DDHK. ORG - Extreme weather is expected to occur on New Year's Eve 2023. The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) issues an early warning of extreme weather.
Reported Kompas, Head of BMKG Dwikorita Karnawati in an online conference on Friday (30/12/2022) said, a number of areas in Indonesia it will still rain on New Year's Eve.
The rain comes with heavy intensity, very heavy, even has the potential to be extreme.
It's not just New Year's Eve happening on this day, weather warning extreme also applies to tomorrow, January 1, 2023.
"Heavy to very heavy rains have even become extreme from 30 December 2022 to 1 January 2023. This is what needs to be alert," he said, quoted from the BMKG YouTube channel, Friday.
Which areas in Indonesia have the potential for extreme heavy rains?
Dwikorita explained, several areas were on alert status. This means that these areas are likely to receive heavy, very heavy, to extreme rains.
BMKG Deputy for Meteorology Guswanto explained, a number of areas were on alert status from 30 December 2022 to 1 January 2023. Here are some areas on alert status, from 30 December 2022 to 1 January 2023: Banten DKI Jakarta West Java Central Java East Java Bali West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) ) East Nusa Tenggara (NTT).
Drinkwhat areas are also on alert status on 30 December 2022 to 1 January 2023:
West Sumatera
South Sumatra
Bengkulu
Lampung
Yogyakarta
South Sulawesi
Maluku
West Papua
Papuan.
BMKG also provides an early weather warning for today, Saturday (31/12/2022) to coincide with New Year's Eve.
The following is a list of areas for early warning of extreme weather on New Year's Eve, as quoted by the BMKG website: Areas with the potential for heavy rain, which can be accompanied by lightning and strong winds:
West Sumatera
Riau
Kepulauan Riau
Bengkulu
Jambi
South Sumatra
Lampung
Banten
West Java
DKI Jakarta
Central Java Province
Yogyakarta
East Java
Bali
NTB
NTT
Central Sulawesi
South Sulawesi
Southeast Sulawesi
Maluku
West Papua
Papuan.
Areas with potential for rain, accompanied by lightning and strong winds:
Bangka Belitung Islands
South Kalimantan
Areas with potential for strong winds:
West Kalimantan
West Sulawesi
On the other hand, here are early warnings of extreme weather for the upcoming New Year or Sunday (1/1/2023):
Areas with potential for heavy rain, which may be accompanied by lightning and strong winds:
West Sumatera
Riau
Bengkulu
Jambi
South Sumatra
Lampung
West Java
Central Java Province
Yogyakarta
East Java
Bali
NTB
NTT
Kalimantan Utara
North Sulawesi
South Sulawesi
Southeast Sulawesi
North Maluku
Maluku
Areas with potential for rain, accompanied by lightning and strong winds:
DKI Jakarta
South Kalimantan
West Papua
Areas with potential for strong winds:
Kepulauan Riau
West Kalimantan
West Sulawesi
Guswanto said that BMKG is currently modifying the weather. The goal is that the rain that flushes a number of parts of Indonesia is not too heavy or even extreme.
"We add that from 25 December to 3 January 2023 there will be Weather Modification Technology (TMC) activities in West Java and DKI Jakarta," said Guswanto.
This modification also paid off, with controlled rain events in the area.
"According to the fact that the rain incident is still under control. TMC is on standby until January 3, 2023 in the DKI and West Java areas," he said. [DDHK News]
