KTYX WSR-88D VAD Hodograph and Wind Profile

View the latest Velocity Azimuth Display (VAD) wind profile from the KTYX WSR-88D NEXRAD weather radar near Watertown (Ft. Drum), NY. 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=KTYX&resolution=high&qc=true&showprofile=true&showmeta=true&showhodo=true&showrings=true&ticmarks=axis&umin=-30&umax=50&vmin=-30&vmax=50&maxheight=12000&dynamicbounds=true&sfcstn=KRME

RADAR SITE:  KTYX - Watertown (Ft. Drum), NY (SFC ELEV 563 m AMSL)
NIDS SOURCE: https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/DF.of/DC.radar/DS.48vwp/SI.ktyx/sn.last
NIDS VALID:  2026-08-02 06:51 UTC

SFC STATION: KRME (METAR)
SFC SOURCE:  https://aviationweather.gov/api/data/metar?ids=KRME&format=json
SFC VALID:   2026-08-02 06:53 UTC
Decoded surface and VAD profile data

Surface observation

METAR KRME 020653Z AUTO 07006KT 10SM FEW100 23/18 A2989 RMK AO2 SLP115 T02330183

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
OK106.070—
OK10814.01846.0
OK19919.01974.3
OK32126.02046.5
OK35121.02064.7
OK53422.02275.8
OK65616.02176.4
OK126615.02132.7
OK157115.02032.7
OK218017.01921.3
OK248517.01911.5
OK279020.02061.3
OK309528.02251.1
OK339927.02321.5
OK343028.02321.4
OK370432.02311.7
OK400936.02312.1
OK425338.02321.8
OK431437.02352.2
OK461935.02392.0
OK492332.02441.6
OK522830.02441.6
OK553330.02451.1
OK583829.02441.8
OK614330.02422.9
OK675229.02411.7

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).

KTYX WSR-88D NEXRAD VAD hodograph showing the wind profile by height near Watertown (Ft. Drum), NY, valid 2026-08-02 06:51 UTC