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Between April 1 and 10, the Inter-Tropical Front (ITF) propagated north relative to its previous position. The western (10W-10E) portion of the ITF was located approximately at 12.3N, which was above the climatological position by 0.9 degree. Also, at the eastern (20E-35E) portion, the ITF was approximated at 9.6N, which was above the long-term average position by 0.7 degree. Figure 1 displays the current position of the ITF relative to the climatological position during the 1st dekad of April and its previous position during the 3rd dekad of March. Figures 2 and 3 are time series, illustrating the latitudinal positions for the western and eastern portions of the ITF, respectively, and their seasonal evolutions since the beginning of April 2024.

Dekad	15W	10W	5W	0	5E	10E	15E	20E	25E	30E	35E
January 1	10.0	8.7	8.2	8.7	8.6	5.1	4.0	5.2	4.8	3.1	4.1
January 2	8.8	7.7	6.7	6.7	6.5	4.6	3.3	4.3	3.6	2.8	3.4
January 3	8.8	7.7	6.8	6.7	6.5	4.7	3.4	4.4	3.6	2.9	3.5
February 1	10.0	8.4	7.0	6.8	6.3	5.4	3.8	5.0	4.8	3.4	3.6
February 2	9.6	8.3	8.1	8.5	8.3	5.0	3.8	5.0	5.7	5.8	5.0
February 3	9.1	8.3	8.6	9.2	8.4	6.8	4.7	5.8	5.9	5.6	4.0
March 1	10.2	9.6	10.0	10.2	10.0	9.5	7.4	7.3	6.4	7.2	6.5
March 2	10.2	9.6	10.3	10.4	10.3	7.5	7.3	8.9	9.1	7.4	4.6
March 3	10.5	9.9	11.5	11.5	10.5	8.0	6.7	7.7	7.4	8.1	8.3
April 1	11.9	12.0	12.8	12.7	12.9	11.0	9.6	10.0	9.5	9.4	9.5