Rainy season forecast to start soon<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The Meteorology and Geophysics Agency has
\nforecast the start of this year's rainy season as early as this
\nmonth for West Java, Aceh, North Sumatra, Riau and Jambi.<\/p>\n
But another 68 percent of Indonesia will not have rainfall
\nuntil as late as December, agency chief Sri Diharto told
\njournalists on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Rainfall in most parts of Java, South Sumatra, South
\nKalimantan, East Kalimantan, Bali, the Nusa Tenggara islands and
\nNorth and South Sulawesi will begin in October and November.<\/p>\n
In South Sulawesi, East Timor, Maluku and southern Irian Jaya,
\nrainfall will not occur until December, Diharto said, adding that
\nthe forecast was made based on data obtained from 102 observation
\nstations.<\/p>\n
Diharto said the level of rainfall during the 1996\/1997 rainy
\nseason will be normal in 61 percent of Indonesia, above normal in
\n26 percent and below normal in 15 percent.<\/p>\n
According to Diharto, the forecast was made based on the
\namount of rainfall recorded until the end of August, and
\nobservation of the atmospheric condition during the same period.<\/p>\n
The agency also predicts that the 1996 dry season will be
\nnormal, Antara reported. (14)<\/p>",
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