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East Asian Monsoon Monitoring Bulletin No 4 2004. 5. 26 National Climate Centre/CMA South China Sea (SCS) summer monsoon onset in the 4th pentad of May 2004 South China Sea (SCS) summer monsoon onset in the 4th pentad of May 2004, it’s close to normal year. The West Pacific Subtropical High (WPSH) controlled the SCS in the third pentad of May. During the 4th pentad, westerly prevailed the most of SCS (Fig.2) as the WPSH moved eastwardly (Fig.1), and convection activities over SCS also strengthened (Fig.3). Figure 4 shows the variation of the area-averaged (10-20oN, 110-120oE