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=-40&umax=10&vmin=-30&vmax=20&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:  2026-08-11 02:25 UTC

SFC STATION: KHMN (METAR)
SFC SOURCE:  https://aviationweather.gov/api/data/metar?ids=KHMN&format=json
SFC VALID:   2026-08-11 01:55 UTC
Decoded surface and VAD profile data

Surface observation

METAR KHMN 110155Z AUTO 17005KT 10SM CLR 35/05 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP083 T03500054 $

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
OK105.0170—
FAIL11512.01899.1
FAIL17611.01799.1
FAIL32910.01825.6
FAIL5426.01217.7
FAIL7558.0854.6
FAIL8476.0815.0
FAIL10307.0736.1
OK115221.0635.2
OK145617.0804.3
OK176123.0645.7

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).

KHDX WSR-88D NEXRAD VAD hodograph showing the wind profile by height near Alamogordo (Holloman AFB), NM, valid 2026-08-11 02:25 UTC