KHDX WSR-88D VAD Hodograph and Wind Profile

View the latest Velocity Azimuth Display (VAD) wind profile from the KHDX WSR-88D NEXRAD weather radar near Alamogordo (Holloman AFB), NM. 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=KHDX&resolution=high&qc=true&showprofile=true&showmeta=true&showhodo=true&showrings=true&ticmarks=axis&umin=-50&umax=20&vmin=-60&vmax=10&maxheight=12000&dynamicbounds=true&sfcstn=KHMN

RADAR SITE:  KHDX - Alamogordo (Holloman AFB), NM (SFC ELEV 1287 m AMSL)
NIDS SOURCE: https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/DF.of/DC.radar/DS.48vwp/SI.khdx/sn.last
NIDS VALID:  2026-08-02 06:53 UTC

SFC STATION: KHMN (METAR)
SFC SOURCE:  https://aviationweather.gov/api/data/metar?ids=KHMN&format=json
SFC VALID:   2026-08-02 06:55 UTC
Decoded surface and VAD profile data

Surface observation

METAR KHMN 020655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM BKN160 24/15 A3022 RMK AO2 SLP149 T02370147 403750218 $

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
OK100.00—
FAIL11511.077.6
FAIL17610.03577.9
FAIL23713.0397.2
OK32917.0686.7
FAIL54213.0347.4
FAIL75512.0498.7
OK84718.0228.4
FAIL103013.0419.6
OK115219.0498.1
OK133417.0606.9
OK145622.0547.7
OK167021.0357.5
OK176123.0367.9
OK206626.0256.6
OK215726.0155.9
OK237135.0275.7
OK267641.0325.0
OK273642.0314.8
OK298046.0314.6
OK328548.0314.2
OK343850.0314.8
OK359050.0304.9
OK389547.0235.5

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).

KHDX WSR-88D NEXRAD VAD hodograph showing the wind profile by height near Alamogordo (Holloman AFB), NM, valid 2026-08-02 06:53 UTC