PAIH WSR-88D VAD Hodograph and Wind Profile

View the latest Velocity Azimuth Display (VAD) wind profile from the PAIH WSR-88D NEXRAD weather radar near Middleton Island, 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=PAIH&resolution=high&qc=true&showprofile=true&showmeta=true&showhodo=true&showrings=true&ticmarks=axis&umin=-10&umax=30&vmin=-20&vmax=20&maxheight=12000&dynamicbounds=true

RADAR SITE:  PAIH - Middleton Island, AK (SFC ELEV 20 m AMSL)
NIDS SOURCE: https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/DF.of/DC.radar/DS.48vwp/SI.paih/sn.last
NIDS VALID:  2026-08-11 01:39 UTC
Decoded surface and VAD profile data

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
FAIL10210.02416.0
OK1938.02642.6
OK28512.02765.3
OK34610.02733.3
OK5298.02731.3
OK5899.02771.3
OK7119.02751.3

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).

PAIH WSR-88D NEXRAD VAD hodograph showing the wind profile by height near Middleton Island, AK, valid 2026-08-11 01:39 UTC