KENX WSR-88D VAD Hodograph and Wind Profile

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

Latest profile valid .

Request and source metadata
URL CALL:    http://www.twisterdata.com/vad/vad.php?radar=KENX&resolution=high&qc=true&showprofile=true&showmeta=true&showhodo=true&showrings=true&ticmarks=axis&umin=-20&umax=50&vmin=-20&vmax=50&maxheight=12000&dynamicbounds=true&sfcstn=KALB

RADAR SITE:  KENX - Albany, NY (SFC ELEV 565 m AMSL)
NIDS SOURCE: https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/DF.of/DC.radar/DS.48vwp/SI.kenx/sn.last
NIDS VALID:  2026-08-02 06:50 UTC

SFC STATION: KALB (METAR)
SFC SOURCE:  https://aviationweather.gov/api/data/metar?ids=KALB&format=json
SFC VALID:   2026-08-02 06:51 UTC
Decoded surface and VAD profile data

Surface observation

METAR KALB 020651Z 16007KT 10SM BKN100 OVC180 23/19 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP132 T02330189 $

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
OK107.0160—
OK4511.02034.0
FAIL13613.01966.6
OK19714.01994.4
OK34913.02123.9
OK56313.02216.0
OK65419.02185.3
OK74615.02137.4
OK95917.02184.8
OK126414.02102.4
OK217813.01895.1
OK370227.02033.2
OK400728.02152.7
OK422026.02284.7
OK431232.02252.1
OK461733.02252.4
OK492136.02302.7
OK522637.02262.0
OK553135.02232.2
OK614133.02352.5
OK675035.02412.9
OK705534.02382.4
OK736039.02362.2
OK796942.02381.6
OK857941.02361.9

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).

KENX WSR-88D NEXRAD VAD hodograph showing the wind profile by height near Albany, NY, valid 2026-08-02 06:50 UTC