Weather Today, BMKG: Potential Rainfalls And Winds In A Number Of Regions In Indonesia

Illustration of rain/ Photo: Bitor Ekin Putra

JAKARTA - A number of regions in Indonesia have the potential to experience heavy rain which can be accompanied by lightning and strong winds this Sunday, according to the weather early warning of the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG).

Quoted from the BMKG website in Jakarta, Sunday, February 26, it is stated that there is the potential for heavy rain of more than 50 millimeters per day with alert status, namely in the provinces of Aceh, Riau, Riau Islands, Bengkulu, Jambi, South Sumatra, Bangka Belitung Islands, Lampung, Banten, West Java, DKI Jakarta, Central Java, Yogyakarta.

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

For the status of alert for the potential for heavy rain, BMKG said, it occurred in East Java and East Nusa Tenggara.

Meanwhile, areas that have the potential for strong winds to occur in the provinces of Aceh, Riau, Riau Islands, Jambi, South Sumatra, Lampung, West Java, Central Java, Yogyakarta, East Java, Bali, West Nusa Tenggara, East Nusa Tenggara, West Kalimantan, North Kalimantan, South Kalimantan, South Sulawesi, Maluku and Papua.

BMKG also predicts the potential for flooding in a number of areas. For provinces with alert status, namely Riau Islands, Bengkulu, Jambi, South Sumatra, Bangka Belitung Islands, Lampung, West Java, Yogyakarta, East Java, Bali, West Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan, North Kalimantan, East Kalimantan, South Kalimantan, North Sulawesi, West Sulawesi, South Sulawesi, North Maluku, West Papua, and Papua.

Meanwhile, the potential for flooding is on alert, namely in the areas of Banten, DKI Jakarta, Central Java, West Nusa Tenggara and East Nusa Tenggara (NTT).

Previously, the Deputy for Meteorology, BMKG, Guswanto asked the public to be aware of the potential for extreme weather in several parts of Indonesia over the next week, one of which was triggered by strong Asian Monsoon activities.

"The development of weather conditions throughout Indonesia is currently showing the significance of atmospheric dynamics which has an impact on the potential for increased rainfall in a number of areas in Indonesia," he said.

He said the potential for extreme weather was triggered by atmospheric conditions that supported the formation of more intensive rain clouds in the future, including stronger Asian Monsoon activity.

In addition, he continued, there are also indications of cool active from Asia and low pressure centers in Western Australia and wind circulation patterns that form around Indonesian territory that form meeting areas and wind speed slowing (convergence).

"This condition can increase convective activity and maximize the potential for rain cloud growth in several parts of Indonesia in the next few days," he said.