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.

Latest profile valid .

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=-20&umax=50&vmin=-40&vmax=30&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:  2026-08-11 02:51 UTC

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

Surface observation

METAR KRME 110253Z AUTO 31003KT 10SM CLR 22/17 A2991 RMK AO2 SLP123 T02170172 51013

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
OK103.0310—
OK10814.02635.1
OK19920.02654.3
OK32128.02908.6
OK35126.02704.9
OK53428.02927.4
OK65628.02894.5
OK74819.03023.8
OK96126.02813.5
OK102231.02793.8
OK126630.02811.6
OK132732.02831.8
OK157132.02821.3
OK169333.02842.8
OK187533.02822.2
OK215034.02812.1
OK218033.02791.8
OK248532.02822.5
OK272935.02832.1
OK279036.02841.6
OK309536.02872.0

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 2026-08-11 02:51 UTC