The South Atlantic Convergence Zone (SACZ) influences the variability of precipitation in South Amazon Basin. In this sense, we applied the Fuzzy Logical Method in order to have a mechanism of warning for the precipitation above the climatological average due to the SACZ (classified as oceanic, coastal or Amazon) over the Southern Amazon region, during the months from November to March in the period from 1999 to 2010. An objective algorithm to identify the occurrence of SACZ is designed and the classification in linguistic terms allows categorizing the SACZ in different types. During the periods of SACZ, the possibility of daily heavy rains (> 20 mm) is twice greater than the climatology. Amazonian and coastal SACZ produce nearly 71.4% of the precipitation during the months from January to March, representing 64% of the active events in Southern Amazon.
Fuzzy Logical Method; SACZ classification; precipitation
