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=-20&umax=30&vmin=-20&vmax=30&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:  2026-08-02 06:51 UTC

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

Surface observation

METAR PAEN 020653Z AUTO 21008KT 10SM CLR 11/09 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP166 T01060094

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
OK108.0210—
OK13915.02153.0
OK20016.02161.9
OK23114.02182.7
FAIL38312.01936.6
FAIL5665.02243.5
FAIL8106.02063.2
FAIL8408.02104.8

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 2026-08-02 06:51 UTC