KEAX WSR-88D VAD Hodograph and Wind Profile

View the latest Velocity Azimuth Display (VAD) wind profile from the KEAX WSR-88D NEXRAD weather radar near Kansas City, MO. 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=KEAX&resolution=high&qc=true&showprofile=true&showmeta=true&showhodo=true&showrings=true&ticmarks=axis&umin=-40&umax=30&vmin=-60&vmax=10&maxheight=12000&dynamicbounds=true&sfcstn=KLXT

RADAR SITE:  KEAX - Kansas City, MO (SFC ELEV 303 m AMSL)
NIDS SOURCE: https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/DF.of/DC.radar/DS.48vwp/SI.keax/sn.last
NIDS VALID:  2026-08-02 06:44 UTC

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

Surface observation

METAR KLXT 020653Z AUTO 33005KT 10SM SCT046 21/18 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP128 T02110183 $

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
OK105.0330—
OK12413.03505.0
OK18521.073.9
OK30722.0163.4
OK55025.0173.1
OK61124.0172.9
OK76427.0152.8
OK91628.0173.6
OK100829.0173.5
OK122129.0194.5
OK134331.0163.9
OK152629.0193.7
OK167832.0204.5
OK183132.0263.0
OK213536.0313.6
OK216635.0313.7
OK244034.0272.8
OK274533.0152.7
OK305038.0142.5
OK335540.0171.9
OK341640.0171.9
OK365940.0171.4

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).

KEAX WSR-88D NEXRAD VAD hodograph showing the wind profile by height near Kansas City, MO, valid 2026-08-02 06:44 UTC