KILN WSR-88D VAD Hodograph and Wind Profile

View the latest Velocity Azimuth Display (VAD) wind profile from the KILN WSR-88D NEXRAD weather radar near Cincinnati-Dayton, OH. 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=KILN&resolution=high&qc=true&showprofile=true&showmeta=true&showhodo=true&showrings=true&ticmarks=axis&umin=-30&umax=50&vmin=-20&vmax=60&maxheight=12000&dynamicbounds=true&sfcstn=KILN

RADAR SITE:  KILN - Cincinnati-Dayton, OH (SFC ELEV 322 m AMSL)
NIDS SOURCE: https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/DF.of/DC.radar/DS.48vwp/SI.kiln/sn.last
NIDS VALID:  2026-08-02 06:53 UTC

SFC STATION: KILN (METAR)
SFC SOURCE:  https://aviationweather.gov/api/data/metar?ids=KILN&format=json
SFC VALID:   2026-08-02 06:54 UTC
Decoded surface and VAD profile data

Surface observation

METAR KILN 020654Z AUTO 23009KT 10SM OVC005 21/21 A2968 RMK AO2 CIG 003V011 SLP042 T02110206 $

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
OK109.0230—
FAIL13510.02335.3
OK19611.02283.9
OK28813.02353.0
FAIL3798.02315.8
FAIL5624.02125.7
FAIL5934.02206.2
FAIL7754.01135.2
FAIL8976.0945.1
FAIL10505.0584.0
OK120212.02154.2
FAIL138512.02488.0
OK150728.02063.1
OK172030.01983.2
OK181244.01991.9
OK211747.01952.5

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).

KILN WSR-88D NEXRAD VAD hodograph showing the wind profile by height near Cincinnati-Dayton, OH, valid 2026-08-02 06:53 UTC