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=-30&umax=30&vmin=-30&vmax=30&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:  2026-08-02 06:46 UTC

SFC STATION: PAKN (METAR)
SFC SOURCE:  https://aviationweather.gov/api/data/metar?ids=PAKN&format=json
SFC VALID:   2026-08-02 06:54 UTC
Decoded surface and VAD profile data

Surface observation

METAR PAKN 020654Z 27006KT 10SM FEW035 FEW180 16/13 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP158 T01610133

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
OK106.0270—
OK10314.02813.0
OK19416.02911.6
OK28614.03021.6
OK31612.02922.8
OK5309.02982.3
OK59112.02913.2
OK7438.02902.3
FAIL8964.02822.5
OK15059.01732.7

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 2026-08-02 06:46 UTC