Jakarta, domclub Indonesia
—
Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (
BMKG
) predicts an increase in the status of Tropical Cyclone Seed 91S to
Tropical Cyclone Bakung
in the next few hours.
Head of BMKG Teuku Faisal Fathani said Tropical Cyclone Seed 91S in the Indian Ocean southwest of Lampung, which was detected since December 7 2025, showed consistent strengthening of circulation and complexity.
ADVERTISEMENT
SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT
“By fulfilling the wind speed intensity parameters around the center of Cyclone Seed 91S, it is predicted that its status will increase to Tropical Cyclone Bakung,” said Faisal in a press conference held online, Friday (12/12).
He explained that the maximum wind strength around the cyclone is predicted to reach 35 knots or around 65 km/hour, with low pressure around the center of the system reaching 1006 hPa.
Although this cyclone is predicted to move west to southwest and away from Indonesian territory, the potential indirect impact on weather and wave conditions in the next 1-2 days needs to be anticipated.
Tropical Cyclone Bakung caused indirect impacts such as moderate to heavy rain and high waves in a number of areas.
“Areas that are potentially affected include moderate-heavy rain in Bengkulu and Lampung, especially during the afternoon to evening period,” he said.
“Strong winds on the west coast of West Sumatra, Bengkulu, to Lampung, and high sea waves with a height of 1.25 to 2.5 meters have the potential to occur in the Mentawai Islands, the waters of Bengkulu to Lampung, the southern part of the Sunda Strait, and the southern waters of Banten to West Java,” continued Faisal.
Previously, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) climatologist Erma Yulihastin also revealed that Tropical Cyclone Seed 91S had the potential to turn into a tropical cyclone.
“The seed of the first tropical storm, identified as 91S, formed in waters near Sumatra and is categorized as having moderate/medium potential to develop into a tropical cyclone in the next 24 hours,” said Erma when contacted
domclubIndonesia.com
, Thursday (11/12).
Erma said that because the storm system appears to be continuing to grow and has the potential to merge with the storm spawn in the western Indian Ocean, the affected area will cover a large area on the west coast of Sumatra, stretching from Subulussalam to the west coast of Lampung.
“[The impact] is in the form of persistent rain which can suddenly increase in intensity, especially for the Padang to Bengkulu areas,” he continued.
(lom/dmi)
[Gambas:domclub Video]