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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 Thu 13AUG2026
Day Frcst Time/Date Speed (kts) Gust (kts) Dir (degs) MidSpd (kts) Gust (kts) Dir (degs)
Thu 04AM 13AUG26 15.3 23.9 264 16.4 24.6 265
Thu 07AM 13AUG26 15.6 24.4 264 17.1 25.6 264
Thu 10AM 13AUG26 14.4 22.4 241 14.7 22.1 242
Thu 01PM 13AUG26 20.5 31.9 240 20.2 30.3 240
Thu 04PM 13AUG26 18.4 28.7 246 19.9 29.9 248
Thu 07PM 13AUG26 14.0 21.8 259 16.6 24.8 261
Thu 10PM 13AUG26 11.4 17.8 264 13.6 20.4 264
Fri 01AM 14AUG26 12.2 19.1 267 13.9 20.9 267
Fri 04AM 14AUG26 11.3 17.7 269 12.8 19.1 269
Fri 07AM 14AUG26 10.1 15.8 263 12.1 18.1 263
Fri 10AM 14AUG26 9.1 14.2 209 9.1 13.7 212
Fri 01PM 14AUG26 12.0 18.7 200 11.1 16.7 203
Fri 04PM 14AUG26 13.1 20.4 218 12.7 19.1 220
Fri 07PM 14AUG26 8.5 13.2 216 11.6 17.4 221
Fri 10PM 14AUG26 8.3 13.0 277 11.7 17.5 276
Sat 01AM 15AUG26 8.3 13.0 258 10.8 16.3 259
Sat 04AM 15AUG26 7.4 11.6 271 9.2 13.8 271
Sat 07AM 15AUG26 8.2 12.8 157 9.4 14.2 169
Sat 10AM 15AUG26 9.2 14.3 205 7.8 11.6 208
Sat 01PM 15AUG26 11.4 17.8 203 10.5 15.8 206
Sat 04PM 15AUG26 12.7 19.7 209 10.0 15.1 210
Sat 07PM 15AUG26 11.2 17.4 167 15.1 22.7 178
Sat 10PM 15AUG26 10.0 15.6 150 12.8 19.2 163
Sun 01AM 16AUG26 9.9 15.4 153 12.4 18.6 165
Sun 04AM 16AUG26 9.8 15.3 143 12.5 18.7 156
Sun 07AM 16AUG26 10.7 16.7 147 12.1 18.2 160
Sun 10AM 16AUG26 8.4 13.1 187 7.7 11.5 193
Sun 01PM 16AUG26 10.4 16.2 207 10.5 15.7 211
Sun 04PM 16AUG26 12.8 20.0 223 9.6 14.5 222
Sun 07PM 16AUG26 8.3 13.0 166 10.6 15.8 176
Sun 10PM 16AUG26 11.3 17.6 144 10.2 15.3 157
Mon 01AM 17AUG26 12.9 20.2 143 11.5 17.3 155
Mon 04AM 17AUG26 11.0 17.1 147 11.8 17.7 159
Mon 07AM 17AUG26 8.7 13.5 163 11.2 16.8 174
Mon 10AM 17AUG26 11.7 18.3 236 12.3 18.5 237
Mon 01PM 17AUG26 14.2 22.1 228 13.5 20.2 229
Mon 04PM 17AUG26 15.4 24.1 236 15.8 23.7 238
Mon 07PM 17AUG26 15.6 24.4 259 16.2 24.4 260
Mon 10PM 17AUG26 15.1 23.6 261 16.1 24.1 262
Tue 01AM 18AUG26 18.7 29.2 266 20.3 30.5 266
Tue 04AM 18AUG26 18.0 28.1 266 19.3 29.0 267
Tue 07AM 18AUG26 15.5 24.2 263 15.7 23.5 263
Tue 10AM 18AUG26 17.5 27.4 249 16.2 24.4 246
Tue 01PM 18AUG26 19.1 29.8 243 17.5 26.2 242
Tue 04PM 18AUG26 23.0 35.9 250 22.4 33.6 250
Tue 07PM 18AUG26 23.2 36.2 263 23.9 35.9 264
Tue 10PM 18AUG26 23.9 37.3 267 23.8 35.8 267
Wed 01AM 19AUG26 20.7 32.3 267 20.0 30.0 267
Wed 04AM 19AUG26 17.2 26.8 266 16.5 24.8 266
Wed 07AM 19AUG26 13.7 21.4 261 13.7 20.5 266
Wed 10AM 19AUG26 10.7 16.6 217 11.3 16.9 240
Wed 01PM 19AUG26 10.1 15.7 201 9.3 14.0 219
Wed 04PM 19AUG26 7.7 12.0 197 7.1 10.6 208
Wed 07PM 19AUG26 1.4 2.2 185 1.6 2.4 216
Wed 10PM 19AUG26 8.1 12.7 138 6.5 9.8 155
Thu 01AM 20AUG26 2.4 3.7 18 5.4 8.1 117
Thu 04AM 20AUG26 5.9 9.3 234 6.2 9.3 289
Thu 07AM 20AUG26 4.2 6.6 237 4.3 6.4 289
Thu 10AM 20AUG26 3.4 5.3 277 3.7 5.5 278
Thu 01PM 20AUG26 4.4 6.9 215 4.2 6.3 211
Thu 04PM 20AUG26 7.6 11.9 165 6.6 9.8 164
Thu 07PM 20AUG26 5.1 7.9 170 3.3 4.9 117
Thu 10PM 20AUG26 8.9 13.8 279 5.8 8.7 278
Fri 01AM 21AUG26 5.1 7.9 88 3.5 5.2 106
Fri 04AM 21AUG26 5.2 8.2 114 4.7 7.1 129
Fri 07AM 21AUG26 4.6 7.2 94 5.0 7.4 112
Fri 10AM 21AUG26 4.8 7.5 141 3.8 5.8 150
Fri 01PM 21AUG26 6.2 9.7 199 5.6 8.5 195
Fri 04PM 21AUG26 8.2 12.8 187 7.1 10.7 178
Fri 07PM 21AUG26 5.2 8.1 164 4.7 7.0 174
Fri 10PM 21AUG26 9.2 14.3 147 4.8 7.2 150
Sat 01AM 22AUG26 9.3 14.6 148 7.0 10.5 160
Sat 04AM 22AUG26 10.7 16.7 142 8.7 13.0 155
Sat 07AM 22AUG26 11.1 17.4 144 10.2 15.3 156
Sat 10AM 22AUG26 6.2 9.6 141 5.2 7.8 150
Sat 01PM 22AUG26 5.7 8.9 185 5.4 8.2 187
Sat 04PM 22AUG26 9.1 14.2 148 7.4 11.1 152
Sat 07PM 22AUG26 4.6 7.2 114 5.6 8.3 108
Sat 10PM 22AUG26 10.4 16.3 144 7.4 11.1 155
Sun 01AM 23AUG26 13.0 20.3 141 9.3 14.0 151
Sun 04AM 23AUG26 12.7 19.8 140 10.7 16.0 152

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