesia Is Predicted To End In December Until January 2023

Illustration of rain in the capital city (Photo by Sabda Rhamadhoni on Unsplash)

JAKARTA - The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) predicts that the peak of the rainy season in parts of Indonesia will occur in December 2022 to January 2023.

"Most parts of Indonesia will experience the peak of the rainy season in December-January," said BMKG Head Dwikorita Karnawati confirmed in Jakarta, Friday, October 7, quoted from Antara.

He conveyed that out of a total of 699 ZOM (season zones) in Indonesia, 175 ZOM (25.03 percent) will enter the rainy season in October 2022, covering parts of Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan, Bali, Nusa Tenggara, Sulawesi, Maluku, and Papua.

Meanwhile, as many as 128 ZOM (18.31 percent), he continued, will enter the rainy season in November 2022, including Sumatra, Java, Bali, Nusa Tenggara, Sulawesi, Maluku, and Papua.

Currently, there are 60 ZOM (8.6 percent) that have experienced the rainy season including the southern Riau, parts of South Sumatra, southern Bengkulu, southern West Java.

Then, southern West Kalimantan, eastern Central Kalimantan, southern South Kalimantan, northern Southeast Sulawesi, northern North Maluku, parts of Maluku and parts of West Papua.

"In addition, there are 113 ZOMs that experience the rainy season period throughout the year," he explained.

Meanwhile, the prediction of rainfall for the period 8-9 October 2022, namely for the Sumatra region in general it is cloudy to light rain, but parts of North Sumatra, Kep. Babel, Bengkulu, and Lampung have the potential for light rain to moderate rain and Aceh has the potential for moderate to heavy rain.

For the Java region, generally it is cloudy to light rain, but part of Banten, and DKI Jakarta has the potential for light to moderate rain, as well as parts of West Java, Central Java, DI Yogyakarta, and East Java with the potential for moderate to heavy rain.

For the Kalimantan region, in general, it rains moderately to heavy rain. The sub-district rain is moderate to heavy rain.

Then Bali, NTB, NTT in general is sunny cloudy to light rain, but some Bali and NTB have the potential for light rain to moderate rain.

Maluku and Papua in general light rain to moderate rain, but parts of Maluku, West Papua, and Papua have the potential for moderate rain to heavy rain.*