wind speed in the middle eas

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wind speed in the middle east
please help, i need to know where can i obtain a sort of wind pressure map or wind speed map for middle east (specifically for kuwait and united arab emirates).
i'll be needing it for building design.
thanks a lot.
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hi marisse
here in the dubai uae the municipality provide the basic wind speed is 45 m/s.
and the approved codes is bs6399 ,or the old one cp3.
regards
ahmedr,
thank you very much for your quick response, one question though, is it applicable for all the 7 emirates of uae?
thanks again.
marisse,
i do not use bs codes, however, the mil-hbk-1002/2a requires a wind speed of 81 mph (miles per hour) or 36 meters per second for bases in bahrain and saudi arabia. these are peak gust velocities that are equal to the 3-second gust in asce 7 standard in my opinion.
i would compute the pressures using the asce 7-02
i hope this helps.
lutfi
marisse
u welcome
in sharjah it is , i'm not sure about abu dhabi ,
but i think it's applicaple for it  cuz 45 m/s is a high value.
worth mentioning that alot of new tall & complex buildings in dubai designed by wind tunnel test.
from my friend in sauda arabia wind speed is 130 km/hr
and they follow ubc code.
my regards.
lufti,
it is interesting that 45m/s is suggested for both bs6399 ans the previous code cp3 ch. v. as bs6399 contains values at sea level and requires a modification factor for elevation whereas cp3 did not. i've not got either code to hand so i'm working from memory...
i'd guess that 45m/s is the calculated ground level wind speed and that cp3 is the appropriate code due to the fact that it is older.
if i rememder correctly, bs6399 gives basic wind speed values of about half of those from bs6399 (but similar forces).
thank you very much everybody for helping out....thi forum is great!