KIWA WSR-88D VAD Hodograph and Wind Profile

View the latest Velocity Azimuth Display (VAD) wind profile from the KIWA WSR-88D NEXRAD weather radar near Phoenix, AZ. 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=KIWA&resolution=high&qc=true&showprofile=true&showmeta=true&showhodo=true&showrings=true&ticmarks=axis&umin=-30&umax=30&vmin=-50&vmax=10&maxheight=12000&dynamicbounds=true&sfcstn=KIWA

RADAR SITE:  KIWA - Phoenix, AZ (SFC ELEV 415 m AMSL)
NIDS SOURCE: https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/DF.of/DC.radar/DS.48vwp/SI.kiwa/sn.last
NIDS VALID:  2026-08-02 06:45 UTC

SFC STATION: KIWA (METAR)
SFC SOURCE:  https://aviationweather.gov/api/data/metar?ids=KIWA&format=json
SFC VALID:   2026-08-02 06:50 UTC
Decoded surface and VAD profile data

Surface observation

METAR KIWA 020650Z 09004KT 10SM CLR 37/12 A2979

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
OK104.090—
FAIL1348.03037.4
FAIL19410.02806.9
OK34715.02865.6
OK49918.02883.5
OK56020.02884.2
OK77421.02953.8
OK80422.02953.1
OK104823.03014.0
OK110923.03014.2
OK135324.03084.2
OK141425.03104.0
OK171825.03214.2
OK202328.03304.2
OK220628.03343.7
OK232829.03403.6
OK263327.03503.9
OK275526.03504.4
OK293826.03554.2
OK324227.003.6
OK345621.03523.9
OK354726.014.4
OK385223.03595.1
OK415735.0203.5

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).

KIWA WSR-88D NEXRAD VAD hodograph showing the wind profile by height near Phoenix, AZ, valid 2026-08-02 06:45 UTC