PAPD WSR-88D VAD Hodograph and Wind Profile

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

RADAR SITE:  PAPD - Fairbanks, AK (SFC ELEV 790 m AMSL)
NIDS SOURCE: https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/DF.of/DC.radar/DS.48vwp/SI.papd/sn.last
NIDS VALID:  2026-08-11 02:40 UTC

SFC STATION: PAFB (METAR)
SFC SOURCE:  https://aviationweather.gov/api/data/metar?ids=PAFB&format=json
SFC VALID:   2026-08-11 01:55 UTC
Decoded surface and VAD profile data

Surface observation

METAR PAFB 110155Z 36004KT 10SM FEW050 SCT065 BKN090 24/08 A3007 RMK AO2A SLP188 T02360084 $

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
OK104.0360—
OK1248.0351.9
OK2166.0301.6
OK3685.0452.4
OK4296.0502.1
OK5825.0532.3
OK7346.0531.7
FAIL7953.0831.5
FAIL25635.02815.0

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).

PAPD WSR-88D NEXRAD VAD hodograph showing the wind profile by height near Fairbanks, AK, valid 2026-08-11 02:40 UTC