It aims to anticipate the bad weather condition and lava floods that can threaten the safety of the refugees and SAR groups.
Jakarta – The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Firm (BMKG) has installed a weather condition dashboard at the command post dealing with the response to the Mount Semeru eruption to support disaster mitigation efforts and search and rescue (SAR) operations.
” Currently, we have installed a variety of supporting devices to monitor the weather condition at Mount Semeru,” BMKG head Dwikorita Karnawati said in a declaration received here on Monday.
The weather information display screen makes up Himawari-8 Satellite Imagery, Weather Condition Radar Images, Upper Air Conditions for Air Travel, Air Quality Conditions for keeping track of the circulation of volcanic ash, in addition to a modeling system for anticipating the ash distribution and the weather condition for the next couple of days, she informed.
She stated she examined the equipment to make sure that it was operating well so that all details released by BMKG can be accessed and utilized by the public.
In addition, weather info will be upgraded occasionally for securing the safety of refugees in addition to SAR groups that are still looking for the missing out on victims considering that the rainy season has actually begun, Karnawati said.
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” It intends to expect the bad weather and lava floods that can threaten the safety of the refugees and SAR teams. We help the Volcanology and Geological Catastrophe Mitigation Firm (PVMBG) by offering weather condition projections for early warning of the volcanic mudflow,” she said.
In addition, the BMKG is supplying details on the circulation of ashes to the Transport Ministry and air travel authorities to make sure the security of aircraft flights, she added.
The agency has dispatched a number of groups from 9 BMKG stations in East Java to keep homeowners safe from the threat of prospective disasters that may be activated by weather aspects, she said.
The public can also access the weather condition control panel through mhews.bmkg.go.id/ semeru, she included.
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