BMKG Calls Archipelago Countries Like Indonesia Not Affected By Hot Waves

Illustration of heat waves (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Head of the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) Dwikorita Karnawati emphasized that archipelagic countries such as Indonesia are not affected by heat waves (heat wave), because they have a large ocean. Dwikorita said that hot waves have indications that the World Meteorology Agency said if for five consecutive days there is a significant increase in temperature. BMKG sets such significance if the average daily temperature or temperature when declared hot exceeds five degrees, higher than the average daily temperature over the past 30 years. For example, if the average temperature shows 35 degrees Celsius. However, in five consecutive days, the temperature reaches 40 degrees, it can already be said to experience heat waves. In an archipelagic country like Indonesia, this has never happened, because the sea is wider than the continent. So that countries that issue early warnings of heat waves are those located on a continent with a wider land and a narrower ocean, or do not have any sea at all. That's where the potential for this heat wave to form is high, but in Indonesia we have a lot of sea. The sea acts as a cooling radiator, so if there is an increase in temperature there is a cooler, the ocean, "said Dwikorita, quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday 18 July.

So according to his observations, until now, data has not shown any indication that Indonesia will experience or be affected by heat waves. "So air flow in continental countries, it can't surf if it's in Indonesian territory, because there are differences in sea and land, there are differences in pressure, then air circulation or wind circulation. If there is circulation, the high temperature will gradually decrease," he said.