KCAE WSR-88D VAD Hodograph and Wind Profile

View the latest Velocity Azimuth Display (VAD) wind profile from the KCAE WSR-88D NEXRAD weather radar near Columbia, SC. The hodograph plots horizontal wind vectors by height above ground, with color-coded altitude layers, and METAR surface-wind data from the nearest station (as available).

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URL CALL:    http://www.twisterdata.com/vad/vad.php?radar=KCAE&resolution=high&qc=true&showtext=false&plothodo=true&ticmarks=axis&umin=-20&umax=50&vmin=-30&vmax=40&maxheight=12000&dynamicbounds=true&rings=true&hidemeta=false&sfcstn=KCAE

RADAR SITE:  KCAE - Columbia, SC (SFC ELEV 70 m AMSL)
NIDS SOURCE: https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/DF.of/DC.radar/DS.48vwp/SI.kcae/sn.last?_cb=1781763219.453455
NIDS VALID:  2026-06-18 06:05 UTC

SFC STATION: KCAE (METAR)
SFC SOURCE:  https://aviationweather.gov/api/data/metar?ids=KCAE&format=json
SFC VALID:   2026-06-18 05:56 UTC

KCAE WSR-88D NEXRAD VAD hodograph showing the wind profile by height near Columbia, SC, valid 2026-06-18 06:05 UTC