TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) issued an early warning of potential light, moderate, and heavy rain, possibly accompanied by lightning and strong winds, in several major Indonesian cities on Saturday.
According to the official BMKG website, as quoted by ANTARA, forecaster Nazmi Nariyah explained that in general the convergence area extends from the Pacific Ocean east of the Philippines and the Indian Ocean west of Sumatra. These conditions can increase the potential for rain cloud growth in areas affected by convergence or confluence.
Therefore, BMKG predicts that several major cities may experience moderate to very heavy rain accompanied by lightning and strong winds, namely in the Tanjung Pinang, Padang, and Tanjung Selor areas.
Meanwhile, several other major cities will experience light to moderate rain, namely Banda Aceh, Medan, Pekanbaru, Jambi, Bengkulu, Palembang, Bandar Lampung, Serang, Bandung, Semarang, Pontianak, Palangkaraya, Samarinda, Denpasar, Kupang, Sorong, Nabire, and Jayapura.
Meanwhile, major cities predicted to experience only cloudy conditions today include Jakarta, Banjarmasin, Mataram, Makassar, Kendari, Gorontalo, Manado, Ternate, Ambon, Manokwari, Jayawijaya and Merauke.
Previously on Thursday, June 18, Forestry Minister Raja Juli Antoni said that Indonesia's ability to control forest and land fires has improved over the last few El Nino cycles.
He explained that the number of forest and land fires during El Nino continues to decrease. During the 2015 El Nino event, the area affected by forest and land fires was recorded at around 2.61 million hectares. This figure dropped to 1.64 million hectares in 2019 and then to approximately 1.16 million hectares in 2023.
In the last two El Nino cycles, he continued, the area affected by forest and land fires was reduced by 55.6 percent compared to 2015.
Additionally, he said that the BMKG predicts that this year's dry season will arrive earlier, last longer, and be drier. The dry season is expected to peak from July to September.
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