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Northstar - Wind Forecast
Location: 39.25N 120.14W
Base Elevation: 6330 ft
Peak Elevation: 8610 ft

 

240 hour GFS Model (0.25 deg) - 3 hr incrememts

 

Data

Initialized: 06Z Mon 17AUG2026
Day Frcst Time/Date Speed (kts) Gust (kts) Dir (degs) MidSpd (kts) Gust (kts) Dir (degs)
Sun 10PM 16AUG26 11.7 18.2 145 14.5 21.7 158
Mon 01AM 17AUG26 10.6 16.6 145 10.6 16.0 158
Mon 04AM 17AUG26 11.4 17.7 140 12.9 19.3 153
Mon 07AM 17AUG26 10.1 15.7 147 11.4 17.1 159
Mon 10AM 17AUG26 7.5 11.9 188 7.8 11.8 194
Mon 01PM 17AUG26 11.6 18.0 212 10.5 15.8 214
Mon 04PM 17AUG26 9.2 14.3 201 11.3 16.9 208
Mon 07PM 17AUG26 6.9 10.7 217 10.5 15.7 222
Mon 10PM 17AUG26 8.0 12.5 166 9.2 13.8 176
Tue 01AM 18AUG26 6.4 10.0 277 6.6 9.9 276
Tue 04AM 18AUG26 8.3 13.0 134 8.3 12.5 148
Tue 07AM 18AUG26 5.3 8.3 126 5.9 8.8 140
Tue 10AM 18AUG26 7.2 11.2 235 6.8 10.2 235
Tue 01PM 18AUG26 9.5 14.8 221 8.2 12.4 219
Tue 04PM 18AUG26 10.5 16.4 222 9.1 13.6 223
Tue 07PM 18AUG26 7.2 11.2 239 7.9 11.8 242
Tue 10PM 18AUG26 6.7 10.5 315 7.3 11.0 310
Wed 01AM 19AUG26 7.4 11.6 129 8.2 12.3 144
Wed 04AM 19AUG26 7.3 11.4 253 9.0 13.5 254
Wed 07AM 19AUG26 9.3 14.5 262 9.9 14.9 262
Wed 10AM 19AUG26 11.6 18.1 242 11.2 16.9 242
Wed 01PM 19AUG26 12.8 20.0 231 11.5 17.2 230
Wed 04PM 19AUG26 14.6 22.7 238 14.2 21.3 239
Wed 07PM 19AUG26 11.4 17.9 260 11.2 16.7 260
Wed 10PM 19AUG26 6.7 10.4 172 8.8 13.2 182
Thu 01AM 20AUG26 10.5 16.4 264 8.9 13.3 264
Thu 04AM 20AUG26 8.4 13.2 246 8.3 12.4 248
Thu 07AM 20AUG26 7.2 11.2 264 7.6 11.5 264
Thu 10AM 20AUG26 8.5 13.3 227 7.8 11.8 227
Thu 01PM 20AUG26 11.3 17.6 215 9.7 14.6 215
Thu 04PM 20AUG26 13.1 20.4 222 12.1 18.2 225
Thu 07PM 20AUG26 10.6 16.5 252 12.5 18.7 254
Thu 10PM 20AUG26 8.7 13.6 144 11.0 16.5 157
Fri 01AM 21AUG26 9.0 14.1 140 11.5 17.3 153
Fri 04AM 21AUG26 7.3 11.4 140 9.7 14.5 153
Fri 07AM 21AUG26 11.7 18.3 270 12.4 18.7 269
Fri 10AM 21AUG26 13.7 21.3 232 12.3 18.4 232
Fri 01PM 21AUG26 13.1 20.5 217 13.2 19.9 220
Fri 04PM 21AUG26 16.1 25.1 232 14.3 21.4 233
Fri 07PM 21AUG26 15.7 24.5 260 16.7 25.1 260
Fri 10PM 21AUG26 15.9 24.8 267 16.3 24.4 267
Sat 01AM 22AUG26 14.3 22.3 264 15.1 22.6 264
Sat 04AM 22AUG26 16.8 26.3 271 17.2 25.9 270
Sat 07AM 22AUG26 18.1 28.3 266 18.5 27.7 266
Sat 10AM 22AUG26 17.7 27.6 245 16.6 25.0 244
Sat 01PM 22AUG26 17.9 27.9 239 16.8 25.2 239
Sat 04PM 22AUG26 18.6 29.0 242 17.4 26.1 242
Sat 07PM 22AUG26 18.8 29.4 262 19.4 29.0 262
Sat 10PM 22AUG26 16.6 26.0 268 16.9 25.3 268
Sun 01AM 23AUG26 13.6 21.2 269 14.0 21.0 268
Sun 04AM 23AUG26 13.5 21.1 272 13.9 20.8 272
Sun 07AM 23AUG26 12.4 19.4 269 13.0 19.5 269
Sun 10AM 23AUG26 12.2 19.0 236 11.4 17.0 236
Sun 01PM 23AUG26 13.7 21.4 225 13.1 19.6 226
Sun 04PM 23AUG26 16.2 25.2 235 15.0 22.4 236
Sun 07PM 23AUG26 13.0 20.3 259 14.1 21.1 259
Sun 10PM 23AUG26 7.0 10.9 152 8.4 12.6 164
Mon 01AM 24AUG26 7.2 11.2 146 8.0 11.9 159
Mon 04AM 24AUG26 5.8 9.1 300 6.8 10.2 296
Mon 07AM 24AUG26 6.3 9.8 92 6.7 10.1 110
Mon 10AM 24AUG26 7.3 11.3 221 7.1 10.6 223
Mon 01PM 24AUG26 10.9 17.0 212 10.8 16.1 215
Mon 04PM 24AUG26 15.1 23.5 233 12.1 18.2 232
Mon 07PM 24AUG26 6.2 9.6 230 6.2 9.3 234
Mon 10PM 24AUG26 7.1 11.1 297 7.0 10.4 294
Tue 01AM 25AUG26 9.0 14.1 286 9.1 13.7 284
Tue 04AM 25AUG26 11.1 17.3 280 11.1 16.6 278
Tue 07AM 25AUG26 13.4 20.9 275 13.3 20.0 274
Tue 10AM 25AUG26 13.0 20.3 236 12.8 19.1 236
Tue 01PM 25AUG26 14.1 22.0 219 14.3 21.5 222
Tue 04PM 25AUG26 17.3 27.1 232 14.7 22.0 232
Tue 07PM 25AUG26 17.0 26.5 260 18.0 27.0 260
Tue 10PM 25AUG26 16.2 25.3 268 17.6 26.4 268
Wed 01AM 26AUG26 15.5 24.2 270 17.3 26.0 269
Wed 04AM 26AUG26 13.4 20.9 271 15.3 22.9 270
Wed 07AM 26AUG26 12.5 19.5 272 14.6 21.9 271
Wed 10AM 26AUG26 13.1 20.5 234 13.2 19.9 235
Wed 01PM 26AUG26 15.4 24.1 227 15.1 22.6 228
Wed 04PM 26AUG26 17.6 27.4 237 16.6 24.9 238
Wed 07PM 26AUG26 18.5 28.8 262 20.0 30.0 262
Wed 10PM 26AUG26 17.6 27.5 266 20.4 30.6 266

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