KIND WSR-88D VAD Hodograph and Wind Profile

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

RADAR SITE:  KIND - Indianapolis, IN (SFC ELEV 241 m AMSL)
NIDS SOURCE: https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/DF.of/DC.radar/DS.48vwp/SI.kind/sn.last
NIDS VALID:  2026-08-02 06:53 UTC

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

Surface observation

METAR KIND 020654Z 17004KT 10SM BKN009 OVC013 20/19 A2966 RMK AO2 RAE19 SLP036 P0001 T02000194

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
OK104.0170—
FAIL1259.01667.2
OK21610.01984.5
FAIL3086.01635.5
FAIL3697.01634.9
FAIL5826.01544.5
FAIL6736.01224.8
OK7659.01144.2
OK97811.01104.6
OK100911.01083.3
OK128313.0783.8
OK134413.01083.7
OK158813.0983.2
OK167911.0983.2
OK189314.01022.4
OK216714.0633.3
OK219714.0633.3
OK250215.0653.8
OK274618.0312.5
OK280720.0862.1
OK433117.0882.1

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).

KIND WSR-88D NEXRAD VAD hodograph showing the wind profile by height near Indianapolis, IN, valid 2026-08-02 06:53 UTC