JAKARTA - The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) stated that the decrease in humidity makes the air dryer and the air feels hotter in the Bengkulu Province
"The humidity fell to 60 percent. It made the air dryer, and felt hotter than usual," said Bengkulu BMKG Data and Information Coordinator Anang Anwar in Bengkulu, Friday, May 12, as reported by Antara.
Anang said that in the humidity of the air in the Bengkulu Province, normally it was in the range of 75 percent to 95 percent.
He stated that the decrease in humidity occurred because the current solar track was perpendicular to the equator line, causing evaporation and making the air drier and hotter.
Under such conditions, he continued, the Bengkulu region received directly sunlight, long waves, and short waves of sunlight.
"As a result of the hot air. Long waves and short waves also cause evaporation in the vicinity to be high," he said.
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He said that the air temperature in Bengkulu was actually still in the range of 18 degrees Celsius to 33 degrees Celsius, but felt hotter because the humidity had decreased.
"When the sun's trajectory drops to the north, the temperature conditions will return to normal. The sun just down to the north is predicted at the end of May," he said.
On Friday, May 12, the air temperature in Bengkulu is predicted to be 18 to 33 degrees Celsius with a humidity level of 65 percent to 100 percent.
On Saturday 13 May, the air temperature in Bengkulu is predicted to be 19 to 33 degrees Celsius with a humidity level of 60 percent to 100 percent.
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