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From December 1-10, the Inter-Tropical Front (ITF) moved southward along its entire length compared to its previous position. Specifically, the current ITF was located at approximately 7.4N in the western portion, which is south of its previous position at 7.8N. In the eastern part, the current location of the ITF is around 5.4N compared to 6.9N in the previous position. Figure 1 displays the current position of the ITF during the 1st dekad of December and its previous position during the 3rd dekad of November. 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
April 2	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.6	11.7	10.3	8.7	9.1	8.6	8.8	8.9
April 3	11.5	12.0	12.8	14.0	14.3	12.9	10.9	11.8	11.4	11.5	11.0
May 1	13.1	12.5	12.7	13.9	13.9	12.5	10.9	10.3	9.5	9.6	9.0
May 2	12.1	12.7	14.6	15.2	14.4	11.9	10.5	10.2	10.1	10.5	10.6
May 3	12.9	13.7	15.0	15.8	16.0	15.3	14.9	13.1	12.2	12.6	13.1
June 1	11.2	13.2	15.1	16.5	16.6	15.6	14.7	14.3	13.1	14.1	15.4
June 2	14.4	16.2	15.0	14.3	14.5	13.6	14.2	14.0	13.8	14.5	16.7
June 3	14.6	16.6	17.2	17.2	16.6	16.7	17.6	17.4	16.9	16.8	18.0
July 1	16.1	18.5	18.7	18.6	18.1	17.7	18.4	18.0	16.7	16.2	17.1
July 2	19.2	19.0	19.2	19.1	18.8	18.6	19.8	19.4	18.0	16.0	16.4
July 3	17.7	20.5	20.3	20.0	19.3	18.5	19.6	19.2	18.6	17.9	18.3
August 1	18.7	20.3	20.1	19.7	18.7	18.9	20.0	20.0	19.2	20.5	20.1
August 2	19.3	20.6	21.1	21.1	20.4	20.7	20.8	20.5	18.9	18.0	17.9
August 3	18.7	20.5	20.3	19.8	19.1	19.3	19.8	19.4	18.5	19.4	19.9
September 1	20.3	20.4	20.4	20.7	20.4	19.5	19.3	19.3	18.4	16.2	17.3
September 2	19.8	21.8	21.5	21.0	20.8	19.6	19.4	18.1	17.6	15.9	16.6
September 3	20.1	20.8	20.3	18.7	17.9	17.0	17.6	17.6	17.0	15.8	16.4
October 1	17.2	19.8	19.1	17.8	16.7	15.5	15.5	15.1	14.5	15.3	15.4
October 2	16.7	18.8	17.6	16.2	15.1	13.8	14.6	14.4	14.0	13.9	14.5
October 3	14.9	13.8	13.5	12.6	12.3	10.3	10.0	10.9	10.3	10.5	12.7
November 1	13.9	11.0	9.8	9.3	8.9	8.0	6.7	8.7	8.5	8.8	9.9
November 2	12.0	10.4	9.1	8.6	8.3	6.8	5.9	7.7	7.8	9.0	10.3
November 3	10.8	8.9	7.7	8.2	7.7	6.3	5.3	6.0	6.5	6.9	8.1
December 1	10.8	8.7	7.4	8.0	7.2	5.9	4.8	5.7	6.3	5.5	4.3