KTLH WSR-88D VAD Hodograph and Wind Profile

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

RADAR SITE:  KTLH - Tallahassee, FL (SFC ELEV 19 m AMSL)
NIDS SOURCE: https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/DF.of/DC.radar/DS.48vwp/SI.ktlh/sn.last
NIDS VALID:  2026-08-11 02:55 UTC

SFC STATION: KTLH (METAR)
SFC SOURCE:  https://aviationweather.gov/api/data/metar?ids=KTLH&format=json
SFC VALID:   2026-08-11 02:53 UTC
Decoded surface and VAD profile data

Surface observation

METAR KTLH 110253Z 19004KT 10SM CLR 28/24 A3016 RMK AO2 SLP213 T02780244 53020

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
OK104.0190—
OK13413.02314.6
OK19415.02384.1
OK28617.02484.0
OK37713.02524.7
OK56011.02704.7
OK59111.02684.4
FAIL77412.03106.6
FAIL89610.03266.7
OK104813.026.4
OK120014.075.4
OK138316.0146.4
OK150516.0166.0
OK171815.03554.7
OK181015.03575.4
OK211514.03515.1

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).

KTLH WSR-88D NEXRAD VAD hodograph showing the wind profile by height near Tallahassee, FL, valid 2026-08-11 02:55 UTC