KAMA WSR-88D VAD Hodograph and Wind Profile

View the latest Velocity Azimuth Display (VAD) wind profile from the KAMA WSR-88D NEXRAD weather radar near Amarillo, TX. 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=KAMA&resolution=high&qc=true&showprofile=true&showmeta=true&showhodo=true&showrings=true&ticmarks=axis&umin=-50&umax=40&vmin=-60&vmax=30&maxheight=12000&dynamicbounds=true&sfcstn=KAMA

RADAR SITE:  KAMA - Amarillo, TX (SFC ELEV 1104 m AMSL)
NIDS SOURCE: https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/DF.of/DC.radar/DS.48vwp/SI.kama/sn.last
NIDS VALID:  2026-08-02 06:49 UTC

SFC STATION: KAMA (METAR)
SFC SOURCE:  https://aviationweather.gov/api/data/metar?ids=KAMA&format=json
SFC VALID:   2026-08-02 06:53 UTC
Decoded surface and VAD profile data

Surface observation

METAR KAMA 020653Z AUTO 16006KT 10SM CLR 24/11 A3015 RMK AO2 SLP148 T02390111

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
OK106.0160—
OK11515.01284.7
OK20719.01173.9
OK29818.01163.9
OK42017.01144.4
OK54216.01224.4
OK72515.01792.4
FAIL9998.02094.5
OK103014.02122.7
OK133417.0116.1
OK163921.056.2
OK167015.016.2
OK194421.085.8
OK224923.085.0
OK240126.0125.8
OK255429.0144.7
OK285834.0144.6
OK316335.0135.0
OK346835.0106.0
OK377330.0104.9
OK407838.096.4
OK438240.03546.2
OK468743.006.1
FAIL49925.0127.8

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).

KAMA WSR-88D NEXRAD VAD hodograph showing the wind profile by height near Amarillo, TX, valid 2026-08-02 06:49 UTC