Jakarta The Meteorological, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has issued an alert for potential extreme weather in some regions of Indonesia from August 28 to September 3, 2022.
“It is indicated that there is a potential significance of atmospheric dynamics that could increase rainfall in several regions of Indonesia,” BMKG’s deputy for meteorology, Guswanto, said here on Saturday.
The Madden Julian Oscillation (MJO) phenomenon as well as an active Rossby wave have been forecast from August 28 to September 3, which could potentially increase the growth of rain clouds in several regions of Indonesia.
Based on these conditions, the BMKG has said there is potential for heavy rainfall accompanied by lightning and strong winds over the next week in Aceh, North Sumatra, West Sumatra, Riau, Riau Islands, Jambi, Bengkulu, South Sumatra, Bangka Belitung Islands, and Lampung.
Furthermore, West Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan, East Kalimantan, North Kalimantan, South Kalimantan, Southeast Sulawesi, West Sulawesi, Central Sulawesi, South Sulawesi, North Maluku, Maluku, West Papua, and Papua could also be potentially affected by these conditions.
Source: Antara News