PAKC WSR-88D VAD Hodograph and Wind Profile

View the latest Velocity Azimuth Display (VAD) wind profile from the PAKC WSR-88D NEXRAD weather radar near King Salmon, 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=PAKC&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&sfcstn=PAKN

RADAR SITE:  PAKC - King Salmon, AK (SFC ELEV 19 m AMSL)
NIDS SOURCE: https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/DF.of/DC.radar/DS.48vwp/SI.pakc/sn.last
NIDS VALID:  2026-08-11 02:24 UTC

SFC STATION: PAKN (METAR)
SFC SOURCE:  https://aviationweather.gov/api/data/metar?ids=PAKN&format=json
SFC VALID:   2026-08-11 01:54 UTC
Decoded surface and VAD profile data

Surface observation

METAR PAKN 110154Z 25011KT 10SM FEW065 21/12 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP188 T02060117

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
OK1011.0250—
OK10313.02542.5
OK19414.02551.9
OK28614.02651.7
OK31614.02642.8
OK53011.02752.8
OK59110.02783.3
OK7136.02891.7
OK8967.03151.5

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).

PAKC WSR-88D NEXRAD VAD hodograph showing the wind profile by height near King Salmon, AK, valid 2026-08-11 02:24 UTC