DENPASAR - Although is still dry season, the southeastern part of Bali has seen unseasonably cold and wet weather caused by a so-called Madden-Julian oscillation in the higher stratosphere. An official from the Meteorological, Climatological and Geophysics Agency BMKG said. Rain and low temperatures was the weather during the Idul Fitri holidays.
On Monday it rained continuously for almost the entire day in parts of Denpasar and Gianyar. In Ubud, that light rain turned into a torrential downpour later in the evening, causing floods on several village roads and forcing tourists - mostly domestic - to stay indoors or to find shelter in shuttle buses.
The Madden-Julian oscillation is a vertically moving weather system that slowly moves eastwards. It normally brings cooler and weather to parts of India and the Indian Ocean. Occasionally however, it reaches further east. The first signs of the freak weather occurred earlier this month when it started to rain on September 3. This lasted through September 13, but started again two days later.
During this month, temperatures recorded are several degrees lower than the usual 28 to 32 degrees Celsius. Temperatures during the oscillation are recorded at between 21 and 29 degrees Celsius. On average there was 7.5 millimeters of rain per day until now. During the last few days it has been raining almost constantly in Badung and Gianyar, while it supposed to be dry.
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DENPASAR - Although is still dry season, the southeastern part of Bali has seen unseasonably cold and wet weather caused by a so-called Madden-Julian oscillation in the higher stratosphere. An official from the Meteorological, Climatological and Geophysics Agency BMKG said. Rain and low temperatures was the weather during the Idul Fitri holidays.
