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=40&vmin=-40&vmax=20&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:  2026-08-11 02:10 UTC

SFC STATION: KALB (METAR)
SFC SOURCE:  https://aviationweather.gov/api/data/metar?ids=KALB&format=json
SFC VALID:   2026-08-11 01:51 UTC
Decoded surface and VAD profile data

Surface observation

METAR KALB 110151Z 16005KT 10SM BKN150 BKN250 22/21 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP115 T02220206

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
OK105.0160—
OK4517.02753.5
OK13624.02714.3
OK19726.02733.5
OK34923.02804.2
OK56320.02976.0
OK65421.02994.6
OK77619.03135.8
OK95923.03044.0
OK102019.03255.0
OK126421.03315.0
OK135518.03436.4
OK156922.03404.9
OK172121.03535.2
OK187323.03434.3
OK217827.03354.3
OK248330.03134.7

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 2026-08-11 02:10 UTC