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.

Latest profile valid 2026-08-02 06:57 UTC.

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=-40&umax=30&vmin=-50&vmax=20&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:  2026-08-02 06:57 UTC

Decoded surface and VAD profile data

VAD wind profile

QC	Height AGL (m)	Speed (kt)	Direction (°)	RMS (kt)
OK	120	16.0	24	4.2
OK	181	17.0	32	3.3
OK	303	20.0	30	3.5
OK	486	24.0	32	2.5
OK	516	23.0	26	2.7
OK	729	20.0	18	3.2
OK	790	20.0	17	3.1
OK	1034	16.0	1	4.4
OK	1095	15.0	358	4.0
OK	1369	16.0	336	4.2
OK	1400	16.0	334	4.3
OK	1705	17.0	321	4.7
OK	2010	18.0	286	3.4
OK	2192	18.0	275	4.2
OK	2314	19.0	277	2.8
OK	2619	17.0	301	2.8
OK	2772	18.0	307	2.2
OK	2924	17.0	304	1.9

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).

KPOE WSR-88D NEXRAD VAD hodograph showing the wind profile by height near Alexandria (Ft. Polk), LA, valid 2026-08-02 06:57 UTC