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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 Wed 12AUG2026
Day Frcst Time/Date Speed (kts) Gust (kts) Dir (degs) MidSpd (kts) Gust (kts) Dir (degs)
Wed 10AM 12AUG26 9.4 14.7 234 9.7 14.5 236
Wed 01PM 12AUG26 12.4 19.3 225 11.9 17.9 226
Wed 04PM 12AUG26 11.2 17.5 228 12.2 18.2 233
Wed 07PM 12AUG26 9.5 14.8 275 11.0 16.5 276
Wed 10PM 12AUG26 7.5 11.8 265 8.9 13.4 267
Thu 01AM 13AUG26 9.4 14.7 263 10.2 15.4 263
Thu 04AM 13AUG26 9.9 15.4 260 10.6 15.9 260
Thu 07AM 13AUG26 8.7 13.6 260 10.6 16.0 261
Thu 10AM 13AUG26 11.0 17.2 232 11.3 17.0 234
Thu 01PM 13AUG26 13.8 21.6 230 14.8 22.1 232
Thu 04PM 13AUG26 17.9 27.9 245 19.3 29.0 246
Thu 07PM 13AUG26 13.4 20.9 261 14.7 22.1 262
Thu 10PM 13AUG26 8.5 13.3 267 10.4 15.7 267
Fri 01AM 14AUG26 8.9 13.9 269 11.0 16.5 269
Fri 04AM 14AUG26 8.7 13.5 269 10.5 15.7 269
Fri 07AM 14AUG26 8.1 12.7 256 10.1 15.1 257
Fri 10AM 14AUG26 8.9 13.9 205 8.5 12.8 208
Fri 01PM 14AUG26 11.8 18.4 200 10.9 16.4 203
Fri 04PM 14AUG26 12.2 19.1 210 11.8 17.8 214
Fri 07PM 14AUG26 8.7 13.6 199 11.2 16.7 206
Fri 10PM 14AUG26 10.5 16.4 152 11.9 17.8 164
Sat 01AM 15AUG26 12.2 19.0 151 13.9 20.9 163
Sat 04AM 15AUG26 13.4 20.8 144 12.7 19.1 156
Sat 07AM 15AUG26 13.3 20.8 147 11.9 17.9 158
Sat 10AM 15AUG26 9.5 14.8 201 7.9 11.8 204
Sat 01PM 15AUG26 11.5 17.9 204 9.8 14.6 206
Sat 04PM 15AUG26 13.5 21.1 212 10.4 15.5 214
Sat 07PM 15AUG26 11.7 18.3 162 14.5 21.8 173
Sat 10PM 15AUG26 10.3 16.0 260 12.7 19.0 261
Sun 01AM 16AUG26 10.0 15.6 261 12.7 19.1 262
Sun 04AM 16AUG26 8.3 12.9 308 10.1 15.2 304
Sun 07AM 16AUG26 10.3 16.1 145 11.4 17.1 157
Sun 10AM 16AUG26 8.7 13.5 204 7.6 11.4 207
Sun 01PM 16AUG26 10.2 15.8 208 9.8 14.7 210
Sun 04PM 16AUG26 11.5 17.9 220 9.1 13.7 219
Sun 07PM 16AUG26 7.1 11.1 159 9.1 13.7 170
Sun 10PM 16AUG26 12.0 18.8 142 10.3 15.4 155
Mon 01AM 17AUG26 9.7 15.2 148 9.1 13.6 160
Mon 04AM 17AUG26 8.1 12.7 150 9.8 14.8 162
Mon 07AM 17AUG26 9.2 14.3 267 10.7 16.0 267
Mon 10AM 17AUG26 11.3 17.6 239 10.9 16.3 239
Mon 01PM 17AUG26 14.7 23.0 234 14.2 21.3 234
Mon 04PM 17AUG26 15.3 23.9 239 16.7 25.0 242
Mon 07PM 17AUG26 15.5 24.1 262 16.3 24.4 262
Mon 10PM 17AUG26 17.3 26.9 269 17.4 26.2 269
Tue 01AM 18AUG26 18.7 29.2 268 17.0 25.6 266
Tue 04AM 18AUG26 19.5 30.4 268 17.7 26.5 267
Tue 07AM 18AUG26 17.7 27.6 265 17.2 25.8 265
Tue 10AM 18AUG26 15.3 23.9 241 15.6 23.5 245
Tue 01PM 18AUG26 14.5 22.6 231 14.1 21.2 234
Tue 04PM 18AUG26 13.2 20.6 224 12.3 18.5 224
Tue 07PM 18AUG26 9.1 14.3 235 8.7 13.0 208
Tue 10PM 18AUG26 4.0 6.3 264 3.6 5.4 257
Wed 01AM 19AUG26 5.9 9.2 279 6.2 9.3 278
Wed 04AM 19AUG26 5.4 8.3 293 7.6 11.4 286
Wed 07AM 19AUG26 7.6 11.9 231 8.0 12.0 280
Wed 10AM 19AUG26 5.7 8.9 254 6.3 9.4 267
Wed 01PM 19AUG26 6.7 10.5 219 6.8 10.2 221
Wed 04PM 19AUG26 7.2 11.2 201 6.9 10.3 200
Wed 07PM 19AUG26 5.1 8.0 197 4.8 7.1 203
Wed 10PM 19AUG26 6.4 10.0 274 7.5 11.2 274
Thu 01AM 20AUG26 5.6 8.8 274 7.9 11.8 275
Thu 04AM 20AUG26 4.5 7.1 271 7.5 11.3 272
Thu 07AM 20AUG26 3.9 6.1 262 7.0 10.5 264
Thu 10AM 20AUG26 5.7 8.9 220 6.7 10.0 224
Thu 01PM 20AUG26 8.8 13.7 213 7.7 11.5 213
Thu 04PM 20AUG26 8.3 13.0 207 9.0 13.4 212
Thu 07PM 20AUG26 7.0 10.8 166 7.5 11.3 176
Thu 10PM 20AUG26 8.2 12.8 148 7.8 11.6 160
Fri 01AM 21AUG26 6.9 10.8 171 6.6 10.0 180
Fri 04AM 21AUG26 5.3 8.3 155 6.8 10.1 167
Fri 07AM 21AUG26 6.8 10.6 155 7.9 11.8 166
Fri 10AM 21AUG26 5.8 9.1 170 6.2 9.3 179
Fri 01PM 21AUG26 8.3 13.0 200 7.1 10.6 198
Fri 04PM 21AUG26 7.7 12.0 188 8.0 11.9 196
Fri 07PM 21AUG26 5.1 7.9 127 5.4 8.0 160
Fri 10PM 21AUG26 7.7 12.0 144 5.9 8.8 155
Sat 01AM 22AUG26 7.9 12.4 153 5.7 8.5 162
Sat 04AM 22AUG26 10.8 16.9 145 8.4 12.6 157
Sat 07AM 22AUG26 9.9 15.4 147 8.3 12.4 158
Sat 10AM 22AUG26 6.6 10.4 189 5.4 8.1 193

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