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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 Wed 12AUG2026
Day Frcst Time/Date Speed (kts) Gust (kts) Dir (degs) MidSpd (kts) Gust (kts) Dir (degs)
Wed 04AM 12AUG26 10.1 15.8 263 10.5 15.7 263
Wed 07AM 12AUG26 8.8 13.7 259 9.0 13.6 259
Wed 10AM 12AUG26 9.1 14.3 232 9.3 13.9 233
Wed 01PM 12AUG26 11.6 18.1 224 11.3 16.9 225
Wed 04PM 12AUG26 11.9 18.5 230 12.1 18.2 232
Wed 07PM 12AUG26 8.9 13.8 261 10.4 15.5 263
Wed 10PM 12AUG26 8.1 12.6 262 9.7 14.6 266
Thu 01AM 13AUG26 6.8 10.6 261 7.6 11.4 262
Thu 04AM 13AUG26 7.5 11.6 261 8.0 12.1 261
Thu 07AM 13AUG26 4.0 6.2 266 5.7 8.6 267
Thu 10AM 13AUG26 8.6 13.4 240 8.4 12.6 240
Thu 01PM 13AUG26 13.6 21.1 231 14.9 22.4 233
Thu 04PM 13AUG26 16.9 26.4 242 18.5 27.8 244
Thu 07PM 13AUG26 12.9 20.1 261 14.1 21.2 262
Thu 10PM 13AUG26 7.6 11.8 265 9.6 14.4 266
Fri 01AM 14AUG26 7.9 12.3 269 10.2 15.2 269
Fri 04AM 14AUG26 7.9 12.3 267 10.1 15.1 267
Fri 07AM 14AUG26 7.4 11.6 250 9.5 14.2 252
Fri 10AM 14AUG26 8.9 13.9 203 8.7 13.1 206
Fri 01PM 14AUG26 12.0 18.8 203 10.9 16.4 206
Fri 04PM 14AUG26 11.5 18.0 210 10.7 16.0 212
Fri 07PM 14AUG26 11.1 17.4 159 12.1 18.1 170
Fri 10PM 14AUG26 11.5 18.0 149 12.8 19.3 161
Sat 01AM 15AUG26 12.1 18.9 146 14.8 22.2 159
Sat 04AM 15AUG26 12.5 19.5 145 13.0 19.4 158
Sat 07AM 15AUG26 14.0 21.9 146 12.0 18.0 158
Sat 10AM 15AUG26 9.7 15.2 172 6.9 10.4 177
Sat 01PM 15AUG26 11.7 18.3 202 10.2 15.3 205
Sat 04PM 15AUG26 13.3 20.7 206 10.1 15.1 209
Sat 07PM 15AUG26 10.7 16.7 173 14.5 21.8 183
Sat 10PM 15AUG26 10.3 16.0 253 13.4 20.1 255
Sun 01AM 16AUG26 8.8 13.8 243 11.7 17.6 246
Sun 04AM 16AUG26 8.4 13.1 306 10.8 16.2 302
Sun 07AM 16AUG26 9.7 15.2 142 11.7 17.6 155
Sun 10AM 16AUG26 9.2 14.3 190 8.2 12.3 195
Sun 01PM 16AUG26 10.2 15.9 202 10.2 15.2 206
Sun 04PM 16AUG26 11.4 17.9 219 9.4 14.0 218
Sun 07PM 16AUG26 7.2 11.3 162 9.7 14.5 174
Sun 10PM 16AUG26 10.7 16.7 140 10.1 15.2 153
Mon 01AM 17AUG26 12.9 20.1 142 10.3 15.4 154
Mon 04AM 17AUG26 11.0 17.2 146 10.2 15.4 158
Mon 07AM 17AUG26 9.7 15.1 140 10.4 15.6 153
Mon 10AM 17AUG26 10.2 15.9 215 9.5 14.2 218
Mon 01PM 17AUG26 13.7 21.4 220 12.2 18.3 221
Mon 04PM 17AUG26 14.9 23.2 234 17.4 26.1 237
Mon 07PM 17AUG26 14.5 22.6 258 16.9 25.4 259
Mon 10PM 17AUG26 15.4 24.1 263 16.7 25.1 263
Tue 01AM 18AUG26 16.3 25.5 268 16.4 24.6 267
Tue 04AM 18AUG26 18.4 28.6 266 16.6 24.9 265
Tue 07AM 18AUG26 18.5 28.9 264 15.8 23.6 262
Tue 10AM 18AUG26 20.3 31.7 247 19.0 28.5 246
Tue 01PM 18AUG26 21.2 33.0 244 20.0 30.0 243
Tue 04PM 18AUG26 22.0 34.3 245 22.4 33.5 247
Tue 07PM 18AUG26 16.6 25.9 260 17.0 25.5 261
Tue 10PM 18AUG26 13.1 20.5 266 12.9 19.3 266
Wed 01AM 19AUG26 11.6 18.1 273 11.3 17.0 272
Wed 04AM 19AUG26 10.9 17.0 275 11.0 16.5 274
Wed 07AM 19AUG26 9.8 15.2 275 10.4 15.6 275
Wed 10AM 19AUG26 6.3 9.9 257 7.3 11.0 258
Wed 01PM 19AUG26 7.6 11.8 209 7.2 10.9 210
Wed 04PM 19AUG26 7.9 12.3 194 7.4 11.0 196
Wed 07PM 19AUG26 5.8 9.0 206 6.7 10.1 212
Wed 10PM 19AUG26 7.2 11.3 281 9.4 14.1 280
Thu 01AM 20AUG26 9.4 14.7 263 11.9 17.9 264
Thu 04AM 20AUG26 9.1 14.1 265 10.6 15.9 265
Thu 07AM 20AUG26 7.2 11.3 269 8.5 12.7 269
Thu 10AM 20AUG26 7.0 11.0 223 7.7 11.6 226
Thu 01PM 20AUG26 10.7 16.7 209 9.6 14.5 211
Thu 04PM 20AUG26 11.6 18.1 206 12.2 18.3 211
Thu 07PM 20AUG26 10.5 16.3 251 12.2 18.3 253
Thu 10PM 20AUG26 8.2 12.9 202 9.8 14.7 209
Fri 01AM 21AUG26 8.0 12.4 180 9.2 13.8 188
Fri 04AM 21AUG26 8.9 13.9 149 9.5 14.3 161
Fri 07AM 21AUG26 7.4 11.6 204 7.8 11.7 210
Fri 10AM 21AUG26 10.0 15.6 223 9.2 13.8 225
Fri 01PM 21AUG26 12.3 19.2 215 10.3 15.5 216
Fri 04PM 21AUG26 14.1 22.0 232 14.1 21.2 234
Fri 07PM 21AUG26 7.3 11.4 176 10.5 15.8 185
Fri 10PM 21AUG26 7.0 10.9 147 9.3 13.9 159
Sat 01AM 22AUG26 5.9 9.3 177 8.1 12.1 186
Sat 04AM 22AUG26 7.8 12.2 143 9.3 14.0 156

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