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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 Sun 16AUG2026
Day Frcst Time/Date Speed (kts) Gust (kts) Dir (degs) MidSpd (kts) Gust (kts) Dir (degs)
Sun 04AM 16AUG26 13.7 21.4 140 11.9 17.8 152
Sun 07AM 16AUG26 10.0 15.5 142 11.3 16.9 155
Sun 10AM 16AUG26 7.1 11.1 194 7.0 10.4 199
Sun 01PM 16AUG26 10.4 16.2 207 10.2 15.3 210
Sun 04PM 16AUG26 11.2 17.5 212 9.4 14.1 213
Sun 07PM 16AUG26 10.6 16.5 158 11.3 17.0 169
Sun 10PM 16AUG26 11.4 17.8 141 10.1 15.1 155
Mon 01AM 17AUG26 12.7 19.7 144 9.3 14.0 155
Mon 04AM 17AUG26 10.9 17.1 138 9.7 14.6 151
Mon 07AM 17AUG26 11.1 17.3 146 13.1 19.6 159
Mon 10AM 17AUG26 9.3 14.4 177 8.3 12.4 184
Mon 01PM 17AUG26 12.6 19.7 214 11.4 17.1 216
Mon 04PM 17AUG26 13.2 20.6 224 12.2 18.2 226
Mon 07PM 17AUG26 11.2 17.4 255 14.6 21.9 256
Mon 10PM 17AUG26 12.3 19.2 270 13.8 20.7 270
Tue 01AM 18AUG26 11.7 18.2 273 11.5 17.3 273
Tue 04AM 18AUG26 10.4 16.3 275 9.8 14.8 274
Tue 07AM 18AUG26 10.4 16.2 275 9.5 14.2 273
Tue 10AM 18AUG26 9.9 15.4 242 8.8 13.2 241
Tue 01PM 18AUG26 10.7 16.6 230 9.2 13.8 228
Tue 04PM 18AUG26 10.4 16.2 224 9.1 13.7 225
Tue 07PM 18AUG26 7.5 11.8 182 7.3 11.0 191
Tue 10PM 18AUG26 7.5 11.8 118 7.3 11.0 134
Wed 01AM 19AUG26 9.8 15.4 271 8.9 13.3 270
Wed 04AM 19AUG26 8.4 13.0 264 8.9 13.4 265
Wed 07AM 19AUG26 6.2 9.7 240 7.7 11.6 242
Wed 10AM 19AUG26 8.2 12.8 222 8.2 12.3 225
Wed 01PM 19AUG26 11.0 17.1 221 9.8 14.8 221
Wed 04PM 19AUG26 11.9 18.5 222 11.6 17.4 224
Wed 07PM 19AUG26 9.1 14.2 248 11.1 16.6 250
Wed 10PM 19AUG26 8.6 13.4 151 10.0 15.0 163
Thu 01AM 20AUG26 9.7 15.2 255 10.1 15.1 256
Thu 04AM 20AUG26 8.3 13.0 254 9.3 14.0 255
Thu 07AM 20AUG26 6.5 10.1 248 7.6 11.5 250
Thu 10AM 20AUG26 9.0 14.0 213 8.5 12.7 216
Thu 01PM 20AUG26 11.5 17.9 209 9.7 14.5 211
Thu 04PM 20AUG26 11.7 18.2 206 12.6 18.8 212
Thu 07PM 20AUG26 8.1 12.7 203 11.2 16.8 210
Thu 10PM 20AUG26 7.5 11.7 134 9.6 14.4 148
Fri 01AM 21AUG26 6.9 10.8 115 11.0 16.5 131
Fri 04AM 21AUG26 12.4 19.4 141 13.3 19.9 154
Fri 07AM 21AUG26 9.5 14.8 150 10.9 16.4 162
Fri 10AM 21AUG26 13.8 21.5 228 12.3 18.4 229
Fri 01PM 21AUG26 14.4 22.4 220 13.3 20.0 222
Fri 04PM 21AUG26 15.9 24.8 229 16.6 25.0 231
Fri 07PM 21AUG26 14.2 22.1 257 16.3 24.5 258
Fri 10PM 21AUG26 12.9 20.2 263 14.3 21.5 263
Sat 01AM 22AUG26 14.0 21.8 269 15.4 23.2 269
Sat 04AM 22AUG26 16.2 25.3 270 17.0 25.6 269
Sat 07AM 22AUG26 15.7 24.4 266 16.9 25.3 266
Sat 10AM 22AUG26 16.1 25.0 237 15.3 23.0 237
Sat 01PM 22AUG26 16.5 25.7 225 15.6 23.3 227
Sat 04PM 22AUG26 18.6 29.0 239 19.0 28.5 241
Sat 07PM 22AUG26 17.3 27.0 262 18.5 27.7 263
Sat 10PM 22AUG26 13.6 21.2 266 15.1 22.6 266
Sun 01AM 23AUG26 12.1 18.8 268 13.8 20.7 268
Sun 04AM 23AUG26 11.7 18.3 272 13.2 19.9 271
Sun 07AM 23AUG26 10.0 15.5 274 11.4 17.1 273
Sun 10AM 23AUG26 9.4 14.7 224 9.2 13.8 226
Sun 01PM 23AUG26 10.4 16.3 214 10.2 15.3 216
Sun 04PM 23AUG26 11.4 17.7 226 10.4 15.6 226
Sun 07PM 23AUG26 6.2 9.6 248 7.4 11.1 250
Sun 10PM 23AUG26 3.3 5.2 264 4.8 7.3 265
Mon 01AM 24AUG26 4.5 7.1 294 5.7 8.6 292
Mon 04AM 24AUG26 6.9 10.7 277 7.7 11.6 276
Mon 07AM 24AUG26 7.6 11.9 277 8.5 12.7 276
Mon 10AM 24AUG26 7.3 11.4 212 7.5 11.2 216
Mon 01PM 24AUG26 6.9 10.8 225 7.1 10.6 226
Mon 04PM 24AUG26 7.5 11.8 213 7.1 10.7 214
Mon 07PM 24AUG26 6.2 9.6 142 3.6 5.4 161
Mon 10PM 24AUG26 10.5 16.4 125 7.8 11.6 140
Tue 01AM 25AUG26 8.7 13.5 106 7.9 11.9 122
Tue 04AM 25AUG26 9.7 15.2 116 8.3 12.5 131
Tue 07AM 25AUG26 9.3 14.5 126 8.5 12.8 140
Tue 10AM 25AUG26 7.4 11.9 78 7.2 10.8 96
Tue 01PM 25AUG26 10.4 16.2 217 11.0 16.5 221
Tue 04PM 25AUG26 11.4 17.8 214 11.0 16.6 217
Tue 07PM 25AUG26 10.0 15.6 154 10.1 15.2 166
Tue 10PM 25AUG26 10.9 16.9 138 9.3 13.9 152
Wed 01AM 26AUG26 10.7 16.7 133 11.1 16.6 147
Wed 04AM 26AUG26 7.5 11.7 289 10.6 15.9 287

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