Rains in the city only a transition

JAKARTA (JP): An official from the national weather bureau says that the downpours that have fallen on Jakarta during past few days were only the results of a transition phase from the dry season to the rainy season.

Paulus Agus Winarso, from Meteorology Forecasts and Services at the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency, said on Saturday that the phenomenon was normal.

"For Jakarta and its surrounding areas the rainy season will start about October," Paulus said.

According to him, the dry season began late by approximately one month this year but the rainy season will begin at its regular time.

In Jakarta and surrounding areas this year's dry season started in April, he said. (01)