Saturday, BMKG: Weather in major cities forecast to be rainy

For the island of Java, light to moderate rainfall is forecast to be widespread across major cities such as Serang (Banten), Jakarta, Bandung (West Java), Semarang (Central Java), and Surabaya (East Java). Meanwhile, Yogyakarta is expected to be cloudy.

Jakarta (ANTARA) — The Agency for Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics (BMKG) forecasts that weather in Indonesia’s major cities will generally be dominated by light to moderate rain on Saturday.

BMKG forecaster Medayu Bestari, in an online briefing broadcast from Jakarta on Saturday, reported that cities in Sumatra such as Aceh, Medan (North Sumatra), Padang (West Sumatra), Jambi, Pekanbaru (Riau), Pangkal Pinang (Bangka Belitung Islands), and Palembang (South Sumatra), are likely to experience light to moderate rain.

Meanwhile, Tanjung Pinang (Riau Islands), Bengkulu, and Bandar Lampung have the potential for heavy rain with lightning.

Next, for Bali and Kupang (East Nusa Tenggara/NTT), the forecast is for light rain. Mataram (West Nusa Tenggara) is forecast to be mostly sunny to cloudy.

On Borneo, light to moderate rain is expected to be widespread in Samarinda (East Kalimantan), Palangka Raya (Central Kalimantan), Banjarmasin (South Kalimantan), Tanjung Selor (North Kalimantan), and Pontianak (West Kalimantan).

Finally, in the eastern part of Indonesia, BMKG states that weather is generally expected to include light to moderate rain such as Ambon (Maluku), Sorong (West Papua), Manokwari (West Papua), Nabire (Central Papua), Jayapura (Papua), Jayawijaya (Highland Papua), and Merauke (South Papua).

The public is reminded to stay vigilant for potential extreme weather that could occur at any time.