KICT WSR-88D VAD Hodograph and Wind Profile

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

RADAR SITE:  KICT - Wichita, KS (SFC ELEV 407 m AMSL)
NIDS SOURCE: https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/DF.of/DC.radar/DS.48vwp/SI.kict/sn.last
NIDS VALID:  2026-08-11 02:46 UTC

SFC STATION: KICT (METAR)
SFC SOURCE:  https://aviationweather.gov/api/data/metar?ids=KICT&format=json
SFC VALID:   2026-08-11 02:53 UTC
Decoded surface and VAD profile data

Surface observation

METAR KICT 110253Z 17010KT 10SM FEW200 FEW250 31/18 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP118 T03060178 53014

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
OK1010.0170—
OK11119.01664.0
OK20326.01712.1
OK29429.01802.4
OK50734.01831.9
OK53833.01852.3
OK72134.01901.8
OK81234.01922.0
OK99533.01992.2
OK111733.02012.2
OK133030.02102.1
OK142228.02131.9
OK166626.02252.8
OK172726.02252.5
OK203123.02401.7
OK215321.02422.0
OK233619.02401.9
OK264111.02251.9
OK27338.02182.0
OK29465.02081.7
FAIL32512.0691.5
OK34034.0621.9
FAIL35555.0702.8

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).

KICT WSR-88D NEXRAD VAD hodograph showing the wind profile by height near Wichita, KS, valid 2026-08-11 02:46 UTC