Quoted from www.bmkg.go.id, moderate to heavy rains accompanied by lightning to likely occur in the areas of West Nusa Tenggara, East Nusa Tenggara, Southeast Sulawesi and Maluku may be influenced by suspected tropical cyclone seeds in the East Sea region.
The areas of East Nusa Tenggara, South Sulawesi, and Southeast Sulawesi are likely to experience strong winds.
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The BMKG has detected a suspected tropical cyclone seedling area in the East Sea region that has the likelihood of developing into a tropical cyclone in the next 24-72 hours.
The suspected area tends to move away from the Indonesian territory to the south, southwest, to the Australian waters. However, the public needs to be aware of the likelihood of moderate to heavy rains accompanied by lightning, strong winds, and high waves during the development of a tropical cyclone.
The BMKG also monitors that 98W cyclone seeds are still growing in the North Pacific Ocean region of Papua. These cyclone seeds can have an indirect impact on the weather in Indonesia, such as waves with a height of 1.5-2.5 meters in the waters of North Sulawesi, Maluku waters, Halmahera waters, and West Papua waters.
In addition, waves of height of 2.5 to 4 meters can also likely occur in the northern Pacific Ocean region of Jayapura.
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There is a likelihood of moderate to heavy rains accompanied by lightning and strong winds on Sumatra Island occurring in West Sumatra, Riau, Bengkulu, Jambi, Bangka Belitung Islands, and Lampung.
Meanwhile, most areas of Java island, from Banten to East Java, too are likely to experience the same weather patterns.
Most areas of Kalimantan Island, including most of Bali and West Nusa Tenggara, East Nusa Tenggara, Sulawesi, except for Gorontalo and most of North Maluku, Papua and West Papua, also have the same likelihood.
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In the meantime, at the provincial capital level, the BMKG estimates light rains in Yogyakarta, Jakarta, Semarang, Surabaya, Palangkaraya, Samarinda, Tarakan, Tanjungpinang, Ambon, Mataram, Jayapura, Manokwari, Pekanbaru, Mamuju, Manado, and Padang.
The agency has also forecast heavy rains accompanied by lightning in several capital cities in Indonesia, such as Bengkulu, Jambi, Banjarmasin, Lampung, and Kupang.
Sunny and cloudy weather is forecast in Banda Aceh, Denpasar, Gorontalo, Ternate, Kendari, and Medan.
Meanwhile, the average temperature in large cities ranges from 19 to 33 degrees Celsius, with humidity levels varying from 60 to 100 percent.
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