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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 Thu 20AUG2026
Day Frcst Time/Date Speed (kts) Gust (kts) Dir (degs) MidSpd (kts) Gust (kts) Dir (degs)
Thu 04AM 20AUG26 8.4 13.2 266 8.7 13.1 266
Thu 07AM 20AUG26 6.6 10.3 233 7.1 10.7 236
Thu 10AM 20AUG26 9.8 15.3 217 9.4 14.0 220
Thu 01PM 20AUG26 12.1 18.9 215 10.3 15.5 217
Thu 04PM 20AUG26 13.0 20.4 220 13.8 20.7 224
Thu 07PM 20AUG26 12.1 18.9 258 12.6 18.9 258
Thu 10PM 20AUG26 7.7 12.1 286 8.7 13.1 284
Fri 01AM 21AUG26 9.2 14.4 140 11.5 17.2 153
Fri 04AM 21AUG26 10.8 16.8 145 11.5 17.3 157
Fri 07AM 21AUG26 7.3 11.3 208 8.6 12.9 214
Fri 10AM 21AUG26 11.6 18.1 227 11.0 16.6 228
Fri 01PM 21AUG26 13.8 21.5 207 13.8 20.7 211
Fri 04PM 21AUG26 14.9 23.2 222 14.9 22.4 225
Fri 07PM 21AUG26 15.9 24.8 258 17.1 25.7 259
Fri 10PM 21AUG26 15.5 24.1 265 16.9 25.4 265
Sat 01AM 22AUG26 15.8 24.6 269 17.5 26.2 268
Sat 04AM 22AUG26 16.0 25.0 269 17.2 25.8 268
Sat 07AM 22AUG26 16.2 25.3 264 17.4 26.1 264
Sat 10AM 22AUG26 15.6 24.3 239 15.5 23.3 239
Sat 01PM 22AUG26 17.8 27.7 236 17.1 25.7 237
Sat 04PM 22AUG26 20.7 32.3 244 21.1 31.7 245
Sat 07PM 22AUG26 20.4 31.8 262 21.4 32.1 263
Sat 10PM 22AUG26 18.2 28.4 269 18.9 28.4 269
Sun 01AM 23AUG26 17.2 26.8 272 17.4 26.1 272
Sun 04AM 23AUG26 15.1 23.6 274 15.4 23.0 273
Sun 07AM 23AUG26 14.6 22.8 270 14.8 22.2 270
Sun 10AM 23AUG26 12.8 20.0 235 12.5 18.7 235
Sun 01PM 23AUG26 15.4 24.0 229 14.3 21.4 230
Sun 04PM 23AUG26 16.9 26.4 236 15.4 23.2 236
Sun 07PM 23AUG26 14.3 22.3 258 15.5 23.2 259
Sun 10PM 23AUG26 13.0 20.2 275 14.7 22.0 274
Mon 01AM 24AUG26 12.8 19.9 272 13.9 20.9 271
Mon 04AM 24AUG26 14.2 22.2 273 14.8 22.2 272
Mon 07AM 24AUG26 14.8 23.0 271 15.5 23.3 270
Mon 10AM 24AUG26 12.6 19.7 229 12.7 19.1 231
Mon 01PM 24AUG26 13.2 20.6 217 13.3 20.0 219
Mon 04PM 24AUG26 14.3 22.3 226 13.2 19.7 228
Mon 07PM 24AUG26 12.2 19.0 259 14.9 22.4 260
Mon 10PM 24AUG26 8.0 12.5 268 10.6 16.0 268
Tue 01AM 25AUG26 9.1 14.2 277 11.3 17.0 276
Tue 04AM 25AUG26 8.3 12.9 311 10.0 15.0 306
Tue 07AM 25AUG26 6.4 10.0 79 8.2 12.3 98
Tue 10AM 25AUG26 9.3 14.5 212 10.0 14.9 215
Tue 01PM 25AUG26 12.4 19.3 209 12.0 18.1 212
Tue 04PM 25AUG26 12.0 18.7 208 13.7 20.6 213
Tue 07PM 25AUG26 12.2 19.0 258 15.9 23.8 259
Tue 10PM 25AUG26 11.7 18.3 268 14.5 21.7 268
Wed 01AM 26AUG26 13.4 20.9 268 14.9 22.4 268
Wed 04AM 26AUG26 12.7 19.8 268 14.1 21.1 268
Wed 07AM 26AUG26 13.4 21.0 267 14.9 22.4 266
Wed 10AM 26AUG26 14.3 22.3 238 15.2 22.8 239
Wed 01PM 26AUG26 17.0 26.6 230 16.7 25.1 231
Wed 04PM 26AUG26 19.3 30.1 242 20.3 30.4 243
Wed 07PM 26AUG26 20.1 31.4 262 21.8 32.7 263
Wed 10PM 26AUG26 19.3 30.2 265 20.7 31.0 265
Thu 01AM 27AUG26 17.2 26.8 265 18.8 28.1 265
Thu 04AM 27AUG26 16.5 25.8 266 18.0 27.0 266
Thu 07AM 27AUG26 16.5 25.7 268 17.4 26.2 268
Thu 10AM 27AUG26 12.1 18.8 244 12.4 18.6 244
Thu 01PM 27AUG26 12.7 19.8 228 12.3 18.4 228
Thu 04PM 27AUG26 14.3 22.3 236 15.4 23.1 239
Thu 07PM 27AUG26 13.9 21.7 260 15.8 23.6 261
Thu 10PM 27AUG26 14.3 22.3 264 15.8 23.8 264
Fri 01AM 28AUG26 17.0 26.5 267 18.6 27.8 267
Fri 04AM 28AUG26 19.5 30.5 268 20.3 30.5 267
Fri 07AM 28AUG26 19.6 30.6 267 20.5 30.7 267
Fri 10AM 28AUG26 18.1 28.2 245 18.1 27.2 245
Fri 01PM 28AUG26 18.9 29.6 242 18.0 27.1 241
Fri 04PM 28AUG26 21.8 34.0 247 21.1 31.7 247
Fri 07PM 28AUG26 22.7 35.3 264 21.8 32.7 264
Fri 10PM 28AUG26 20.9 32.5 266 21.3 32.0 266
Sat 01AM 29AUG26 19.5 30.4 267 20.8 31.1 267
Sat 04AM 29AUG26 18.9 29.5 266 20.5 30.8 266
Sat 07AM 29AUG26 21.1 32.9 263 22.4 33.7 264
Sat 10AM 29AUG26 22.7 35.4 247 23.1 34.7 248
Sat 01PM 29AUG26 23.8 37.1 245 23.4 35.1 245
Sat 04PM 29AUG26 27.5 43.0 248 27.1 40.6 248
Sat 07PM 29AUG26 26.4 41.2 262 25.9 38.8 263
Sat 10PM 29AUG26 25.8 40.3 265 25.8 38.7 265
Sun 01AM 30AUG26 27.1 42.3 265 27.0 40.5 265
Sun 04AM 30AUG26 27.3 42.5 265 28.0 41.9 265

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