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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: 12Z Sat 15AUG2026
Day Frcst Time/Date Speed (kts) Gust (kts) Dir (degs) MidSpd (kts) Gust (kts) Dir (degs)
Sat 04AM 15AUG26 10.1 15.8 150 11.8 17.7 162
Sat 07AM 15AUG26 7.4 11.5 194 9.9 14.9 201
Sat 10AM 15AUG26 8.5 13.2 208 9.1 13.6 212
Sat 01PM 15AUG26 11.1 17.3 206 9.9 14.8 208
Sat 04PM 15AUG26 11.6 18.0 210 9.4 14.1 212
Sat 07PM 15AUG26 13.6 21.2 152 12.5 18.7 163
Sat 10PM 15AUG26 14.2 22.2 143 12.9 19.3 156
Sun 01AM 16AUG26 11.9 18.5 143 12.6 18.9 156
Sun 04AM 16AUG26 13.4 20.9 142 12.4 18.6 154
Sun 07AM 16AUG26 12.9 20.1 143 11.3 17.0 155
Sun 10AM 16AUG26 6.6 10.4 175 6.2 9.3 181
Sun 01PM 16AUG26 10.0 15.6 204 10.1 15.2 208
Sun 04PM 16AUG26 10.7 16.6 217 9.7 14.6 219
Sun 07PM 16AUG26 9.8 15.2 176 12.1 18.2 186
Sun 10PM 16AUG26 11.3 17.6 143 13.2 19.8 156
Mon 01AM 17AUG26 11.5 17.9 138 10.1 15.1 151
Mon 04AM 17AUG26 9.6 15.0 139 10.9 16.4 152
Mon 07AM 17AUG26 10.3 16.1 134 11.0 16.5 147
Mon 10AM 17AUG26 10.9 17.0 215 9.3 14.0 217
Mon 01PM 17AUG26 14.3 22.3 220 13.3 19.9 222
Mon 04PM 17AUG26 14.9 23.3 232 16.6 24.9 235
Mon 07PM 17AUG26 12.3 19.3 255 13.4 20.1 256
Mon 10PM 17AUG26 15.7 24.5 269 15.2 22.8 268
Tue 01AM 18AUG26 17.4 27.1 271 15.3 22.9 269
Tue 04AM 18AUG26 13.1 20.4 270 11.5 17.3 270
Tue 07AM 18AUG26 14.6 22.8 269 13.2 19.7 268
Tue 10AM 18AUG26 15.2 23.7 253 14.5 21.8 252
Tue 01PM 18AUG26 15.3 23.9 242 14.8 22.2 242
Tue 04PM 18AUG26 17.5 27.3 245 15.5 23.2 244
Tue 07PM 18AUG26 16.3 25.5 264 15.3 22.9 264
Tue 10PM 18AUG26 16.0 25.0 271 16.4 24.7 271
Wed 01AM 19AUG26 15.1 23.5 269 15.1 22.7 269
Wed 04AM 19AUG26 12.5 19.6 271 11.2 16.8 269
Wed 07AM 19AUG26 10.0 15.7 266 8.8 13.2 265
Wed 10AM 19AUG26 8.8 13.7 238 7.4 11.2 236
Wed 01PM 19AUG26 10.5 16.3 216 9.2 13.9 215
Wed 04PM 19AUG26 11.2 17.5 222 11.0 16.5 226
Wed 07PM 19AUG26 8.0 12.5 234 8.0 11.9 237
Wed 10PM 19AUG26 9.3 14.5 138 9.8 14.7 152
Thu 01AM 20AUG26 7.5 11.7 119 8.4 12.7 134
Thu 04AM 20AUG26 7.6 11.9 266 8.4 12.6 265
Thu 07AM 20AUG26 6.6 10.3 257 7.2 10.8 257
Thu 10AM 20AUG26 9.3 14.5 214 7.9 11.8 216
Thu 01PM 20AUG26 12.2 19.0 217 10.5 15.7 218
Thu 04PM 20AUG26 14.1 22.0 219 14.4 21.7 223
Thu 07PM 20AUG26 12.3 19.2 252 13.8 20.7 254
Thu 10PM 20AUG26 7.6 11.9 140 11.0 16.5 153
Fri 01AM 21AUG26 8.9 14.0 141 11.3 17.0 154
Fri 04AM 21AUG26 10.1 15.7 143 11.3 17.0 155
Fri 07AM 21AUG26 8.7 13.6 153 9.3 13.9 164
Fri 10AM 21AUG26 12.6 19.7 230 10.7 16.1 230
Fri 01PM 21AUG26 14.9 23.2 219 13.5 20.3 221
Fri 04PM 21AUG26 19.2 30.0 235 19.2 28.8 237
Fri 07PM 21AUG26 17.6 27.5 260 18.1 27.2 260
Fri 10PM 21AUG26 16.5 25.7 265 16.9 25.4 265
Sat 01AM 22AUG26 17.1 26.6 265 17.4 26.2 265
Sat 04AM 22AUG26 17.6 27.4 268 18.4 27.6 267
Sat 07AM 22AUG26 17.8 27.8 267 18.8 28.3 266
Sat 10AM 22AUG26 15.5 24.2 243 15.3 23.0 243
Sat 01PM 22AUG26 14.6 22.7 233 14.0 20.9 234
Sat 04PM 22AUG26 15.8 24.7 238 14.5 21.8 238
Sat 07PM 22AUG26 13.6 21.2 260 14.8 22.2 261
Sat 10PM 22AUG26 10.7 16.6 274 11.2 16.7 273
Sun 01AM 23AUG26 7.9 12.3 153 8.4 12.6 164
Sun 04AM 23AUG26 10.0 15.6 135 10.9 16.3 149
Sun 07AM 23AUG26 7.5 11.7 133 9.4 14.2 147
Sun 10AM 23AUG26 8.9 13.9 223 7.7 11.5 224
Sun 01PM 23AUG26 10.2 16.0 216 10.3 15.4 218
Sun 04PM 23AUG26 10.1 15.7 225 10.1 15.1 228
Sun 07PM 23AUG26 7.7 12.0 250 9.7 14.5 252
Sun 10PM 23AUG26 6.3 9.8 268 7.8 11.7 268
Mon 01AM 24AUG26 7.6 11.9 273 9.2 13.7 272
Mon 04AM 24AUG26 8.2 12.8 274 9.6 14.4 273
Mon 07AM 24AUG26 8.3 12.9 272 9.3 13.9 271
Mon 10AM 24AUG26 9.9 15.4 230 9.5 14.3 230
Mon 01PM 24AUG26 11.0 17.2 211 10.8 16.2 214
Mon 04PM 24AUG26 17.8 27.7 238 16.0 24.0 238
Mon 07PM 24AUG26 14.8 23.0 263 15.1 22.6 263
Mon 10PM 24AUG26 14.5 22.7 272 14.5 21.7 271
Tue 01AM 25AUG26 14.0 21.9 272 14.6 21.8 271
Tue 04AM 25AUG26 14.8 23.0 271 16.5 24.8 271

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