Jayapura (ANTARA) – Theimpact of El Nino is currently starting to be felt in the form of increasing temperatures in some areas in Papua, according to the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG).”True. Currently, we are starting to feel high temperatures in some areas in Papua although the increase has not yet reached its highest level. Now, the temperature is around 3335 degrees Celsius,” head of JayapuraBMKGClimatology Station, Sulaiman, said on Tuesday (August 1). lthough ahead of the dry season, rains are still occurring frequently locally. This is because the MaddenJulian Oscillation (MJO) is in the dry phase and rainless, and even if it rains, it just occurs locally, he said. ccording to Sulaiman, the conditions brought by El Nino are expected to last until the end of the year, and the peak of the dry season is expected between August and September 2023. After that, the west monsoon, a determinant of the rainy season, has been forecast for November. “We will continue to monitor the development of this change,” he said. Jayapura –the provincial capital of Papua Province, as well as the provinces of Highland Papua and Central Papuawill face the effects of the drought, he added.
Source: Antara News Agency