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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 Thu 13AUG2026
Day Frcst Time/Date Speed (kts) Gust (kts) Dir (degs) MidSpd (kts) Gust (kts) Dir (degs)
Wed 10PM 12AUG26 9.3 14.5 263 10.6 15.9 265
Thu 01AM 13AUG26 13.2 20.5 265 14.3 21.4 265
Thu 04AM 13AUG26 14.5 22.6 264 15.4 23.2 264
Thu 07AM 13AUG26 12.0 18.8 263 14.0 21.0 263
Thu 10AM 13AUG26 12.5 19.4 234 12.8 19.3 236
Thu 01PM 13AUG26 18.2 28.3 237 17.8 26.7 237
Thu 04PM 13AUG26 16.4 25.6 241 18.4 27.6 244
Thu 07PM 13AUG26 13.0 20.4 259 15.8 23.7 262
Thu 10PM 13AUG26 9.6 15.0 264 11.6 17.4 265
Fri 01AM 14AUG26 9.5 14.8 269 11.8 17.7 269
Fri 04AM 14AUG26 9.8 15.3 269 11.4 17.1 269
Fri 07AM 14AUG26 9.2 14.4 258 10.5 15.7 258
Fri 10AM 14AUG26 9.0 14.0 209 8.7 13.0 212
Fri 01PM 14AUG26 12.6 19.6 201 11.6 17.4 205
Fri 04PM 14AUG26 13.7 21.3 221 11.6 17.4 222
Fri 07PM 14AUG26 8.8 13.7 229 11.9 17.8 233
Fri 10PM 14AUG26 8.3 12.9 151 10.7 16.1 163
Sat 01AM 15AUG26 9.7 15.2 151 11.2 16.7 163
Sat 04AM 15AUG26 9.7 15.1 136 10.6 15.9 149
Sat 07AM 15AUG26 8.5 13.3 151 10.3 15.5 163
Sat 10AM 15AUG26 9.3 14.4 211 8.4 12.6 213
Sat 01PM 15AUG26 12.3 19.2 208 10.7 16.1 211
Sat 04PM 15AUG26 13.6 21.3 210 11.2 16.8 212
Sat 07PM 15AUG26 10.4 16.2 180 14.4 21.6 189
Sat 10PM 15AUG26 10.1 15.7 254 13.0 19.5 255
Sun 01AM 16AUG26 9.5 14.9 162 11.8 17.7 173
Sun 04AM 16AUG26 10.9 16.9 140 13.2 19.8 154
Sun 07AM 16AUG26 11.6 18.1 146 12.5 18.8 159
Sun 10AM 16AUG26 8.8 13.8 200 8.1 12.2 204
Sun 01PM 16AUG26 10.3 16.1 209 10.1 15.2 212
Sun 04PM 16AUG26 12.6 19.7 220 9.6 14.4 219
Sun 07PM 16AUG26 9.0 14.1 161 10.8 16.2 172
Sun 10PM 16AUG26 10.0 15.6 139 9.4 14.1 152
Mon 01AM 17AUG26 11.2 17.5 146 9.8 14.7 158
Mon 04AM 17AUG26 11.1 17.3 142 10.4 15.7 154
Mon 07AM 17AUG26 10.0 15.5 160 10.7 16.0 171
Mon 10AM 17AUG26 11.0 17.1 232 10.3 15.4 232
Mon 01PM 17AUG26 13.0 20.2 225 12.8 19.2 226
Mon 04PM 17AUG26 13.0 20.2 229 14.1 21.2 232
Mon 07PM 17AUG26 12.4 19.3 258 13.3 19.9 258
Mon 10PM 17AUG26 13.8 21.6 263 13.5 20.2 263
Tue 01AM 18AUG26 17.1 26.6 265 16.8 25.3 265
Tue 04AM 18AUG26 16.8 26.1 269 17.8 26.7 268
Tue 07AM 18AUG26 15.5 24.1 269 16.0 24.0 269
Tue 10AM 18AUG26 14.6 22.8 249 14.4 21.6 249
Tue 01PM 18AUG26 15.3 23.8 245 14.0 21.0 242
Tue 04PM 18AUG26 18.5 28.8 245 16.9 25.4 243
Tue 07PM 18AUG26 20.2 31.5 262 19.2 28.8 262
Tue 10PM 18AUG26 23.1 36.1 266 20.4 30.6 264
Wed 01AM 19AUG26 22.6 35.3 268 20.6 30.9 268
Wed 04AM 19AUG26 21.2 33.1 269 20.1 30.2 268
Wed 07AM 19AUG26 15.0 23.3 265 16.3 24.5 267
Wed 10AM 19AUG26 9.9 15.4 224 10.5 15.7 238
Wed 01PM 19AUG26 8.7 13.6 201 8.2 12.2 206
Wed 04PM 19AUG26 7.3 11.4 177 6.7 10.0 177
Wed 07PM 19AUG26 6.8 10.7 150 7.3 10.9 103
Wed 10PM 19AUG26 6.5 10.2 140 6.5 9.8 84
Thu 01AM 20AUG26 2.8 4.4 48 4.0 6.0 138
Thu 04AM 20AUG26 2.3 3.6 31 3.0 4.6 119
Thu 07AM 20AUG26 2.7 4.5 36 2.4 3.5 113
Thu 10AM 20AUG26 4.1 6.4 61 4.3 6.4 97
Thu 01PM 20AUG26 3.2 5.0 262 3.1 4.6 250
Thu 04PM 20AUG26 8.7 13.6 156 7.2 10.8 153
Thu 07PM 20AUG26 3.2 5.0 158 2.9 4.4 114
Thu 10PM 20AUG26 1.6 2.5 235 1.9 2.8 229
Fri 01AM 21AUG26 5.1 8.0 132 4.0 5.9 144
Fri 04AM 21AUG26 5.2 8.1 131 4.9 7.4 146
Fri 07AM 21AUG26 3.9 6.1 125 4.9 7.3 142
Fri 10AM 21AUG26 2.5 4.0 107 3.0 4.6 123
Fri 01PM 21AUG26 4.2 6.6 173 3.9 5.9 175
Fri 04PM 21AUG26 9.1 14.3 149 7.7 11.5 147
Fri 07PM 21AUG26 7.3 11.4 104 7.5 11.3 102
Fri 10PM 21AUG26 4.2 6.5 96 3.1 4.7 147
Sat 01AM 22AUG26 4.6 7.1 103 3.9 5.9 131
Sat 04AM 22AUG26 8.8 13.7 143 7.4 11.2 154
Sat 07AM 22AUG26 6.5 10.2 138 6.6 9.8 152
Sat 10AM 22AUG26 4.2 6.5 99 3.7 5.6 110
Sat 01PM 22AUG26 4.1 6.4 179 3.9 5.9 187
Sat 04PM 22AUG26 8.8 13.8 151 7.5 11.2 151
Sat 07PM 22AUG26 4.8 7.5 115 5.4 8.2 112
Sat 10PM 22AUG26 6.0 9.3 143 5.5 8.3 156

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