BMKG Switches Palebang Air Quality Status from Danger So Unhealthy

Meteorology, climatology, and Geophysics (BMKG) mentioned the air quality in Palembang City, South Sumatra has been reported to have come out of the dangerous category after touching extreme levels due to the smog of forest fires and land.

The station chief of Klimatology Class I Sumsel Wandantolis says the air quality in the local area at this time, Sunday (18 / 10) is on the yellow level or unhealthy category, once previously touched extreme levels of category extremely dangerous.

"Thank God the trend has been dropping since the last few days," said Wandantolis in the middle.

Based on the coverage of PM2.5 Musi 2 Palembang Station, today's air quality is either yellow or unhealthy to public health.

Particle Matter is an air particle smaller than or equal to 2.5 micrometers. The concentration measurement of PM2.5 uses beta-beam beaming methods with micrograms per cubic meter.

The BMKG data shows a delicate particulate concentration or PM2.5 at the Musi 2 Palebang Station on Sunday, at 14: 7: 00 P.B. is at 88.6 micrograms per cubic meter.

In fact, at the beginning of October 2026, smooth pollutants PM2.5 in monitoring areas such as Musi 2 and Trang Betutu could have jumped to extremes to 493 to more than 1,000 Pelig / m, which put them in a very dangerous zone.

According to him, the air quality index drop was caused by a weather-modification operation that took place two days to follow up on 15-16 October 2026 to overcome the smog caused by the South Sumatran.

"Thanks to a significant increase in air quality dry ice in Palembang City,".