Tropical Cyclone Charlotte to Likely Affect Weather in Indonesia

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has detected the activities of tropical cyclone Charlotte and the 91 B cyclone seed located close to Indonesia, which is fortunately getting further from the country but the effects on weather will likely remain evident. 

Cyclone Charlotte was detected over the Indian Ocean in East Java carrying speeds up to 40 knots and is moving away from Indonesia’s southwest region. 

This weather differential will likely become stronger within the next 24 hours and affect regions such as West Java, Central Java, East Java, Bali, and West Nusa Tenggara which will likely see heavy rainfall while other regions in the Western hemisphere of Java Island will likely feel aggressive wind speeds. 

Meanwhile tropical cyclone seed 91B is detected over Andaman sea with a maximum speed of 30 knots and is moving away from Indonesia’s northern region. This seed could likely turn into a tropical cyclone within the next 24 hours and extremely affect weather in its wake. 

Due to this, heavy rainfall is expected to happen over the Aceh region and cause high tides on the northern part of Malacca Strait up to Nias. A convergence area has formed in the southern sea of Buru Island up to south off the coast of Papua.

Read: Parts of Indonesia to See Heavy Rain as Tropical Cyclone 90S Seeds Exist

MARIA FRANSISCA LAHUR