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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: 00Z Wed 12AUG2026
Day Frcst Time/Date Speed (kts) Gust (kts) Dir (degs) MidSpd (kts) Gust (kts) Dir (degs)
Tue 04PM 11AUG26 15.3 23.9 240 15.0 22.5 241
Tue 07PM 11AUG26 11.5 18.0 258 12.3 18.5 259
Tue 10PM 11AUG26 9.2 14.4 262 10.1 15.2 263
Wed 01AM 12AUG26 7.2 11.2 263 8.1 12.1 264
Wed 04AM 12AUG26 8.2 12.9 264 8.9 13.4 264
Wed 07AM 12AUG26 7.9 12.4 259 8.6 12.9 259
Wed 10AM 12AUG26 9.5 14.9 233 9.6 14.4 234
Wed 01PM 12AUG26 11.7 18.3 224 11.0 16.4 224
Wed 04PM 12AUG26 11.6 18.1 232 12.0 18.0 234
Wed 07PM 12AUG26 10.4 16.2 267 10.8 16.2 267
Wed 10PM 12AUG26 6.9 10.8 268 7.7 11.6 268
Thu 01AM 13AUG26 7.4 11.5 257 8.4 12.6 260
Thu 04AM 13AUG26 5.9 9.2 262 7.4 11.1 264
Thu 07AM 13AUG26 6.7 10.4 260 8.2 12.3 261
Thu 10AM 13AUG26 8.2 12.8 240 10.1 15.1 242
Thu 01PM 13AUG26 11.9 18.5 237 13.2 19.8 240
Thu 04PM 13AUG26 21.4 33.4 247 22.8 34.3 248
Thu 07PM 13AUG26 13.9 21.7 260 15.4 23.0 261
Thu 10PM 13AUG26 7.6 11.8 271 9.7 14.6 271
Fri 01AM 14AUG26 8.2 12.8 265 10.4 15.6 266
Fri 04AM 14AUG26 7.9 12.3 268 10.2 15.4 268
Fri 07AM 14AUG26 6.5 10.1 213 8.4 12.6 218
Fri 10AM 14AUG26 7.5 11.7 192 7.1 10.7 196
Fri 01PM 14AUG26 11.8 18.3 203 10.9 16.3 206
Fri 04PM 14AUG26 12.5 19.5 213 10.4 15.5 215
Fri 07PM 14AUG26 14.2 22.2 155 13.4 20.1 166
Fri 10PM 14AUG26 12.8 20.0 145 12.1 18.2 158
Sat 01AM 15AUG26 10.1 15.7 148 13.8 20.6 161
Sat 04AM 15AUG26 11.9 18.5 146 13.3 20.0 159
Sat 07AM 15AUG26 13.9 21.6 147 13.9 20.9 159
Sat 10AM 15AUG26 9.5 14.9 172 8.1 12.2 178
Sat 01PM 15AUG26 11.5 17.9 202 10.0 15.1 204
Sat 04PM 15AUG26 13.2 20.6 207 10.4 15.6 209
Sat 07PM 15AUG26 11.9 18.5 165 14.5 21.8 176
Sat 10PM 15AUG26 10.9 17.0 266 13.9 20.9 266
Sun 01AM 16AUG26 8.9 13.9 192 12.7 19.1 200
Sun 04AM 16AUG26 8.8 13.8 113 11.2 16.8 129
Sun 07AM 16AUG26 9.4 14.6 157 11.7 17.5 168
Sun 10AM 16AUG26 9.7 15.2 191 9.8 14.7 196
Sun 01PM 16AUG26 12.0 18.7 194 12.2 18.3 199
Sun 04PM 16AUG26 12.7 19.8 204 10.8 16.2 207
Sun 07PM 16AUG26 10.9 17.0 155 11.9 17.9 166
Sun 10PM 16AUG26 11.4 17.8 142 9.9 14.8 155
Mon 01AM 17AUG26 10.4 16.3 145 10.6 15.9 158
Mon 04AM 17AUG26 10.6 16.5 142 10.6 16.0 155
Mon 07AM 17AUG26 10.4 16.3 144 13.1 19.6 157
Mon 10AM 17AUG26 9.3 14.6 185 8.2 12.3 191
Mon 01PM 17AUG26 13.1 20.4 204 11.1 16.6 207
Mon 04PM 17AUG26 14.3 22.2 204 14.8 22.2 210
Mon 07PM 17AUG26 11.2 17.4 218 13.5 20.2 223
Mon 10PM 17AUG26 11.9 18.6 151 13.1 19.6 163
Tue 01AM 18AUG26 9.9 15.4 157 11.7 17.5 168
Tue 04AM 18AUG26 8.2 12.8 264 9.2 13.8 265
Tue 07AM 18AUG26 9.1 14.2 265 9.9 14.9 265
Tue 10AM 18AUG26 10.0 15.5 241 9.2 13.8 242
Tue 01PM 18AUG26 12.5 19.5 216 10.6 15.9 218
Tue 04PM 18AUG26 13.8 21.5 214 14.3 21.5 219
Tue 07PM 18AUG26 11.4 17.7 232 13.2 19.8 235
Tue 10PM 18AUG26 15.1 23.5 150 15.7 23.5 162
Wed 01AM 19AUG26 16.1 25.2 247 17.4 26.1 249
Wed 04AM 19AUG26 20.2 31.6 262 19.4 29.1 262
Wed 07AM 19AUG26 29.4 45.9 266 26.2 39.3 265
Wed 10AM 19AUG26 25.3 39.4 249 24.0 36.0 249
Wed 01PM 19AUG26 22.4 35.0 243 20.4 30.6 243
Wed 04PM 19AUG26 20.9 32.6 242 20.9 31.4 243
Wed 07PM 19AUG26 16.6 25.9 257 18.8 28.2 258
Wed 10PM 19AUG26 14.3 22.3 264 16.0 24.0 264
Thu 01AM 20AUG26 12.6 19.6 268 15.3 22.9 268
Thu 04AM 20AUG26 13.7 21.3 266 15.9 23.9 266
Thu 07AM 20AUG26 14.5 22.7 263 16.9 25.3 263
Thu 10AM 20AUG26 14.9 23.3 233 15.5 23.2 234
Thu 01PM 20AUG26 17.2 26.9 229 16.4 24.6 230
Thu 04PM 20AUG26 19.4 30.3 241 20.2 30.3 243
Thu 07PM 20AUG26 15.4 24.0 258 16.8 25.2 258
Thu 10PM 20AUG26 13.3 20.7 265 14.3 21.5 265
Fri 01AM 21AUG26 11.1 17.4 269 12.1 18.2 269
Fri 04AM 21AUG26 8.6 13.4 272 9.7 14.5 272
Fri 07AM 21AUG26 8.4 13.1 275 9.8 14.6 274
Fri 10AM 21AUG26 9.2 14.3 235 8.2 12.3 235
Fri 01PM 21AUG26 12.4 19.4 214 10.2 15.3 215
Fri 04PM 21AUG26 13.6 21.3 220 12.9 19.4 224

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