PGUA WSR-88D VAD Hodograph and Wind Profile

View the latest Velocity Azimuth Display (VAD) wind profile from the PGUA WSR-88D NEXRAD weather radar near Dededo (Andersen AFB), GU. 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=PGUA&resolution=high&qc=true&showprofile=true&showmeta=true&showhodo=true&showrings=true&ticmarks=axis&umin=-20&umax=50&vmin=-40&vmax=30&maxheight=12000&dynamicbounds=true&sfcstn=PGUM

RADAR SITE:  PGUA - Dededo (Andersen AFB), GU (SFC ELEV 83 m AMSL)
NIDS SOURCE: https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/DF.of/DC.radar/DS.48vwp/SI.pgua/sn.last
NIDS VALID:  2026-08-02 06:52 UTC

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

Surface observation

METAR PGUM 020654Z 26019G27KT 10SM SCT013 BKN021 BKN028 28/26 A2968 RMK AO2 PK WND 25028/0641 RAE25 SLP044 P0001 T02830256 $

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
OK1019.0260—
OK13021.02533.7
OK19124.02523.0
OK22224.02502.7
OK31315.02464.5
OK52720.02594.0
OK77120.02612.6
OK83122.02652.3
OK113620.02684.5
OK135019.02711.1
OK144120.02701.3
OK168521.02802.4
OK174620.02692.7
OK205119.02792.6
OK217318.02801.3
OK235521.02791.8
OK266019.02793.9
OK296519.02892.7
OK327019.02883.8
OK387930.02923.3
OK418434.02943.0
OK448927.02944.1
OK479430.02953.8
OK509920.03073.8
OK540322.03051.8
OK570817.03251.9
OK723216.0241.8
OK753716.0322.1
OK784217.0312.2
OK845116.0322.2
OK906118.03262.5
OK1058514.03261.7

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).

PGUA WSR-88D NEXRAD VAD hodograph showing the wind profile by height near Dededo (Andersen AFB), GU, valid 2026-08-02 06:52 UTC