Weather modification (photo: BNPB/Okezone)
JAKARTA – The National Enterprise Agency (BNPB) underwent surgery Modification of the weather (OMC), which entered his fourth day on Thursday, July 10, 2025. SEMAI materials were carved in a total of 16 tons of space through 18 types of flights, including 12.4 tons of sodium chloride (NaCl) and 3.6 tons of calcium oxide (CAO).
The head of the data center, information and communication BNPB, Abdul Mukhari, said that this step was an emergency for the government after earlier, on Sunday on July 6, 2025, the rain of high intensity washed the Western region of Java and caused several distressions from floods in a number of places.
“OMC seeks to reduce rain with high intensity, which is expected to fall on the first Dasarian in July 2025,” Abdul said in Jakarta on Friday (7/7/2025).
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Abdul added that two caravan aviation units with the registration of PK-DPI and PK-SNL were warned in the air forces of Halim Perdanakusum in Lanud, Jakarta, alternately spreading the material on the northern coastal and southern coastal sky of the Western Java for 24 hours regularly. In the northern waters of Karavang, Bekashi, Indma and priority areas and priority areas priority areas.
Technically, two aircraft with the maximum ability to pass one ton of transportation of Sazhan material and sprinkle NaCl as a chemical that similar to salt that can help the process of condensation of the cloud and start rain.
“Given the four days of the OMC, the Jabodetabek OMC joint operational group recorded a significant decrease in rain intensity between 30-60 percent in the areas of Jakarta, Western Java and Banten. Even in these two days, Jakarta’s weather was hot without rain, ”he explained.
