KHGX WSR-88D VAD Hodograph and Wind Profile

View the latest Velocity Azimuth Display (VAD) wind profile from the KHGX WSR-88D NEXRAD weather radar near Houston-Galveston, TX. 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=KHGX&resolution=high&qc=true&showprofile=true&showmeta=true&showhodo=true&showrings=true&ticmarks=axis&umin=-20&umax=20&vmin=-10&vmax=30&maxheight=12000&dynamicbounds=true&sfcstn=KHOU

RADAR SITE:  KHGX - Houston-Galveston, TX (SFC ELEV 5 m AMSL)
NIDS SOURCE: https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/DF.of/DC.radar/DS.48vwp/SI.khgx/sn.last
NIDS VALID:  2026-08-11 01:50 UTC

SFC STATION: KHOU (METAR)
SFC SOURCE:  https://aviationweather.gov/api/data/metar?ids=KHOU&format=json
SFC VALID:   2026-08-11 01:53 UTC
Decoded surface and VAD profile data

Surface observation

METAR KHOU 110153Z 09003KT 10SM SCT200 BKN250 26/24 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP184 T02560239

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
OK103.090—
FAIL1174.03093.9
FAIL3006.01094.2
FAIL3307.01045.2
FAIL5136.01255.5
OK60514.01893.9
FAIL7279.01626.6
OK91014.01984.5
OK100112.01645.0
OK121417.02043.9
OK133613.01785.5
OK151913.01904.0
OK167211.01694.6
OK182414.01535.1
FAIL48725.02373.9
FAIL51775.02093.0

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).

KHGX WSR-88D NEXRAD VAD hodograph showing the wind profile by height near Houston-Galveston, TX, valid 2026-08-11 01:50 UTC