Monsoon Trof

[ossy moses]

Caribbean Weather A recent addition to caribbean weather charts is the term Monsoon Trof,what does it mean?

 

[FistralG]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsoon_trough

 

[ossy moses]

Thanks,altho I cannot see the difference between Itcz and Monsoon Trof,in the west/north atlantic.

 

[Roberto]

Thanks,altho I cannot see the difference between Itcz and Monsoon Trof,in the west/north atlantic.

The ITCZ is an area of calms, a lot of convection hence squalls, thunderstorms and the like.
If you sail North->South through the ITCZ, you will have NEish trades, then calms, then SE-ish trades.

If you sail North-> South throught the monsoon trough, you will sail from NE trades, then a mixture of calms and strongish S-to-SW winds (which is not too welcome if you are sailing towards Brasil for example), which will back to SE once you get more to the south.

A fellow boat had SW winds during 1.5 days, then they backed to the normal SE trades.

 

[ossy moses]

The ITCZ is an area of calms, a lot of convection hence squalls, thunderstorms and the like.
If you sail North->South through the ITCZ, you will have NEish trades, then calms, then SE-ish trades.

If you sail North-> South throught the monsoon trough, you will sail from NE trades, then a mixture of calms and strongish S-to-SW winds (which is not too welcome if you are sailing towards Brasil for example), which will back to SE once you get more to the south.

A fellow boat had SW winds during 1.5 days, then they backed to the normal SE trades.

Aye,Ive sailed thru in both directons,but only had to worry about the TCZ now another worry.