Current climate models predict increases in heavy rainfall events, such as monsoons, in equatorial regions such as India and countries affected by the West African monsoon. 目前的气候模型预测了印度等赤道地区和受西非季风(WAM)影响的国家的暴雨事件(例如季风)增加。
Millions of people in Africa's Sahel region depend on the West African monsoon to irrigate their agricultural land, but climatologists are unable to say with much accuracy when the rains will come. 西非荒漠草原地区数以百万计的人依赖于西非季风(WAM)带来降雨灌溉他们的农田,但是气候学家对于预测降雨何时到来并没有太大的把握。