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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: 18Z Sat 15AUG2026
Day Frcst Time/Date Speed (kts) Gust (kts) Dir (degs) MidSpd (kts) Gust (kts) Dir (degs)
Sat 10AM 15AUG26 8.2 12.9 210 9.0 13.5 214
Sat 01PM 15AUG26 10.8 16.8 206 9.6 14.5 208
Sat 04PM 15AUG26 11.3 17.6 209 8.8 13.2 210
Sat 07PM 15AUG26 13.2 20.5 152 11.8 17.7 163
Sat 10PM 15AUG26 13.7 21.3 142 12.5 18.8 155
Sun 01AM 16AUG26 10.5 16.4 145 12.2 18.3 157
Sun 04AM 16AUG26 12.1 18.8 142 10.7 16.0 154
Sun 07AM 16AUG26 12.1 18.9 144 9.8 14.8 156
Sun 10AM 16AUG26 7.0 11.0 179 6.0 9.0 184
Sun 01PM 16AUG26 9.5 14.9 203 9.7 14.5 208
Sun 04PM 16AUG26 10.4 16.2 214 8.3 12.5 213
Sun 07PM 16AUG26 12.4 19.4 154 12.8 19.3 165
Sun 10PM 16AUG26 8.8 13.7 144 12.6 18.9 157
Mon 01AM 17AUG26 10.9 17.0 138 10.5 15.7 151
Mon 04AM 17AUG26 9.1 14.3 145 11.7 17.6 158
Mon 07AM 17AUG26 9.5 14.8 141 10.3 15.4 154
Mon 10AM 17AUG26 10.7 16.7 212 9.4 14.1 215
Mon 01PM 17AUG26 14.7 23.0 220 14.1 21.2 222
Mon 04PM 17AUG26 15.6 24.4 234 17.6 26.4 237
Mon 07PM 17AUG26 18.2 28.4 262 17.4 26.1 262
Mon 10PM 17AUG26 21.3 33.2 265 19.2 28.8 265
Tue 01AM 18AUG26 20.5 32.0 268 18.9 28.3 267
Tue 04AM 18AUG26 16.5 25.8 270 16.4 24.6 269
Tue 07AM 18AUG26 15.8 24.6 268 15.9 23.9 267
Tue 10AM 18AUG26 16.1 25.1 246 15.4 23.1 246
Tue 01PM 18AUG26 16.6 25.9 239 15.0 22.5 239
Tue 04PM 18AUG26 18.2 28.4 244 16.6 25.0 244
Tue 07PM 18AUG26 15.3 23.9 261 13.9 20.9 261
Tue 10PM 18AUG26 13.7 21.4 270 14.1 21.1 269
Wed 01AM 19AUG26 15.7 24.5 270 15.0 22.5 269
Wed 04AM 19AUG26 14.9 23.3 270 14.2 21.3 270
Wed 07AM 19AUG26 13.4 20.9 266 12.9 19.3 266
Wed 10AM 19AUG26 11.5 17.9 243 10.9 16.4 243
Wed 01PM 19AUG26 11.5 17.9 228 10.8 16.3 229
Wed 04PM 19AUG26 12.0 18.7 232 13.6 20.3 235
Wed 07PM 19AUG26 12.7 19.9 261 14.4 21.6 262
Wed 10PM 19AUG26 13.6 21.2 269 14.3 21.4 268
Thu 01AM 20AUG26 11.8 18.4 266 12.2 18.3 266
Thu 04AM 20AUG26 10.7 16.7 268 10.6 15.9 267
Thu 07AM 20AUG26 8.6 13.4 261 9.1 13.7 261
Thu 10AM 20AUG26 9.4 14.6 234 9.4 14.2 235
Thu 01PM 20AUG26 12.1 18.9 221 10.9 16.3 221
Thu 04PM 20AUG26 12.9 20.1 225 13.3 20.0 228
Thu 07PM 20AUG26 8.9 13.8 246 9.4 14.2 248
Thu 10PM 20AUG26 8.5 13.2 152 10.4 15.5 164
Fri 01AM 21AUG26 9.3 14.5 146 9.9 14.9 158
Fri 04AM 21AUG26 9.1 14.2 144 9.5 14.3 157
Fri 07AM 21AUG26 9.5 14.9 152 9.2 13.8 163
Fri 10AM 21AUG26 10.4 16.2 201 9.0 13.5 205
Fri 01PM 21AUG26 13.0 20.2 213 10.8 16.3 215
Fri 04PM 21AUG26 16.8 26.1 237 16.2 24.3 239
Fri 07PM 21AUG26 9.8 15.3 242 12.0 18.1 244
Fri 10PM 21AUG26 10.5 16.4 263 12.3 18.5 264
Sat 01AM 22AUG26 11.3 17.7 264 12.5 18.7 264
Sat 04AM 22AUG26 11.2 17.4 261 11.5 17.2 261
Sat 07AM 22AUG26 13.0 20.3 262 13.0 19.5 262
Sat 10AM 22AUG26 14.7 23.0 241 14.1 21.2 241
Sat 01PM 22AUG26 15.8 24.7 236 14.4 21.6 235
Sat 04PM 22AUG26 17.0 26.5 240 16.9 25.3 241
Sat 07PM 22AUG26 14.9 23.3 260 15.5 23.2 261
Sat 10PM 22AUG26 13.1 20.5 268 13.5 20.2 267
Sun 01AM 23AUG26 12.2 19.0 271 11.5 17.3 270
Sun 04AM 23AUG26 9.0 14.1 272 9.5 14.3 271
Sun 07AM 23AUG26 9.6 15.0 267 10.0 15.0 267
Sun 10AM 23AUG26 11.2 17.4 234 10.4 15.6 234
Sun 01PM 23AUG26 13.0 20.3 224 12.0 18.0 225
Sun 04PM 23AUG26 14.6 22.8 234 14.7 22.1 235
Sun 07PM 23AUG26 14.0 21.9 261 14.7 22.1 262
Sun 10PM 23AUG26 9.7 15.2 275 10.1 15.1 274
Mon 01AM 24AUG26 9.2 14.4 139 11.2 16.8 152
Mon 04AM 24AUG26 9.8 15.3 135 10.9 16.3 148
Mon 07AM 24AUG26 9.2 14.4 136 9.6 14.3 149
Mon 10AM 24AUG26 8.4 13.1 219 7.3 10.9 220
Mon 01PM 24AUG26 11.0 17.2 213 10.4 15.5 215
Mon 04PM 24AUG26 12.3 19.2 225 13.1 19.7 228
Mon 07PM 24AUG26 5.4 8.4 175 9.0 13.5 186
Mon 10PM 24AUG26 5.8 9.0 146 7.5 11.2 159
Tue 01AM 25AUG26 16.4 25.6 145 13.7 20.5 158
Tue 04AM 25AUG26 9.6 15.0 140 9.6 14.5 153
Tue 07AM 25AUG26 5.7 8.9 141 8.0 12.0 154
Tue 10AM 25AUG26 8.8 13.7 204 8.6 12.8 208

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