Jakarta, The Indonesia Post – The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) appealed to the public to be aware of hot or scorching temperatures during the day until mid-May 2022.
“The public is advised to always maintain the condition of body stamina and adequate body fluids, especially for residents who are active outdoors during the day,” said BMKG Deputy for Meteorology Guswanto in a written statement received in Jakarta, Monday.
He explained that the phenomenon of scorching heat that occurred in the last few days was triggered by several things, namely the apparent position of the sun is now in the north of the equator which indicates that some parts of Indonesia will begin to enter the dry season, where the rate of cloud growth and the phenomenon of rain will be greatly reduced, so that sunny weather in the morning before noon will be quite dominant.
The dominance of sunny weather and low cloud levels can optimize the reception of sunlight on the Earth’s surface, causing the temperature conditions felt by the community to be quite hot during the day.
He said the scorching heat that occurred in the territory of Indonesia was not a heat wave phenomenon.
According to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), a heat wave or known as a “Heat Wave” is a phenomenon of prolonged hot air conditions for five or more days in a row where the daily maximum temperature is higher than the average maximum temperature of up to 5 degrees Celsius. or more.
Heat wave phenomena usually occur in middle-high latitudes such as Europe and America, which are triggered by atmospheric dynamics at middle latitudes. Meanwhile, what is happening in the territory of Indonesia is the phenomenon of hot/hot temperature conditions on a daily variability scale.
The BMKG noted that the maximum temperature measured during the period 1-7 May 2022 ranged from 33-36.1 degrees Celsius with the highest maximum temperature of up to 36.1 degrees Celsius occurring in the Tangerang-Banten and Kalimarau-North Kalimantan regions.
The highest maximum temperature in Indonesia in April for the last 4-5 years was around 38.8 degrees Celsius in Palembang in 2019, while in May it was around 38.8 degrees Celsius in Temindung Samarinda in 2018, said Guswanto. (ojn/bbs)
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