KPOE WSR-88D VAD Hodograph and Wind Profile

View the latest Velocity Azimuth Display (VAD) wind profile from the KPOE WSR-88D NEXRAD weather radar near Alexandria (Ft. Polk), LA. 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=KPOE&resolution=high&qc=true&showprofile=true&showmeta=true&showhodo=true&showrings=true&ticmarks=axis&umin=-30&umax=20&vmin=-20&vmax=30&maxheight=12000&dynamicbounds=true

RADAR SITE:  KPOE - Alexandria (Ft. Polk), LA (SFC ELEV 124 m AMSL)
NIDS SOURCE: https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/DF.of/DC.radar/DS.48vwp/SI.kpoe/sn.last
NIDS VALID:  2026-08-11 02:36 UTC
Decoded surface and VAD profile data

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
OK12011.01664.0
OK18114.01792.4
OK33313.01972.9
OK48617.02162.1
OK54715.02112.4
OK76013.02182.9
OK79014.02182.5
OK10349.02294.1
FAIL10956.02263.9
FAIL14004.0854.4
FAIL17058.0774.5
OK201011.0523.9
OK219211.0493.5
OK231412.0493.3
OK261912.0532.9
OK277213.0602.9
OK292413.0653.4
OK322915.0583.1

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).

KPOE WSR-88D NEXRAD VAD hodograph showing the wind profile by height near Alexandria (Ft. Polk), LA, valid 2026-08-11 02:36 UTC