PAHG WSR-88D VAD Hodograph and Wind Profile

View the latest Velocity Azimuth Display (VAD) wind profile from the PAHG WSR-88D NEXRAD weather radar near Anchorage, 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=PAHG&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=PAEN

RADAR SITE:  PAHG - Anchorage, AK (SFC ELEV 74 m AMSL)
NIDS SOURCE: https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/DF.of/DC.radar/DS.48vwp/SI.pahg/sn.last
NIDS VALID:  2026-08-11 02:54 UTC

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

Surface observation

METAR PAEN 110253Z 20007KT 10SM VCFG CLR 13/11 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP185 T01330111 56005

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
OK107.0200—
OK1399.02363.4
OK2009.02492.3
FAIL2316.02383.5
FAIL3838.02344.0
OK5369.02262.5
OK5669.02252.6
FAIL7795.02112.8
FAIL8402.02071.9

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).

PAHG WSR-88D NEXRAD VAD hodograph showing the wind profile by height near Anchorage, AK, valid 2026-08-11 02:54 UTC