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Thu, 09/10/2009 - 13:21
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FOURTEEN HOT SPOTS DETECTED IN BANGKA BELITUNG
Pangkalpinang, Indonesia, Sept. 10 (ANTARA) - Pangkalpinang's Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has detected a total of 14 hotspots spread across the province's districts, including Belitung, during the current dry season.
The hotspots were created by high temperatures reaching 33 to 34 degrees Celsius in the province during the current dry season, Supardi, a BMKG officer, said here on Thursday.
Forests in Bangka Belitung, southern Sumatra Island, were prone to fires due to the current drought and strong winds, he said.
He urged local farmers not to clear vegetated land for agricultural purposes by setting fire to the bushes. .
Indonesia is currently experiencing El Nino-induced droughts. The US-based National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)'s National Weather Service forecast El Nino would continue to strengthen.
"Expected El Nino impacts during August-October 2009 include enhanced precipitation over the central and west-central Pacific Ocean and the continuation of drier than average conditions over Indonesia," the NOAA statement said in its statement received by ANTARA via e-mail on Aug. 13, 2009.
While there was disagreement on the eventual strength of El Nino, nearly all of the dynamical models predict a moderate-to-strong El Nino during the Northern Hemisphere Winter 2009-2010, NOAA said.***
The hotspots were created by high temperatures reaching 33 to 34 degrees Celsius in the province during the current dry season, Supardi, a BMKG officer, said here on Thursday.
Forests in Bangka Belitung, southern Sumatra Island, were prone to fires due to the current drought and strong winds, he said.
He urged local farmers not to clear vegetated land for agricultural purposes by setting fire to the bushes. .
Indonesia is currently experiencing El Nino-induced droughts. The US-based National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)'s National Weather Service forecast El Nino would continue to strengthen.
"Expected El Nino impacts during August-October 2009 include enhanced precipitation over the central and west-central Pacific Ocean and the continuation of drier than average conditions over Indonesia," the NOAA statement said in its statement received by ANTARA via e-mail on Aug. 13, 2009.
While there was disagreement on the eventual strength of El Nino, nearly all of the dynamical models predict a moderate-to-strong El Nino during the Northern Hemisphere Winter 2009-2010, NOAA said.***
