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        "msgid": "tuesday-bmkg-forecasts-that-most-major-cities-will-experience-light-rain-1779546415",
        "date": "2026-05-19 07:36:53",
        "title": "Tuesday, BMKG forecasts that most major cities will experience light rain",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Infrastructure",
        "summary": "BMKG has issued an early warning of potential rainfall ranging from light to heavy, possibly accompanied by lightning and strong winds, across several large Indonesian cities on Tuesday. Manado and Nabire are forecast to face heavy downpours, while many other major cities are expected to experience light to moderate rain; Jambi, Bengkulu, Semarang and Pontianak are projected to remain cloudy. The bulletin also notes an earlier warning of high waves in parts of North Sumatra\u2019s waters for 19\u201322 May 2026.",
        "content": "<p>Jakarta (ANTARA) \u2013 The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency\n(BMKG) has issued an early warning of potential light, moderate to heavy\nrain that may be accompanied by lightning and strong winds in several\nlarge Indonesian cities on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Cited from BMKG\u2019s official website in Jakarta, on Tuesday, BMKG\nforecaster Bintari A explained that, in general, a convergence zone\nextending along the western Indian Ocean affecting Aceh, North Sumatra,\nEast Java, West Nusa Tenggara, East Nusa Tenggara, the Halmahera Sea,\nand the northern Pacific Ocean around North Maluku.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, the agency forecasts that several major cities could\nexperience moderate to very heavy rain accompanied by lightning and\nstrong winds, particularly in the Manado and Nabire regions.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, other large cities are expected to experience light to\nmoderate rain, namely Banda Aceh, Medan, Pekanbaru, Padang, Tanjung\nPinang, Pangkal Pinang, Jakarta, Serang, Bandung, Yogyakarta, Surabaya,\nDenpasar, Mataram, Kupang, Makassar, Kendari, Mamuju, Palu, Gorontalo,\nTernate, Ambon, Sorong, Manokwari, Jayapura, Jayawijaya, and\nMerauke.<\/p>\n<p>The major cities forecast to only experience cloudy conditions today\nare Jambi, Bengkulu, Semarang, and Pontianak.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier on Monday (19 May), BMKG said that high waves could\npotentially occur in several waters of North Sumatra from 19 to 22 May\n2026, which should be monitored as they could disrupt shipping.<\/p>\n<p>BMKG forecaster at Belawan Maritime Meteorology Station Class II,\nDasmian Sulviani, in Medan, said the high waves, reaching 1.25 to 2.5\nmetres, could occur in the Western waters of the Batu Islands, Western\nwaters of the Nias Islands, and the western Indian Ocean off Nias.<\/p>\n<p>He noted there is a cyclonic circulation in the western Indian Ocean\nnear the Nias Islands that could support wind growth in North Sumatra\u2019s\nwaters, generally blowing from the southwest to the northwest with\nspeeds of 6-22 knots.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/tuesday-bmkg-forecasts-that-most-major-cities-will-experience-light-rain-1779546415",
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