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Jakarta, CNN Indonesia –
Hail hit various regions in Bogor city, West Java, Wednesday evening (9/23). The ice droplets fall during the rain accompanied by lightning flashes lasting 30 to 90 minutes.
Boby Haryono, a resident of Semplak Barat Urban Village, West Bogor district, said the ice that had fallen was 1 to 2 centimeters like gravel.
“Around 5.30 pm WIB is approaching sunset, first lightning and new lightning, rain and wind, then hail as big as gravel,” Boby said when contacted. CNNIndonesia.com, Wednesday (23/9).
Residents of the Tanah Sareal sub-district, Bogor city, Aris also encountered a similar phenomenon. According to him, the hail that occurred from 16.00 WIB in its place was accompanied by strong winds.
“Only part of it rains in the Bogor area, such as Ciomas, Salabenda and Bojong. One form of ice cubes has an average diameter of 2-3 cm and has various shapes,” he said.
Contacted separately, the Head of the Data and Information Center of the Bogor City Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG), Hadi Saputra, said that the hail phenomenon occurring in the city of rain is a phenomenon normal scientist.
“Hail occurs during the transition season, a transition from both dry to rainy and vice versa, the condition is that there must be cumulonimbus clouds that grow a lot in Pancaroba in the afternoon,” Hadi said by telephone. CNNIndonesia.com, Wednesday (23/9).
Hadi said the hail occurred due to condensation of water in the clouds. Then when it falls, it does not melt completely due to the low temperature above the cloud. You could say that condensation occurs suddenly, so ice of different sizes is formed.
According to him, the incident was only local and uneven. Hail also occurs in multilayered cloud types that rise vertically to a height of more than 30,000 feet.
“Above the temperature is down to minus 100 degrees Celsius in the clouds,” he said.
Although the hail phenomenon was not that worrisome, Hadi still asked residents to be vigilant. According to him, the hail phenomenon comes accompanied by lightning and strong winds, which is also dangerous when many trees fall on the road.
“It is dangerous because surely if it rains there must be strong water and lightning, that must be it. Earlier in the area that was hit by hail along the falling trees,” he said.
Previously, BMKG also warned the public about the extreme weather that affected almost all of Indonesia, including the West Java region. During the week there will be extreme weather conditions with heavy rains.
(khr / fra)
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