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=-10&umax=60&vmin=-40&vmax=30&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:  2026-08-11 02:03 UTC

SFC STATION: KIND (METAR)
SFC SOURCE:  https://aviationweather.gov/api/data/metar?ids=KIND&format=json
SFC VALID:   2026-08-11 01:54 UTC
Decoded surface and VAD profile data

Surface observation

METAR KIND 110154Z 26006KT 10SM BKN160 BKN220 28/24 A3000 RMK AO2 PRESRR SLP151 T02780244

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
OK106.0260—
FAIL6410.02238.9
FAIL12511.02257.1
OK18617.02334.7
OK30822.02374.9
OK36923.02374.3
OK55126.02484.6
OK67325.02544.4
OK76524.02584.6
OK97823.02792.8
OK103923.02814.8
OK128325.02873.8
OK137426.02824.1
OK158827.02863.9
OK171028.02803.8
OK189329.02833.7
OK216730.02862.8
OK219728.02812.4
OK250229.02862.1
OK274629.02932.4
OK280729.02932.3
OK311233.03031.8
OK341747.02981.9

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 2026-08-11 02:03 UTC