KHDC WSR-88D VAD Hodograph and Wind Profile

View the latest Velocity Azimuth Display (VAD) wind profile from the KHDC WSR-88D NEXRAD weather radar near New Orleans-Baton Rouge, LA. 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=KHDC&resolution=high&qc=true&showprofile=true&showmeta=true&showhodo=true&showrings=true&ticmarks=axis&umin=-30&umax=30&vmin=-30&vmax=30&maxheight=12000&dynamicbounds=true&sfcstn=KHDC

RADAR SITE:  KHDC - New Orleans-Baton Rouge, LA (SFC ELEV 13 m AMSL)
NIDS SOURCE: https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/DF.of/DC.radar/DS.48vwp/SI.khdc/sn.last
NIDS VALID:  2026-08-11 02:17 UTC

SFC STATION: KHDC (METAR)
SFC SOURCE:  https://aviationweather.gov/api/data/metar?ids=KHDC&format=json
SFC VALID:   2026-08-11 02:15 UTC
Decoded surface and VAD profile data

Surface observation

METAR KHDC 110215Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 27/25 A3012 RMK AO2 T02690248

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
OK100.00—
OK789.01342.2
OK1399.01472.1
OK2318.01802.4
OK2929.01752.9
OK3839.01802.4
OK56610.01942.4
OK59611.01952.8
OK74911.01992.7
OK90113.01992.8
OK105412.01993.0
OK120611.01903.3
OK13899.01793.9
FAIL16947.01134.7
FAIL18168.0665.1
FAIL21206.0904.6
FAIL21518.0446.7
FAIL24258.0494.4
OK273015.0413.0

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).

KHDC WSR-88D NEXRAD VAD hodograph showing the wind profile by height near New Orleans-Baton Rouge, LA, valid 2026-08-11 02:17 UTC