BMKG Predicts Drought In East Kalimantan Starting June 2023, All Parties Asked To Beware Of Forest And Land Fires

Illustration of forest and land fires or forest and land fires. (Between)

JAKARTA - The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) predicts that the 2023 dry season in East Kalimantan (Kaltim) will start in mid-June 2023. All parties are asked to be aware of its impacts such as forest and land fires or forest and land fires.

"The dry impact includes the threat of forest fires as well as land, gardens, fields, and others with water shortages, so that through this early warning, related parties can prepare steps to minimize the impact," said Head of Class III Meteorological Station APT Prqnoto BMKG Samarinda Riza Arian Noor in Samarinda, East Kalimantan, Thursday, March 30, confiscated by Antara.

In general, East Kalimantan Province has three types of season zones, namely monsunal, equatorial, and local season zones, so this causes the beginning until the end of the dry season to be non-uniform.

As the beginning of the dry season in East Kutai Regency is predicted from mid-June to early July and a small part in early August, Kutai Kartanegara Regency from mid-June to early July and a small part in early August.

In Berau Regency, the dry season starts from late June to early July and a small part in early August, Bontang City in early July, Samarinda City in early July, Balikpapan City in June to early July, North Penajam Paser Regency from late June to early July.

Paser Regency starting from late June to early July, West Kutai Regency from June to mid-July, while specifically for Mahakam Ulu Regency it is predicted that it will not experience dryness because the area is included in rain areas throughout the year.

In the virtual meeting with a number of related parties, Riza also said that during the dry season, it is predicted that there are still a number of areas that experience rain with different rain properties, such as in Berau with normal to normal sub-showing properties.

In East Kutai with normal to normal lower properties, lower Kutai Kartanegara normal to normal, Bontang normal, lower Samarinda normal to normal, lower Balikpapan normal to normal.

Untuk Kabupaten Penajam Paser Utara dengan sifat hujan saat keduran di bawah normal hingga normal, Paser bawah normal hingga normal, Kutai Barat bawah normal hingga normal, dan Mahakam Ulu dengan sifat hujan normal.

The forecast for the peak of the dry season in a number of areas in East Kalimantan is different, but in general the peak of the dry season occurs from August to September.

The details are in Berau, the peak of the dry season in July - August, East Kutai July - August, Kutai Kartanegara July - August, Bontang in August, Samarinda in August - September, Balikpapan August - September, Penajam Paser Utara August, Paser August, West Kutai in July - August.