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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 Tue 18AUG2026
Day Frcst Time/Date Speed (kts) Gust (kts) Dir (degs) MidSpd (kts) Gust (kts) Dir (degs)
Mon 10PM 17AUG26 9.7 15.2 265 10.4 15.5 266
Tue 01AM 18AUG26 11.1 17.3 272 11.4 17.1 272
Tue 04AM 18AUG26 7.7 12.0 277 8.4 12.6 276
Tue 07AM 18AUG26 6.0 9.4 249 7.3 11.0 251
Tue 10AM 18AUG26 8.3 12.9 230 8.4 12.6 232
Tue 01PM 18AUG26 10.4 16.2 223 9.2 13.9 222
Tue 04PM 18AUG26 9.5 14.8 222 9.3 13.9 224
Tue 07PM 18AUG26 6.5 10.2 246 7.2 10.8 248
Tue 10PM 18AUG26 5.2 8.1 119 5.8 8.7 135
Wed 01AM 19AUG26 5.4 8.4 322 6.8 10.2 317
Wed 04AM 19AUG26 6.4 9.9 262 7.3 10.9 262
Wed 07AM 19AUG26 7.4 11.5 260 7.5 11.2 260
Wed 10AM 19AUG26 9.6 15.0 233 8.4 12.6 233
Wed 01PM 19AUG26 12.8 20.0 227 11.3 16.9 227
Wed 04PM 19AUG26 14.8 23.0 234 15.0 22.5 236
Wed 07PM 19AUG26 13.6 21.3 260 14.3 21.5 261
Wed 10PM 19AUG26 11.0 17.2 265 12.1 18.1 265
Thu 01AM 20AUG26 8.8 13.8 262 9.6 14.4 262
Thu 04AM 20AUG26 8.6 13.4 262 9.3 13.9 263
Thu 07AM 20AUG26 7.9 12.4 261 8.5 12.7 261
Thu 10AM 20AUG26 9.6 14.9 230 8.7 13.1 231
Thu 01PM 20AUG26 11.1 17.2 211 9.9 14.8 213
Thu 04PM 20AUG26 13.6 21.2 220 12.4 18.6 222
Thu 07PM 20AUG26 10.9 17.0 246 12.7 19.1 248
Thu 10PM 20AUG26 9.1 14.2 266 10.5 15.7 266
Fri 01AM 21AUG26 6.9 10.8 145 10.5 15.7 158
Fri 04AM 21AUG26 6.8 10.6 137 9.6 14.4 150
Fri 07AM 21AUG26 11.1 17.3 260 11.4 17.0 260
Fri 10AM 21AUG26 15.2 23.8 235 13.2 19.7 235
Fri 01PM 21AUG26 15.3 23.9 225 14.7 22.0 226
Fri 04PM 21AUG26 19.7 30.7 243 19.9 29.9 244
Fri 07PM 21AUG26 19.1 29.8 262 20.2 30.3 262
Fri 10PM 21AUG26 16.9 26.4 267 18.3 27.4 267
Sat 01AM 22AUG26 15.8 24.7 267 16.9 25.4 266
Sat 04AM 22AUG26 16.7 26.1 269 17.2 25.9 269
Sat 07AM 22AUG26 17.3 26.9 267 17.4 26.1 266
Sat 10AM 22AUG26 15.1 23.6 242 13.9 20.8 241
Sat 01PM 22AUG26 14.6 22.8 231 14.3 21.5 232
Sat 04PM 22AUG26 18.8 29.3 241 16.7 25.1 241
Sat 07PM 22AUG26 15.8 24.6 263 15.8 23.7 263
Sat 10PM 22AUG26 10.8 16.8 275 11.1 16.6 274
Sun 01AM 23AUG26 9.8 15.3 279 9.7 14.6 277
Sun 04AM 23AUG26 10.0 15.6 284 10.2 15.3 282
Sun 07AM 23AUG26 9.6 15.0 273 10.1 15.2 272
Sun 10AM 23AUG26 10.4 16.2 232 9.6 14.5 232
Sun 01PM 23AUG26 12.0 18.8 220 11.8 17.7 222
Sun 04PM 23AUG26 16.6 26.0 238 14.2 21.3 238
Sun 07PM 23AUG26 7.5 11.7 245 8.9 13.3 247
Sun 10PM 23AUG26 5.2 8.2 282 6.5 9.8 281
Mon 01AM 24AUG26 4.3 6.7 115 5.7 8.6 130
Mon 04AM 24AUG26 4.5 7.1 309 5.8 8.7 304
Mon 07AM 24AUG26 4.5 7.0 272 5.3 8.0 271
Mon 10AM 24AUG26 7.0 10.9 216 6.6 9.9 217
Mon 01PM 24AUG26 9.1 14.2 208 9.0 13.5 212
Mon 04PM 24AUG26 10.4 16.3 225 10.0 15.0 225
Mon 07PM 24AUG26 3.7 5.8 190 5.2 7.8 199
Mon 10PM 24AUG26 5.3 8.3 134 5.5 8.2 147
Tue 01AM 25AUG26 5.1 8.0 113 5.8 8.7 129
Tue 04AM 25AUG26 5.4 8.5 333 5.2 7.8 326
Tue 07AM 25AUG26 6.6 10.3 275 6.9 10.4 274
Tue 10AM 25AUG26 7.0 10.9 221 7.2 10.8 223
Tue 01PM 25AUG26 9.7 15.2 209 9.7 14.5 213
Tue 04PM 25AUG26 8.3 13.0 211 8.1 12.2 214
Tue 07PM 25AUG26 6.6 10.3 165 5.9 8.9 174
Tue 10PM 25AUG26 8.5 13.2 136 7.4 11.1 149
Wed 01AM 26AUG26 6.5 10.1 116 6.8 10.1 132
Wed 04AM 26AUG26 6.0 9.4 280 7.1 10.6 278
Wed 07AM 26AUG26 7.3 11.4 273 8.4 12.7 272
Wed 10AM 26AUG26 10.1 15.8 230 10.0 15.0 231
Wed 01PM 26AUG26 12.8 20.0 219 12.1 18.2 221
Wed 04PM 26AUG26 15.9 24.8 236 14.5 21.8 236
Wed 07PM 26AUG26 14.6 22.8 263 15.7 23.6 263
Wed 10PM 26AUG26 12.2 19.0 272 14.1 21.1 272
Thu 01AM 27AUG26 12.5 19.4 268 14.0 20.9 268
Thu 04AM 27AUG26 13.4 20.9 272 15.4 23.1 271
Thu 07AM 27AUG26 12.8 20.0 268 14.5 21.8 268
Thu 10AM 27AUG26 13.7 21.4 234 13.7 20.5 234
Thu 01PM 27AUG26 15.0 23.5 225 14.7 22.0 227
Thu 04PM 27AUG26 16.9 26.4 237 18.4 27.5 239
Thu 07PM 27AUG26 14.8 23.1 260 17.1 25.7 261
Thu 10PM 27AUG26 12.3 19.2 271 14.3 21.5 270

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