BMKG: Forest Fire Smoke Moving Away from Jakarta

The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency monitored the distribution of smoke from forest and land fires which began to move away from the western Java region, including the Jabodetabek area, since the seventeenth of October two thousand and twenty-six.

The remainder of the smoke distribution is still being observed in the western coastal area of ​​Banten at an altitude of around ten thousand to eighteen thousand feet. Monitoring by the authorized agency is carried out periodically from morning to afternoon.

Changes in direction and weakening of wind movements at certain heights influence shifts in the distribution of smoke from the Java region. Smoke detected by satellite imagery does not always show an increase in pollutant concentrations at ground level.

Air quality data shows that the concentration of PM fine particulates of two point five in Kemayoran ranges from forty six point seven to one hundred nine point seven micrograms per cubic meter which is in the medium category.

The Air Pollution Standard Index from the relevant ministry recorded that air quality at a number of points in Jakarta varied from good to unhealthy categories, with Kelapa Gading, Menteng and Kebun Jeruk being in unhealthy status.