KAMX WSR-88D VAD Hodograph and Wind Profile

View the latest Velocity Azimuth Display (VAD) wind profile from the KAMX WSR-88D NEXRAD weather radar near Miami, FL. 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=KAMX&resolution=high&qc=true&showprofile=true&showmeta=true&showhodo=true&showrings=true&ticmarks=axis&umin=-30&umax=20&vmin=-40&vmax=10&maxheight=12000&dynamicbounds=true

RADAR SITE:  KAMX - Miami, FL (SFC ELEV 4 m AMSL)
NIDS SOURCE: https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/DF.of/DC.radar/DS.48vwp/SI.kamx/sn.last
NIDS VALID:  2026-08-11 02:04 UTC
Decoded surface and VAD profile data

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
FAIL11810.0616.0
FAIL17912.0496.1
OK30114.0625.4
OK33115.0225.7
OK51413.0565.5
OK60614.0685.0
FAIL72811.0506.8
OK91021.03524.3
OK121517.03483.6
OK152026.03403.4
OK182525.03442.0
OK213024.03462.7

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).

KAMX WSR-88D NEXRAD VAD hodograph showing the wind profile by height near Miami, FL, valid 2026-08-11 02:04 UTC