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        "msgid": "saturday-bmkg-forecasts-rainfall-across-various-indonesian-regions-1773453140",
        "date": "2026-03-14 07:37:35",
        "title": "Saturday: BMKG forecasts rainfall across various Indonesian regions",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has issued early warnings of light to heavy rainfall, accompanied by lightning and strong winds, across major Indonesian cities on Saturday due to extended convergence zones stretching across multiple regions. Major cities such as Ambon and Jayawijaya face particularly intense downpours, whilst numerous other cities including Medan, Jakarta, Surabaya and Makassar are expected to experience light to moderate rainfall. The agency's alert comes amid broader concerns about hydrometeorological hazards during the 2026 Lebaran holiday season.",
        "content": "<p>Jakarta (ANTARA) \u2013 Indonesia\u2019s Meteorology, Climatology and\nGeophysics Agency (BMKG) has issued early warnings of light, moderate to\nheavy rainfall, which may be accompanied by lightning and strong winds\nacross various major cities in Indonesia on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>According to the BMKG website in Jakarta, forecaster Ranika explained\nthat a convergence zone extends from the Strait of Malacca to West\nSumatra, from the Riau Islands to the Bangka Belitung Islands, and from\nLampung to the central Java Sea.<\/p>\n<p>Similar conditions have also been observed from Central Kalimantan to\nthe Makassar Strait, and from Southeast Sulawesi to the western Banda\nSea.<\/p>\n<p>These conditions are capable of increasing the potential for rainfall\ncloud development throughout the regions affected by the\nconvergence.<\/p>\n<p>Consequently, the agency forecasts that several major cities will\npotentially experience moderate to very heavy rainfall accompanied by\nlightning and strong winds, namely the Ambon and Jayawijaya regions.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, several other major cities are expected to experience\nlight to moderate rainfall, namely the regions of Banda Aceh, Medan,\nPekanbaru, Padang, Tanjung Pinang, Jambi, Bengkulu, Palembang, Pangkal\nPinang, Semarang, Surabaya, and Banjarmasin.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Palangkaraya, Samarinda, Tanjung Selor, Denpasar,\nKupang, Makassar, Palu, Mamuju, Kendari, Gorontalo, Manado, Ternate,\nSorong, Manokwari, Nabire, Jayapura, and Merauke are also included in\nthe moderate rainfall forecast.<\/p>\n<p>Several other major cities are forecast to experience only cloudy\nconditions on Saturday, including the regions of Serang, Jakarta,\nBandung, Yogyakarta, Pontianak, and Mataram.<\/p>\n<p>Previously on Thursday (12 March), National Police Chief General\nListyo Sigit Prabowo called on officers to anticipate potential\nhydrometeorological disasters during the 2026 Lebaran holiday\nseason.<\/p>\n<p>In his remarks, the National Police Chief warned that the BMKG has\npredicted that weather conditions during the 2026 Lebaran exodus will be\ncloudy to heavy rainfall.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSpecial vigilance is necessary against the potential for\nhydrometeorological disasters, particularly in southern Indonesian\nregions such as Java, Bali, and Nusa Tenggara,\u201d he stated.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/saturday-bmkg-forecasts-rainfall-across-various-indonesian-regions-1773453140",
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