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        "id": 2014251,
        "msgid": "bmkg-states-cloud-growth-poses-challenge-to-weather-modification-operations-1790870348",
        "date": "2026-10-01 22:16:07",
        "title": "BMKG states cloud growth poses challenge to Weather Modification Operations",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "The Indonesian Agency for Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics (BMKG) has identified low potential for cloud growth south of the equator as a technical hurdle for Weather Modification Operations (OMC) aimed at combating forest fires. While some areas have seen rainfall, air quality remains hazardous in several regions due to persistent smoke from peatland fires.",
        "content": "<p>Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Agency for Meteorology, Climatology and\nGeophysics (BMKG) has stated that the minimal potential for rain cloud\ngrowth in regions south of the equator poses a technical challenge to\nthe implementation of Weather Modification Operations (OMC) intended to\nsupport the management of forest and land fires (karhutla).<\/p>\n<p>BMKG Director of Applied Climate Services, Marjuki, stated that the\nsuccess of cloud seeding depends heavily on atmospheric conditions and\nthe availability of potential clouds in the target operational\nareas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf there is potential for cloud growth, rainfall occurs when\nintervention is applied. However, in general, the region south of the\nequator still has minimal potential for cloud growth,\u201d Marjuki said\nduring a press conference held by the Forest Fire Management\nCoordination Desk at the Coordinating Ministry for Politics and Security\nin Jakarta on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>This condition, he noted, was evident in the implementation of OMC in\nparts of Riau and Kalimantan, which produced rainfall in recent\ndays.<\/p>\n<p>Marjuki added that in addition to monitoring weather conditions to\nsupport fire management, BMKG, alongside the Ministry of Environment, is\nalso intensifying the monitoring of air quality based on PM2.5\nparticulate concentrations.<\/p>\n<p>According to recent analytical data, air quality in West Kalimantan\nand Pekanbaru, Riau, has begun to show significant improvement alongside\nthe arrival of rain.<\/p>\n<p>However, a different situation persists in several regions affected\nby the spread of forest fire smoke. The city of Palangka Raya, Central\nKalimantan, still records air quality in the hazardous category, or at\nthe black indicator level.<\/p>\n<p>Similar conditions are occurring in Jambi and Palembang, where air\nquality remains in the unhealthy to hazardous category due to high\nconcentrations of particulates from residual forest fires.<\/p>\n<p>Marjuki emphasised that the scope of OMC implementation is not\nmassive and is very limited; therefore, its effectiveness is highly\ndependent on atmospheric conditions and the availability of potential\nclouds.<\/p>\n<p>Consequently, BMKG hopes that natural rainfall, which is predicted to\nbecome more widespread with increasing intensity in November, will help\nclear air pollution and extinguish embers still residing beneath the\nsurface of peatlands.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/bmkg-states-cloud-growth-poses-challenge-to-weather-modification-operations-1790870348",
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