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From August 11-20, the ITF moved farther north compared to the previous decade. The mean position of the ITF is approximated at 19.3N, which represents a northward movement compared to the previous decade. Between 15W-5E, the ITF is still declined in the far west compared to the normal position which could explain the suppression of rain experienced over Senegal and south Mauritania. Between 5E-35E, the ITF has moved significantly northward expecially at 15E and between 35-35E.As a result, near or above average rainfall was widespread across Chad and Sudan during the dekad; which could explained the floods and landslides reported over the central west to east part of Sudan. Figure 1 shows the current position of the ITF relative to the long-term average position during the 2nd dekad of August and its previous position during the 1st dekad of August. Figures 2 and 3 are time series, illustrating the latitudinal values of the western and eastern portions of the ITF, respectively, and their seasonal evolutions since April, 2019.

Dekad	15W	10W	5W	0	5E	10E	15E	20E	25E	30E	35E
April 1	11.1	11.1	10.7	11.2	11.4	10.2	8.9	8.9	8.9	8.9	8.6
April 2	9.0	9.0	12.0	12.0	11.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	9.0
April 3	12.5	11.5	13.1	13.7	13.0	11.2	10.3	10.3	9.3	9.5	10.3
May 1	12.7	12.4	13.5	14.1	15.2	14.3	13.3	12.6	11.7	11.7	11.9
May 2	13.8	12.8	14.6	15.1	15.6	14.7	14.2	13.9	13.4	12.8	12.7
May 3	13.8	13.4	15.1	15.7	16.6	16.5	15.9	15.2	14.1	14.3	15.7
June 1	15.1	15.4	15.7	17.3	18.0	17.3	16.8	16.2	14.9	15.1	15.5
June 2	15.6	15.6	17.1	17.7	17.4	16.3	16.2	15.3	14.0	13.5	14.4
June 3	16.4	17.1	18.2	18.7	18.6	17.9	17.3	15.7	14.7	15.4	16.1
July 1	17.4	19.0	19.8	19.2	19.0	17.7	17.5	16.5	15.5	14.8	15.6
July 2	17.6	19.0	18.8	19.1	18.6	18.3	18.6	18.1	16.0	16.4	17.1
July 3	17.3	18.4	18.8	19.8	19.9	18.6	18.3	16.8	15.1	15.5	16.5
August 1	16.8	18.4	19.4	19.3	18.8	18.2	18.0	17.5	16.5	17.4	18.0
August 2	17.7	19.6	19.8	20.1	19.1	19.5	19.8	19.0	17.8	19.1	21.0