Erma said that convergence (an area where air masses gather which triggers a rise in temperature and forms rain clouds) on land will also occur massively.
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“This will cause persistent rain on December 28, across a wide swathe of area in western Java,” she said, based on data from the Satellite Disaster Early Warning System (Sadewa). She added that there are two storms that need to be heeded, namely tropical cyclone Ellie in Australia and Seroja-like cyclones.
“This will cause extreme rainfall in Bali, Lombok, Nusa Tenggara for the next few days beginning in Friday,” she warned. (rr)