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=-40&umax=30&vmin=-30&vmax=40&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:  2026-08-11 02:05 UTC

SFC STATION: KAMA (METAR)
SFC SOURCE:  https://aviationweather.gov/api/data/metar?ids=KAMA&format=json
SFC VALID:   2026-08-11 01:53 UTC
Decoded surface and VAD profile data

Surface observation

METAR KAMA 110153Z 18012KT 10SM CLR 31/11 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP118 T03060106

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
OK1012.0180—
OK11521.01777.2
OK17625.01914.1
FAIL29815.01938.8
OK42020.01975.4
FAIL5115.01794.9
FAIL7259.01987.3
OK25549.01232.4
OK273611.0732.1
OK28589.0932.5

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).

KAMA WSR-88D NEXRAD VAD hodograph showing the wind profile by height near Amarillo, TX, valid 2026-08-11 02:05 UTC