“…At the same time, in lower levels there is an increase in moisture transport from the Amazon towards SESA. The combination of upper and lower-level anomalies favours increased rainfall, being austral spring the season with the most robust signal (Grimm et al, 2000;Barreiro, 2009;Zamboni et al, 2010;Martín-G omez and Barreiro, 2015;Barreiro, 2017;Ungerovich and Barreiro, 2017). The impact of ENSO on Uruguay is larger in the northern region, that is north of approximately 32.5 S (Figure 1), which leads to a higher seasonal predictability.…”