Latest Radar Plot for Singapore & Regions
Color coding indicates amount of rainfall from very low (light blue) to very high (purple)
One of the main driving forces of the Singapore costal and straits hydrodynamics are related to tidal changes and the monsoons.
Here is a computed monthly mean current of the tidal stream. (Singapore Maritime & Port Journal 2003, pp.151-162.)
Mean eastward and westward current derived from harmonic stream constituent in each month of a typical year the prediction shows a similar dominant mean westward stream during the northeast monsoon from November to March. The stream represents the net water movement from South China Sea westward into Malacca Strait.
During the southwest monsoon (June – September), the observed water movement is from the Java Sea northward into Singapore Strait, after which the water split into two streams that move westward and eastward into Malacca Strait and South China Sea respectively.
