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=-30&umax=50&vmin=-50&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:  2026-08-02 06:53 UTC

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

Surface observation

METAR KHOU 020653Z 23007KT 8SM BKN200 OVC240 28/26 A2985 RMK AO2 SLP110 T02830261 $

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
OK107.0230—
FAIL11710.02485.5
OK20815.02455.6
OK30023.02443.4
OK33017.02404.7
OK54418.02504.2
OK60518.02594.5
OK75713.02854.7
OK91015.03283.4
OK100114.03334.6
OK121419.03574.8
OK133620.034.3
OK151922.094.2
OK167223.0124.3
OK182422.0134.2
OK212918.074.7
OK215918.0115.2
OK243419.03446.5
OK273820.03224.1
OK304319.03216.0
OK334823.03265.1
FAIL42326.03203.1
OK670115.02752.0
OK731015.02891.7

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 2026-08-02 06:53 UTC