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=-40&umax=40&vmin=-30&vmax=50&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:  2026-08-11 02:53 UTC

SFC STATION: KHUL (METAR)
SFC SOURCE:  https://aviationweather.gov/api/data/metar?ids=KHUL&format=json
SFC VALID:   2026-08-11 02:53 UTC
Decoded surface and VAD profile data

Surface observation

METAR KHUL 110253Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT100 16/16 A2983 RMK AO2 SLP102 T01610156 50000

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
OK100.00—
FAIL1394.01496.4
FAIL2007.02435.1
FAIL3526.0374.7
FAIL3838.0424.6
FAIL5657.0564.8
FAIL6879.0604.9
FAIL7489.0545.5
FAIL9928.0515.1
FAIL102311.0466.1
OK129714.0515.4
OK135813.03015.2
OK160214.02715.1
OK221121.02662.1
OK251619.02661.4
OK312634.02335.1

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 2026-08-11 02:53 UTC