City to face bad weather during transitional span<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Jakarta residents will experience drastic
\nclimatic changes during the transitional period before the dry
\nseason, which begins end of April, an official said on Friday.<\/p>\n
Waan Tarmin, a staff member at the public information
\ndepartment of the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMG), said
\nthe city would be dominated by mostly hot weather and brief
\nshowers during the transitional period, which starts within the
\nnext few days.<\/p>\n
\"The weather will become hotter because the earth's
\ntemperature heats up due to the lack of clouds which protect the
\nearth from the sun's direct rays,\" he told The Jakarta Post.<\/p>\n
Waan said the condition was also influenced by the declining
\nocean temperature in the western part of the country from
\nbetween 27 and 28 degrees Celsius to between 22 to 25 degrees
\nCelsius.<\/p>\n
\"Since its temperature is lower than that of the earth's,
\nwhich is between 32 to 33 degrees Celsius, the water evaporation
\nprocess is hampered, causing a delay in the configuration of a
\ncloud,\" he said.<\/p>\n
The official said such conditions could last for about a month
\nbefore the dry season, which runs from the end of April until the
\nend of September.<\/p>\n
Recently, the weather in the city has been noticeably changing
\neach day with people suffering from unbearable heat with no
\nclouds in sight. Sometimes there are brief intervals of rain,
\nsuch as what happened in several areas on Friday.<\/p>\n
The city had an unusually rainy wet season over the past three
\nmonths, resulting in floods in several parts of the city.<\/p>\n
Separately, the head of the city health agency, Achmad
\nHarjadi, warned city residents of developing possible illnesses
\nduring the upcoming transition.<\/p>\n
\"Possible illnesses during this period will mainly affect our
\nrespiratory system, like coughs and flu. That's why people should
\npay more attention to their body, as it is the only way to avoid
\nrespiratory problems during the transition,\" he told the Post.<\/p>\n
Achmad said the respiratory system was the main part of the
\nbody which was directly related to the intake of air, \"so when
\nthe humidity changes during this period, the first part of our
\nbody which will be affected is our respiratory system\".<\/p>\n
Waan said BMG, however, had predicted that the upcoming dry
\nseason would not be so hot and that there would still be the
\noccasional rain. (ind)<\/p>",
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