It didn't come from the northeast, the dry Harmattan wind that carried the dust of the Sahara. It came from the southwest. It was cool, damp, and smelled of salt and wet grass.
Elara wiped a streak of sweat from her forehead, leaving a smear of red dust behind. She stood by the empty riverbed, the Wum Creek, which was currently nothing more than a scar of cracked mud winding through the center of town. In the vernacular of the climate textbooks Elara had studied at the university in the capital, this was the "dry season," characterized by the dominance of the subtropical high-pressure system and the retreating monsoon. In the reality of Nsere, it was simply survival. tropical wet dry climate
During the summer, the ITCZ brings convective thunderstorms and heavy rain. In the winter, the ITCZ moves away, allowing high-pressure systems to dominate, leading to months of intense drought. 2. Geographic Distribution It didn't come from the northeast, the dry
Here is the kicker: Despite getting a lot of rain (usually 30 to 60 inches a year), you won’t find towering rainforest trees here. Why? Elara wiped a streak of sweat from her