BMG warns of future small-scale storms<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Head of the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency
\n(BMG) Sri Diharto warned on Monday about the possibility of
\nIndonesia, including the capital, being hit by localized small-
\nscale storms in the near future.<\/p>\n
The storms will result from larger tropical storms which
\nusually hit Australia in January to February every year, he said.<\/p>\n
\"But we don't need to worry about it because the storms will
\nnot be too powerful here. They usually only have a diameter of 10
\nto 50 meters and travel for five kilometers at the most,\" he
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
By comparison, large storms can sweep over areas of between
\n100 kilometers and 500 kilometers, he said.<\/p>\n
Diharto also said that Indonesia did not lie in an area prone
\nto large-scale storms.<\/p>\n
Referring to an International Research Institute report
\nreleased on Nov. 17, Diharto said that the La Nia weather
\nphenomenon had \"matured\", as could be seen from the cooler sea
\ntemperatures off the coast of Ecuador.<\/p>\n
He urged people not to panic, saying that \"the impact won't be
\nfelt drastically here because La Nia is a global weather
\nphenomenon\".<\/p>\n
Greater Jakarta experienced heavy rainfall on Monday after
\nweeks of extreme heat, the BMG said.<\/p>\n
The head of the agency's public relations division,
\nWaantarmin, said that rains were now expected to continue right
\nup until the end of the rainy season in March next year.<\/p>\n
\"For the next five months, greater Jakarta should receive
\nquite high rainfall. But the weather will fluctuate and sometimes
\nthere will be days without rain,\" he said.<\/p>\n
He explained that the weather would be determined by wind
\nspeeds between the heights of 5,000 feet and 15,000 feet.<\/p>\n
\"If winds at that height are over 20,000 knots per hour then
\nthere will be no rain because clouds will not be able to build
\nup,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Waantarmin also said rainfall would peak between January and
\nFebruary next year, when the heaviest rains are commonly recorded
\non the island of Java.<\/p>\n
He did not issue more specific information on areas that will
\nbe affected, saying: \"It is too unpredictable and usually varies
\nfrom area to area.\" (ind)<\/p>",
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