KDTX WSR-88D VAD Hodograph and Wind Profile

View the latest Velocity Azimuth Display (VAD) wind profile from the KDTX WSR-88D NEXRAD weather radar near Detroit-Pontiac, MI. 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=KDTX&resolution=high&qc=true&showprofile=true&showmeta=true&showhodo=true&showrings=true&ticmarks=axis&umin=-40&umax=30&vmin=-20&vmax=50&maxheight=12000&dynamicbounds=true&sfcstn=KPTK

RADAR SITE:  KDTX - Detroit-Pontiac, MI (SFC ELEV 336 m AMSL)
NIDS SOURCE: https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/DF.of/DC.radar/DS.48vwp/SI.kdtx/sn.last
NIDS VALID:  2026-08-02 06:52 UTC

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

Surface observation

METAR KPTK 020653Z AUTO 09006KT 9SM -RA BKN006 OVC080 19/19 A2980 RMK AO2 RAB29 SLP085 P0000 T01940189

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
OK106.090—
OK12112.0783.4
OK21314.0853.1
OK27415.0882.7
OK33517.0683.6
OK54819.0752.9
OK57921.0803.0
OK76120.0802.8
OK88322.0791.9
OK103619.0743.4
OK118821.0762.2
OK137118.0775.0
OK149316.0835.7
OK170615.0936.3
OK179814.01136.0
OK210312.01463.7
OK219410.01582.0
OK240712.01612.2
OK271212.01592.4
OK277312.01612.3
OK301713.01572.2
OK332210.01612.9
OK341311.01622.4
OK362710.01572.7
OK39316.01882.2
OK423616.01794.4
OK454117.01884.6
OK48465.01741.6
OK51516.01871.0
OK53037.01831.3
OK54558.01781.6
OK576011.01831.5
OK633913.01931.4
OK637013.01931.4
OK697914.02031.9
OK728419.02111.8
OK734518.02222.9
OK758921.02192.8
OK819930.02022.0
OK868629.02071.9
OK880830.02031.7
OK1008830.01953.0
OK1033232.01932.3

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).

KDTX WSR-88D NEXRAD VAD hodograph showing the wind profile by height near Detroit-Pontiac, MI, valid 2026-08-02 06:52 UTC