KTFX WSR-88D VAD Hodograph and Wind Profile

View the latest Velocity Azimuth Display (VAD) wind profile from the KTFX WSR-88D NEXRAD weather radar near Great Falls, MT. 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=KTFX&resolution=high&qc=true&showprofile=true&showmeta=true&showhodo=true&showrings=true&ticmarks=axis&umin=-30&umax=20&vmin=-30&vmax=20&maxheight=12000&dynamicbounds=true&sfcstn=KGTF

RADAR SITE:  KTFX - Great Falls, MT (SFC ELEV 1140 m AMSL)
NIDS SOURCE: https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/DF.of/DC.radar/DS.48vwp/SI.ktfx/sn.last
NIDS VALID:  2026-08-11 02:10 UTC

SFC STATION: KGTF (METAR)
SFC SOURCE:  https://aviationweather.gov/api/data/metar?ids=KGTF&format=json
SFC VALID:   2026-08-11 01:53 UTC
Decoded surface and VAD profile data

Surface observation

METAR KGTF 110153Z 07009KT 5SM HZ FEW043 27/06 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP105 T02720056

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
OK109.070—
OK7920.0652.2
OK11021.0642.9
OK17121.0672.1
OK32317.0712.7
OK38418.0742.1
OK50615.0772.8
OK68914.0862.3
OK71912.0813.2
OK129814.03283.4
OK132913.03224.5
OK16039.02743.0
OK166410.02694.3
OK19089.02723.8

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).

KTFX WSR-88D NEXRAD VAD hodograph showing the wind profile by height near Great Falls, MT, valid 2026-08-11 02:10 UTC