Heavy Rainfall Episodes in the Eastern Northeast Brazil Linked to Large-Scale Ocean-Atmosphere Conditions in the Tropical Atlantic

Table 1

Characteristics of the twelve selected events observed in 2004, 2005, and 2006. The day (or first day) of strong rainfall episode over ENEB, duration (days) of strong rainfall episode, EW onset date, lifespan (days) of EW, EW virtual velocity (m·s⁻¹) are given for each event.

Year	Day (first day) of the strong rainfall episode	Duration of the strong rainfall episode (days)	EW onset date	Lifespan of EW (days)	EW virtual velocity (m·s^−1)
2004	Jan 14	1	Jan 11	3	11.9
	Feb 04	2	Jan 31	4	8.3
	Feb 25	1	Feb 17	8	5.2
	Feb 28	1	Feb 25	3	8.5
	Jun 01	1	May 28	4	11.7
2005	Feb 15	3	Feb 9	6	6.8
	Mar 27	4	Mar 24	3	8.5
	May 02	1	Apr 25	7	5.7
	May 23	1	May 15	8	6.5
	Jun 23	3	Jun 16	7	5.2
2006	Mar 23	2	Mar 20	3	8.8
	Apr 30	1	Apr 27	3	7.8
			Average	4.9	7.9