BMKG Appeals to Residents to Be Alert Against Extreme Weather Ahead of the Christmas Holiday

Liputan Net. Jakarta, the Meteorology, Geophysics and Climatology Agency (BMKG) appealed to the public to remain vigilant about the potential for extreme weather ahead of 2019 and New Year's Christmas Holidays.

BMKG Deputy for Meteorology, Mulyono Rahadi Prabowo, said that vigilance was prioritized on 20-22 December 2018. It was estimated that during that period there would be heavy rain in several regions.

Mulyono explained that the condition was triggered by the strengthening of cold air flow from Asia which interacted with the meeting area of ​​wind around the southern part of Sumatra to the western part of Java. As a result, the potential for heavy rain will occur in the areas of West Sumatra, Bengkulu, Lampung, Bangka Belitung Islands, Banten, West Java, Central Java, West Kalimantan and Central Kalimantan.



"People are encouraged to remain vigilant and be careful of the impacts that can be caused such as floods, landslides, flash floods, inundations, strong winds, fallen trees and slippery roads," Mulyono said at the BMKG office, Jakarta, (17/12).

For weather conditions during the Christmas holidays on December 23-25 ​​2018, it is thought that the rainfall in the Indonesian region has decreased slightly. Mulyono said that in that period most parts of Indonesia tended to be cloudy, light rain. But the potential for heavy rain can occur in West Sumatra, Bengkulu, Lampung, Banten, West Java, Central Java, Yogyakarta, East Java, North Sulawesi, Nusa Tenggara and Papua.

"Towards the new year, especially the period December 26, 2018 to January 3, 2019, the supply of water vapor in the Indonesian region is relatively reduced, so that cloud cover becomes minimal in the western part of Indonesia," Mulyono said.


The BMKG also highlights the potential for an increase in the flow of people who travel and travel. People who use sea transportation modes are asked to be aware of the potential for high waves in the next few days.

As for the air lines, the public does not need to worry if you want to travel by plane.

"The public does not need to worry, BMKG is ready throughout the airports in Indonesia to inform the weather conditions and when flying to all airlines both domestically and internationally," Mulyono said.


Based on monitoring until December 1, 2018, BMKG stated that 77.4 percent of Indonesia's territory had entered the rainy season.

BMKG appealed to all people to keep up-to-date on the weather conditions through BMKG's call center 021-6546315 / 18, the https://www.bmkg.go.id site, and the BMKG official twitter account @infobmkg.

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