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Soma weather

Lower River · 15,210 inhabitants · Friday, November 6 · updated 19:26

Air: Poor Heatwave risk · 8 d
Clear sky
34°
Clear sky
Feels like 43°C
Wind
8 km/h
Gusts
8 km/h
Humidity
50 %
Pressure
1009 hPa
Clouds
3 %
Storm
No
Rise 06:57 Set 18:33 Day 11 h 35 min UV 8 · High

Soma 14-day forecast

Trend
Evening
Clear sky
Clear sky
34°29°
Feels like 43°
Wind ↑ SSW 9 km/h
Humidity 50 %
21:00
Clear sky
29°
SSW 9

Rain radar around Soma

Rain observed over the last two hours by official weather radars around Soma, followed by the radar forecast for the next hour where the weather service provides one.

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Rain radar Last two hours, then forecast where available · drag the timeline

Air you breathe in Soma: pollution and pollen

4/6
Poor
European Air Quality Index (EAQI), from Copernicus CAMS
PM2.523µg/m³
PM1053µg/m³

Copernicus CAMS model, updated several times a day.

Soma forecast in charts · next 7 days

The week ahead: highs and lows

▲ This week runs +2.2° warmer than usual
Highs Lows Usual for the season (1991–2020 average)
19°25°30°36°41°TodayThuFriSatSunMonTue37°21°Wed 4 Nov: max 35° · min 25° · normal 28.3°Thu 5 Nov: max 37° · min 25° · normal 28.3°Fri 6 Nov: max 39° · min 25° · normal 28.3°Sat 7 Nov: max 38° · min 24° · normal 28.2°Sun 8 Nov: max 37° · min 23° · normal 28.2°Mon 9 Nov: max 37° · min 22° · normal 28.2°Tue 10 Nov: max 37° · min 21° · normal 28.2°

Hourly detail

FriSatSunMonTueWedThuFri20°30°40°38°21°02
Temperature (°C) Rain (mm) Wind (km/h)

Moon over Soma

Waning crescent
12 % illuminated · 26.3 days
Rise 04:29 Set 16:35
Sat 7/11 6%
Sun 8/11 2%
Mon 9/11 0%
Tue 10/11 1% New moon
Wed 11/11 3%
Thu 12/11 8%
Fri 13/11 15%
Sat 14/11 23%
Sun 15/11 33%
Mon 16/11 43%
Tue 17/11 54% First quarter
Wed 18/11 64%

Moonrise and moonset in local time (Africa/Banjul); phase and lit fraction from a synodic calculation.

Sea and tides near Soma

Tide station used: Soma

Tide times in Soma
🌊 Sea surface
29.2 °C
satellite, 6/11
TodayFri 06/11
Low tide 01:31 0.4 m
High tide 07:57 1.9 m
Low tide 14:03 0.2 m
High tide 20:26 1.9 m
TomorrowSat 07/11
Low tide 02:23 0.3 m
High tide 08:44 1.9 m
Low tide 14:48 0.2 m
High tide 21:10 2.0 m
SunSun 08/11
Low tide 03:12 0.2 m
High tide 09:28 1.9 m
Low tide 15:31 0.2 m
High tide 21:52 2.0 m
MonMon 09/11
Low tide 03:59 0.2 m
High tide 10:10 1.9 m
Low tide 16:12 0.2 m
High tide 22:32 2.0 m

Heights above chart datum. Coefficient: 20 for the weakest tides, 120 for the strongest.

Look up a past day in Soma

Curious about the weather in Soma on a given day? Choose a date: we read it from the ERA5 reanalysis (ECMWF / Copernicus C3S), which runs until about a week ago.

Soma weather at a glance

This page gathers everything about the weather in Soma, Lower River: conditions now, the forecast for each part of the day and the trend for the coming week. At the moment the sky is “clear sky”, it is 34 °C (feels like 43 °C) and the wind blows at 8 km/h.

Expected range today: 25 °C to 39 °C and a dry sky; it will be very hot. The forecast comes from the AtmoAtlas engine, which combines ECMWF-AIFS, NOAA GFS and DWD ICON, adjusts cloud cover with METAR reports and uses convective energy (CAPE) to flag storms, plus the tide times for Soma.

Other big cities nearby

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Where does this forecast come from? Our engine, checked every day against 1124 weather stations