Meteorological agency can't rule out El Nino<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The national weather agency discounted yesterday
\nthe likelihood of a long dry spell this year but warned that
\nIndonesia could still be in for a spell of freak weather known as
\nEl Nino.<\/p>\n
There had been indications of an El Nino formation in recent
\nweeks, the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency said.<\/p>\n
El Nino, Spanish for \"The Boy\", is an unusual weather pattern
\nthat causes a rise in water temperatures in the Pacific and
\nshifts in global winds and rain patterns.<\/p>\n
The weather agency said the Southern Oscillation index had
\ndeclined into negative figures in the last three months, and
\ntemperatures along the equator in the Eastern Pacific had risen.
\nAir pressure in Darwin, Australia, had also risen compared to air
\npressure in Tahiti, at the other end of the Pacific.<\/p>\n
\"For Indonesia, there are indications that the temperatures of
\nthe sea's surface have become cooler, falling below average. This
\ncondition leads to a lower chance of cloud formation and rain in
\nIndonesia,\" the agency said in a statement.<\/p>\n
Last month, the agency did not have enough evidence to support
\nweather forecasts from the United States which warned of an
\nimpending El Nino this year.<\/p>\n
While ruling out the possibility of a long dry spell, the
\nagency warned the public to anticipate less rainfall than usual
\nin some parts of Indonesia this year.<\/p>\n
\"We need to look out for and anticipate the dangers of fire
\nhitting forests and residential areas, and the possibility of
\nwater shortages and drought,\" it said.<\/p>\n
The agency detected that rainfall had fallen below average in
\neastern Indonesia since May. But rainfall in West Java, Sumatra
\nand most of Kalimantan remained normal. (emb)<\/p>",
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