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  • Chile Storm First Santiago Soaker

    May 23, 2013; 8:39 AM

    The storm could leave 25 to 100 mm (about 1-4 inches) of rain over a wide area, even locally 150 to 200 mm (about 6-8 inches) along the Andes, between Monday and Thursday of next week.

  • India Monsoon Prospects in 2013

    May 22, 2013; 9:23 AM

    Rainfall for India as a whole in the period June-September 2012 was calculated at 93 percent of normal amount, according to the IMD. The rainfall outcome in 2013 will likely hinge upon events in the equatorial Pacific and Indian oceans.

  • China Flooding Displaces Thousands

    May 20, 2013; 8:50 AM

    Soaking rains may have been indirectly linked to Tropical Cyclone Mahasen, which made an early Thursday landfall from the Bay of Bengal in Bangladesh.

  • Europe Warmth This Week

    April 23, 2013; 8:34 AM

    Warmth will wax June-like in some capitals. Many others will experience the feel of mid summer for at least one day.

  • UK Windstorm Into Thursday

    April 17, 2013; 7:08 AM

    Localized severe wind gusts near 60 mph (about 95 km/h) will whip Ireland, Wales, northern England and southern Scotland.

  • UK Windstorm First of Two This Week

    April 16, 2013; 7:22 AM

    Among the highest observed winds as of Tuesday were gusts of 60 mph at Lechars and 56 mph at Dundee, both in eastern Scotland. In Edinburgh, gusts hit 53 mph.

  • UK Cools as Europe Warmth Shifts

    April 15, 2013; 8:27 AM

    Much of England, France, the Low Countries and even Germany warmed 5 to as many as 10 degrees C (9-18 degrees F) above normal Sunday. Put another way, daytime warmth was more fitting of early to midsummer than mid-April over a wide area.

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Jim Andrews
The International weather blog from AccuWeather.com is written by Jim Andrews who has more than 10 years experience forecasting outside the United States.