What will the weather be like in Brazil in May?

The forecast from the National Institute of Meteorology (Inmet) for the month of May indicates a tendency for above-average rain in a large part of the North and South regions, east of the Southeast Region and the states of Rio Grande do Norte and Paraíba, as well as in areas punctual areas in the center-south of the Northeast Region (blue tones on the map in figure 1a). In the extreme north and south of the North Region, north of the Northeast Region, Center-West Region and interior of the Southeast Region, in addition to areas in the center-north of Paraná, rain close to and below average is expected (shades of gray, yellow and orange on the map in figure 1a). Rain events in the north and east of the Northeast Region cannot be ruled out, due to the action of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ZCIT), as well as the warming of the Tropical Atlantic. Considering Inmet's climate forecast for May/2024 and its possible impact on the 2023/24 grain harvest for the different producing ...