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From the above data, it is clear that the rainy seas<strong>on</strong> stretches from May to October and the dry<br />

seas<strong>on</strong> from November to April. The water level of the river is shown Table 3-12 and the high water period<br />

stretches mainly from July to December. The high water period begins slightly later than the rainy seas<strong>on</strong>.<br />

TT Stati<strong>on</strong><br />

Table 3-10 Humidity Recorded at My Tho Stati<strong>on</strong><br />

3-25<br />

M<strong>on</strong>th<br />

I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII<br />

Average absolute humidity by m<strong>on</strong>th and year (mbar)<br />

1 My Tho 25.4 26.0 27.9 30.1 31.4 31.0 30.4 30.2 30.2 30.1 28.9 26.2 29.0<br />

Average comparative humidity by m<strong>on</strong>th and year (%)<br />

1 Mỹ Tho 79.4 78.3 78.2 77.8 81.4 83.4 83.9 84.2 84.9 85.5 83.3 81.5 81.8<br />

Lowest comparative humidity by m<strong>on</strong>th and year (%)<br />

1 Mỹ Tho 58.2 57.5 56.5 57.2 63.0 68.9 71.0 70.7 70.5 71.1 66.7 61.8 64.4<br />

Lowest absolute humidity by m<strong>on</strong>th and year (%)<br />

1 Mỹ Tho 38 37 39 34 42 48 51 50 52 51 48 41 34<br />

Source: Hydro-meteorological Data Center under Hydro-meteorological Service of Vietnam<br />

From this table, the comparative humidity is high, about 80% year round. Even in the dry seas<strong>on</strong>,<br />

the comparative humidity is almost the same as in the rainy seas<strong>on</strong>.<br />

The wind data is shown below.<br />

TT Stati<strong>on</strong><br />

1 My Tho<br />

Table 3-11 Average M<strong>on</strong>thly and Yearly Wind Velocity (m/s) Recorded at My Tho Stati<strong>on</strong><br />

M<strong>on</strong>th<br />

I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII<br />

1.7 2.4 2.4 1.9 1.2 1.8 1.8 2.1 1.5 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.7<br />

Source: Hydro-meteorological Data Center under Hydro-meteorological Service of Vietnam<br />

From these data, it is evident that the rainy seas<strong>on</strong> in the area around the bridge site is from May to<br />

November. The observed wind velocity, which is important for the l<strong>on</strong>g span bridge design, is low.<br />

Nevertheless, the design wind speed must be calculated based <strong>on</strong> str<strong>on</strong>g winds brought by typho<strong>on</strong>s and<br />

extreme value distributi<strong>on</strong> data. The design wind speed of U10=40 m/s will be adopted for designing the<br />

Sec<strong>on</strong>d My Thuan Bridge, as specified in the Vietnamese standard.<br />

The highest and lowest water levels at the Tien Gian River recorded for 32 years at My Thuan Stati<strong>on</strong>, are<br />

shown in the following Table 3-12:<br />

Year<br />

Year

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