KAKQ WSR-88D VAD Hodograph and Wind Profile

View the latest Velocity Azimuth Display (VAD) wind profile from the KAKQ WSR-88D NEXRAD weather radar near Norfolk-Richmond, VA. The hodograph plots horizontal wind vectors by height above ground, with color-coded altitude layers and optional METAR surface-wind data.

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Request and source metadata
URL CALL:    http://www.twisterdata.com/vad/vad.php?radar=KAKQ&resolution=high&qc=true&showprofile=true&showmeta=true&showhodo=true&showrings=true&ticmarks=axis&umin=-30&umax=60&vmin=-60&vmax=30&maxheight=12000&dynamicbounds=true&sfcstn=KAKQ

RADAR SITE:  KAKQ - Norfolk-Richmond, VA (SFC ELEV 48 m AMSL)
NIDS SOURCE: https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/DF.of/DC.radar/DS.48vwp/SI.kakq/sn.last
NIDS VALID:  2026-08-11 01:22 UTC

SFC STATION: KAKQ (METAR)
SFC SOURCE:  https://aviationweather.gov/api/data/metar?ids=KAKQ&format=json
SFC VALID:   2026-08-11 00:54 UTC
Decoded surface and VAD profile data

Surface observation

METAR KAKQ 110054Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW050 23/22 A3004 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SE RAE33 TSE20 SLP172 P0025 T02280217

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
OK100.00—
FAIL13510.0465.2
OK19611.0354.9
OK25710.0343.8
FAIL3488.0304.2
FAIL5316.024.9
FAIL5626.024.9
FAIL7457.02874.5
OK86714.02423.4
OK101916.02655.0
OK117117.02493.3
OK132417.02724.4
OK147618.02633.9
OK172022.02854.1
OK178116.02863.3
OK208619.03034.9
OK239122.03182.9
OK269530.03441.6
OK272633.03442.1
OK300030.03353.7
OK330537.03442.6
OK361038.03492.7
OK391527.03321.5
OK421927.03361.3
OK452430.03371.7
OK482936.03362.2
OK513433.03292.6
OK543925.03132.3
OK574339.03012.8
OK604834.03022.4
OK665846.02982.4
OK726748.02932.0
OK757239.02893.6
OK787734.02874.3
OK848720.02662.1
OK909623.02512.1
OK1062035.02881.8

QC keeps a level only where its wind speed exceeds twice its RMS fit error (the operational 2×RMS signal-to-noise test). FAIL rows are retained here for reference but excluded from QC-filtered plotting. A dash means the product reported no RMS for that level (kept, not assessable).

KAKQ WSR-88D NEXRAD VAD hodograph showing the wind profile by height near Norfolk-Richmond, VA, valid 2026-08-11 01:22 UTC