31. It is located in the Intertropical Convergence Zone ( " Doldrums " ), with its fickle weather patterns. 32. The Intertropical Convergence Zone & ndash; typically a major contributor to tropical cyclogenesis & ndash; was rarely active. 33. The source of the rainfall is the southwest monsoon and the island's location in the Intertropical Convergence Zone . 34. Submarines or surface ships may be damaged if operating in the convergence zones of their own depth-charge detonations. 35. The next disturbance then developed within the South Pacific Convergence Zone on April 21, to the southeast of Tonga. 36. Global air currents are slowly carrying the lethal nuclear fallout across the Intertropical Convergence Zone to the Southern Hemisphere. 37. The convergence zone shifts east or west depending on the existence of El Ni�o, or the phase of ENSO. 38. But Palawski explains the area is a convergence zone for currents that creates a " bathtub whirlpool-like ring ." 39. In early October 1947, the origins of Hurricane Nine were detected north of Panama in the Intertropical Convergence Zone . 40. By the middle of the dry season, the intertropical convergence zone moves south of Chad, taking the rain with it.