please state the source too, thanks!
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I am sorry, I don't have sources but I was 12 days in Singapore, years ago, and after work, I went to the Sentosa island and I even did some wind surfing around there.
Since you are from Singapore, you know that you have a large landmass, Malaysia, at the north, and much warm water on the three other sides.
As the tropical sun warms the earth, from the morning, it lowers the pressure as warm air rises. That creates an onshore wind. Since it brings very moist air from the sea, that moisture condenses by adiabatic effect once reaching an altitude. That forms clouds that keep building up during most of the day, to end by tropical rain showers, sometimes with isolated thunderstorms, late in the afternoon.
That is the general weather pattern for Singapore. Now, I work for the shipping industry and I know that Singapore is very much visited by the world shipping fleet. Since we train seafarers, we know pretty well what are the nasty corners of the world and Singapore is certainly not on that list. As you can see from the many ships anchored in the roadstead off Singapore, none are very worried of storm force winds.
I don't think you will find much data on the wind speed, offshore Singapore, other than it usually blows a sea breeze of perhaps Beaufort force 3 to 4. Perhaps in a thunderstorm, for a short moment, a gust of wind reaching force 7 can appear. But it is soon gone and certainly not a danger for modern shipping. But if you are wind surfing, as I was, you would watch out for big towering cumulonimbus, late in the afternoon, and head for the shore if you hear the thunder.
Since you are from Singapore, you know that you have a large landmass, Malaysia, at the north, and much warm water on the three other sides.
As the tropical sun warms the earth, from the morning, it lowers the pressure as warm air rises. That creates an onshore wind. Since it brings very moist air from the sea, that moisture condenses by adiabatic effect once reaching an altitude. That forms clouds that keep building up during most of the day, to end by tropical rain showers, sometimes with isolated thunderstorms, late in the afternoon.
That is the general weather pattern for Singapore. Now, I work for the shipping industry and I know that Singapore is very much visited by the world shipping fleet. Since we train seafarers, we know pretty well what are the nasty corners of the world and Singapore is certainly not on that list. As you can see from the many ships anchored in the roadstead off Singapore, none are very worried of storm force winds.
I don't think you will find much data on the wind speed, offshore Singapore, other than it usually blows a sea breeze of perhaps Beaufort force 3 to 4. Perhaps in a thunderstorm, for a short moment, a gust of wind reaching force 7 can appear. But it is soon gone and certainly not a danger for modern shipping. But if you are wind surfing, as I was, you would watch out for big towering cumulonimbus, late in the afternoon, and head for the shore if you hear the thunder.