PAEC WSR-88D VAD Hodograph and Wind Profile

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

RADAR SITE:  PAEC - Nome, AK (SFC ELEV 18 m AMSL)
NIDS SOURCE: https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/DF.of/DC.radar/DS.48vwp/SI.paec/sn.last
NIDS VALID:  2026-08-11 01:46 UTC

SFC STATION: PAWM (METAR)
SFC SOURCE:  https://aviationweather.gov/api/data/metar?ids=PAWM&format=json
SFC VALID:   2026-08-11 01:56 UTC
Decoded surface and VAD profile data

Surface observation

METAR PAWM 110156Z AUTO 17008KT 4SM HZ CLR 16/13 A3020 RMK AO2 SLP229 T01560128 $

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
OK108.0170—
OK10410.02652.6
OK1959.02763.4
FAIL5923.01512.6
OK7444.01211.9

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).

PAEC WSR-88D NEXRAD VAD hodograph showing the wind profile by height near Nome, AK, valid 2026-08-11 01:46 UTC