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From August 21-31, the Inter-Tropical Front (ITF) moved slightly northward relative to its previous position, except between longitudes 10E and 25E, where it moved southward. In the west, the ITF was located at approximately 20.3N, 0.6 degrees north of the climatological position. However, in the east, the ITF was located at approximately 16.9N, 0.1 degrees south of the long-term average position. Figure 1 shows the current position of the ITF (red line) during the third dekad of August and its previous position (purple line) during the second dekad of the month. Figures 2 and 3 show time series of the latitudinal positions of the western and eastern portions of the ITF, respectively, and their seasonal evolution since April 2026.

Dekad	15W	10W	5W	0	5E	10E	15E	20E	25E	30E	35E
January 1	10.9	10.2	10.7	9.0	6.6	6.1	6.6	6.7	6.5	6.1	5.7
January 2	10.8	8.6	6.4	6.6	9.4	8.6	7.7	7.8	8.3	6.4	4.5
January 3	7.8	6.6	6.5	6.5	7.6	7.2	5.1	8.9	10.6	5.5	3.8
February 1	11.5	10.2	9.3	10.2	9.6	8.9	7.0	7.7	7.7	6.2	6.1
February 2	7.7	7.4	10.7	10.9	10.4	7.5	6.7	9.4	9.2	5.8	5.8
February 3	8.6	7.2	8.6	8.5	7.8	6.5	5.4	9.1	6.1	6.2	7.6
March 1	10.4	10.5	10.6	11.2	10.0	7.0	7.0	5.7	4.1	4.1	6.4
March 2	12.7	11.4	10.7	10.1	9.9	9.5	8.3	8.8	8.9	8.9	9.5
March 3	12.1	12.2	12.6	14.1	11.8	10.8	10.2	10.7	11.0	12.1	12.0
April 1	10.5	12.0	12.7	12.2	11.5	10.8	10.5	12.3	12.7	12.5	14.4
April 2	10.3	11.7	12.7	12.2	12.5	12.0	11.5	12.4	12.8	14.3	12.7
April 3	8.4	10.7	15.5	14.6	13.5	12.2	11.3	12.1	11.1	10.4	11.5
May 1	12.0	15.7	16.7	15.5	14.8	13.3	11.9	10.6	10.2	11.8	13.1
May 2	12.2	14.8	16.2	15.7	14.6	13.3	13.2	12.7	12.8	13.6	15.0
May 3	14.0	15.1	16.0	15.8	15.7	14.9	13.4	12.2	13.1	14.2	16.0
June 1	17.3	15.6	15.7	16.2	17.1	16.4	16.4	16.4	14.8	15.4	16.1
June 2	15.9	16.2	16.8	17.4	17.7	16.7	15.6	15.2	14.4	14.4	16.9
June 3	16.1	17.5	18.2	19.0	18.9	17.2	16.1	15.6	14.5	14.2	15.1
July 1	15.0	16.1	16.6	17.9	17.7	17.2	16.1	15.1	13.9	13.8	14.2
July 2	18.8	19.1	20.1	19.6	18.5	17.6	17.2	16.8	16.4	16.1	17.7
July 3	19.0	20.3	20.3	19.1	18.5	17.5	17.2	17.2	16.1	15.7	18.5
August 1	18.7	19.6	19.2	19.1	18.7	18.4	18.1	16.8	15.2	16.3	18.3
August 2	19.0	20.5	20.4	20.7	19.8	18.8	18.8	18.1	16.2	16.7	17.3
August 3	19.9	20.9	20.9	20.8	19.8	19.0	17.9	16.6	16.1	16.4	18.4