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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: 18Z Tue 18AUG2026
Day Frcst Time/Date Speed (kts) Gust (kts) Dir (degs) MidSpd (kts) Gust (kts) Dir (degs)
Tue 10AM 18AUG26 8.1 12.6 230 8.8 13.2 233
Tue 01PM 18AUG26 8.8 13.7 218 8.0 12.0 218
Tue 04PM 18AUG26 8.2 12.8 209 7.6 11.3 211
Tue 07PM 18AUG26 7.2 11.2 176 7.3 10.9 186
Tue 10PM 18AUG26 9.9 15.4 143 9.5 14.2 156
Wed 01AM 19AUG26 9.2 14.3 135 7.1 10.6 149
Wed 04AM 19AUG26 6.1 9.5 255 6.1 9.2 256
Wed 07AM 19AUG26 6.4 9.9 240 7.3 11.0 242
Wed 10AM 19AUG26 9.6 15.0 229 8.9 13.4 230
Wed 01PM 19AUG26 12.6 19.7 228 11.3 17.0 228
Wed 04PM 19AUG26 14.7 22.9 235 14.7 22.1 237
Wed 07PM 19AUG26 14.2 22.1 258 14.8 22.1 259
Wed 10PM 19AUG26 13.2 20.5 267 13.7 20.6 267
Thu 01AM 20AUG26 11.3 17.6 269 11.8 17.7 269
Thu 04AM 20AUG26 9.6 15.0 265 10.8 16.2 265
Thu 07AM 20AUG26 9.5 14.8 262 10.4 15.6 263
Thu 10AM 20AUG26 11.2 17.5 232 10.8 16.1 233
Thu 01PM 20AUG26 12.4 19.3 219 10.7 16.1 220
Thu 04PM 20AUG26 13.2 20.6 220 13.8 20.7 223
Thu 07PM 20AUG26 13.5 21.1 259 13.5 20.2 260
Thu 10PM 20AUG26 12.1 18.8 271 10.7 16.1 270
Fri 01AM 21AUG26 7.2 11.3 305 10.2 15.3 301
Fri 04AM 21AUG26 7.4 11.6 138 9.7 14.6 151
Fri 07AM 21AUG26 11.1 17.3 264 11.3 16.9 264
Fri 10AM 21AUG26 15.3 23.9 239 13.2 19.7 238
Fri 01PM 21AUG26 15.4 24.0 227 14.9 22.3 228
Fri 04PM 21AUG26 20.3 31.7 241 20.6 31.0 242
Fri 07PM 21AUG26 20.4 31.9 263 21.1 31.6 263
Fri 10PM 21AUG26 19.2 30.0 271 19.8 29.7 270
Sat 01AM 22AUG26 18.1 28.2 269 19.0 28.6 268
Sat 04AM 22AUG26 17.9 27.9 269 18.8 28.1 268
Sat 07AM 22AUG26 18.1 28.2 267 19.0 28.5 267
Sat 10AM 22AUG26 16.8 26.2 244 16.4 24.6 244
Sat 01PM 22AUG26 15.6 24.3 236 15.3 22.9 237
Sat 04PM 22AUG26 18.5 28.9 243 16.8 25.3 243
Sat 07PM 22AUG26 15.8 24.7 261 16.0 24.0 262
Sat 10PM 22AUG26 13.7 21.4 271 13.7 20.5 270
Sun 01AM 23AUG26 10.9 17.0 271 11.5 17.2 271
Sun 04AM 23AUG26 11.2 17.5 273 11.6 17.3 272
Sun 07AM 23AUG26 10.8 16.8 272 10.9 16.3 271
Sun 10AM 23AUG26 10.1 15.8 237 9.1 13.7 237
Sun 01PM 23AUG26 13.1 20.4 221 12.1 18.1 223
Sun 04PM 23AUG26 16.4 25.6 240 13.8 20.7 239
Sun 07PM 23AUG26 9.4 14.7 255 10.2 15.3 256
Sun 10PM 23AUG26 7.1 11.0 273 8.1 12.2 273
Mon 01AM 24AUG26 5.1 7.9 115 6.9 10.3 131
Mon 04AM 24AUG26 7.7 12.1 279 8.4 12.5 277
Mon 07AM 24AUG26 7.7 12.1 274 8.6 12.9 273
Mon 10AM 24AUG26 9.8 15.2 225 9.2 13.8 225
Mon 01PM 24AUG26 11.5 18.0 216 11.2 16.9 219
Mon 04PM 24AUG26 14.7 23.0 235 12.0 18.0 234
Mon 07PM 24AUG26 8.2 12.7 200 9.1 13.6 206
Mon 10PM 24AUG26 10.1 15.8 137 11.1 16.6 150
Tue 01AM 25AUG26 11.4 17.8 136 12.2 18.3 150
Tue 04AM 25AUG26 7.3 11.4 142 7.7 11.6 155
Tue 07AM 25AUG26 8.0 12.5 271 9.2 13.8 270
Tue 10AM 25AUG26 9.2 14.4 222 8.3 12.5 224
Tue 01PM 25AUG26 11.0 17.2 213 11.0 16.6 216
Tue 04PM 25AUG26 12.7 19.8 229 11.3 16.9 229
Tue 07PM 25AUG26 6.1 9.5 161 9.3 14.0 173
Tue 10PM 25AUG26 9.4 14.6 141 9.6 14.4 154
Wed 01AM 26AUG26 11.2 17.5 137 11.0 16.5 150
Wed 04AM 26AUG26 5.5 8.6 149 6.4 9.6 161
Wed 07AM 26AUG26 8.5 13.2 146 8.3 12.4 158
Wed 10AM 26AUG26 8.2 12.7 209 7.8 11.7 212
Wed 01PM 26AUG26 10.1 15.7 210 10.3 15.4 213
Wed 04PM 26AUG26 12.0 18.6 222 10.5 15.7 222
Wed 07PM 26AUG26 8.5 13.3 194 10.2 15.3 202
Wed 10PM 26AUG26 9.2 14.3 148 11.3 17.0 161
Thu 01AM 27AUG26 8.4 13.1 274 10.9 16.4 274
Thu 04AM 27AUG26 8.1 12.7 280 10.5 15.7 278
Thu 07AM 27AUG26 6.8 10.6 163 9.2 13.8 174
Thu 10AM 27AUG26 9.6 15.0 223 9.6 14.5 224
Thu 01PM 27AUG26 12.2 19.0 220 11.8 17.7 221
Thu 04PM 27AUG26 14.7 22.9 236 15.5 23.3 238
Thu 07PM 27AUG26 13.3 20.8 261 15.1 22.7 262
Thu 10PM 27AUG26 12.3 19.1 267 12.8 19.3 266
Fri 01AM 28AUG26 9.8 15.3 268 9.2 13.9 268
Fri 04AM 28AUG26 5.9 9.2 283 5.5 8.3 281
Fri 07AM 28AUG26 4.1 6.4 304 5.1 7.7 300
Fri 10AM 28AUG26 4.4 6.9 242 4.3 6.4 242

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