KCBW WSR-88D VAD Hodograph and Wind Profile

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

RADAR SITE:  KCBW - Houlton, ME (SFC ELEV 227 m AMSL)
NIDS SOURCE: https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/DF.of/DC.radar/DS.48vwp/SI.kcbw/sn.last
NIDS VALID:  2026-08-02 06:54 UTC

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

Surface observation

METAR KHUL 020653Z AUTO 17003KT 10SM CLR 17/16 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP141 T01720156

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
OK103.0170—
OK7812.01815.1
FAIL13913.02037.7
OK20020.02205.1
OK38325.02295.9
OK56527.02358.8
OK68717.02385.1
FAIL74815.02557.5
OK99214.02393.8
FAIL12976.01964.8
FAIL16028.0524.3
OK251613.03162.3
FAIL27296.02946.5
OK282116.02741.9
OK343115.02441.2
OK373521.02301.2

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).

KCBW WSR-88D NEXRAD VAD hodograph showing the wind profile by height near Houlton, ME, valid 2026-08-02 06:54 UTC