PABC WSR-88D VAD Hodograph and Wind Profile

View the latest Velocity Azimuth Display (VAD) wind profile from the PABC WSR-88D NEXRAD weather radar near Bethel, AK. 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=PABC&resolution=high&qc=true&showprofile=true&showmeta=true&showhodo=true&showrings=true&ticmarks=axis&umin=-10&umax=20&vmin=-10&vmax=20&maxheight=12000&dynamicbounds=true&sfcstn=PABE

RADAR SITE:  PABC - Bethel, AK (SFC ELEV 49 m AMSL)
NIDS SOURCE: https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/DF.of/DC.radar/DS.48vwp/SI.pabc/sn.last
NIDS VALID:  2026-08-08 01:11 UTC

SFC STATION: PABE (METAR)
SFC SOURCE:  https://aviationweather.gov/api/data/metar?ids=PABE&format=json
SFC VALID:   2026-08-08 00:53 UTC
Decoded surface and VAD profile data

Surface observation

METAR PABE 080053Z 20009KT 10SM OVC008 11/09 A3021 RMK AO2 SLP230 T01110094 $

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
OK109.0200—
OK10310.02113.2
OK1959.02132.4
FAIL2569.02016.0
FAIL3477.02085.5
OK56110.02063.2

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).

PABC WSR-88D NEXRAD VAD hodograph showing the wind profile by height near Bethel, AK, valid 2026-08-08 01:11 UTC