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SPCZ forecast Mar-May 2013

The green line indicates the average SPCZ position for the forecast period based on the average of 8 climate models. The white vertical bars and ‘whiskers’ indicate the one and two standard deviations between the model projections of the SPCZ position every 5 degrees of longitude.