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From 21-31 October, the ITF moved south relative to its previous position. Comparing the ITF with climatology, the current ITF had an anomalous southerly position at the western and eastern portions. The western (10W-10E) portion of the ITF was located approximately at 10.6N, below the climatology position by 2.2 degrees. At the eastern (20E-35E) portion, the ITF was approximately 10.7N, below the climatological position by 0.7 degree. Figure 1 displays the current position of the ITF relative to the long-term average position during the 3rd dekad of October and its previous position during the 2nd dekad of October. 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 the beginning of April 2022.

Dekad	15W	10W	5W	0	5E	10E	15E	20E	25E	30E	35E
April 1	11.2	11.3	12.0	13.0	12.3	10.3	9.1	9.8	10.2	9.2	8.5
April 2	12.2	12.2	12.5	12.7	13.3	12.6	12.5	12.1	11.6	11.5	11.3
April 3	10.6	10.8	11.4	11.9	12.3	11.5	12.3	12.5	12.1	10.7	9.8
May 1	13.2	13.4	13.2	13.0	13.4	13.3	13.5	12.5	12.0	12.4	12.3
May 2	14.2	12.8	13.6	14.3	13.4	12.1	13.4	13.1	12.7	12.5	12.1
May 3	13.6	15.7	15.7	15.7	14.3	12.2	11.5	12.3	11.9	11.4	11.6
June 1	16.2	16.1	15.6	16.0	15.7	13.9	13.7	13.6	13.4	14.0	13.6
June 2	16.1	17.4	17.5	17.6	16.3	15.1	15.5	15.4	14.2	13.6	14.4
June 3	16.3	18.4	17.4	17.0	16.5	15.6	15.9	15.9	14.9	14.0	14.6
July 1	16.5	17.9	18.2	19.2	17.9	16.6	16.9	17.7	17.1	16.4	16.6
July 2	18.3	17.5	18.2	18.2	17.9	15.9	16.6	14.6	15.0	17.6	19.0
July 3	19.5	20.9	21.1	20.2	18.0	17.9	18.3	17.5	17.1	15.8	17.5
August 1	18.3	19.3	19.9	20.2	19.8	19.0	19.1	17.9	17.2	16.3	18.8
August 2	19.5	21.4	21.8	20.9	19.1	18.1	19.0	18.2	17.3	16.1	18.2
August 3	18.5	19.7	20.6	20.6	19.5	19.0	19.6	18.8	17.4	16.6	17.5
September 1	19.9	20.1	20.2	19.5	18.1	18.0	18.1	18.9	17.4	15.7	16.5
September 2	18.5	19.9	20.2	19.9	19.2	18.1	17.9	18.3	17.1	15.7	16.8
September 3	17.7	19.2	19.6	18.8	17.1	16.2	16.7	17.1	16.1	15.0	15.6
October 1	17.3	18.7	19.2	19.1	16.3	14.8	15.7	17.1	16.5	15.3	15.2
October 2	15.4	17.6	17.5	16.3	12.6	11.1	11.1	14.4	14.0	13.4	13.7
October 3	13.4	12.7	11.7	10.2	9.6	8.8	8.5	9.9	11.4	11.5	10.1