KIWX WSR-88D VAD Hodograph and Wind Profile

View the latest Velocity Azimuth Display (VAD) wind profile from the KIWX WSR-88D NEXRAD weather radar near Fort Wayne-South Bend, IN. The hodograph plots horizontal wind vectors by height above ground, with color-coded altitude layers and optional METAR surface-wind data.

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Request and source metadata
URL CALL:    http://www.twisterdata.com/vad/vad.php?radar=KIWX&resolution=high&qc=true&showprofile=true&showmeta=true&showhodo=true&showrings=true&ticmarks=axis&umin=-50&umax=30&vmin=-50&vmax=30&maxheight=12000&dynamicbounds=true&sfcstn=KASW

RADAR SITE:  KIWX - Fort Wayne-South Bend, IN (SFC ELEV 292 m AMSL)
NIDS SOURCE: https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/DF.of/DC.radar/DS.48vwp/SI.kiwx/sn.last
NIDS VALID:  2026-08-02 06:52 UTC

SFC STATION: KASW (METAR)
SFC SOURCE:  https://aviationweather.gov/api/data/metar?ids=KASW&format=json
SFC VALID:   2026-08-02 06:55 UTC
Decoded surface and VAD profile data

Surface observation

METAR KASW 020655Z AUTO 05009G14KT 10SM -RA SCT029 BKN050 OVC085 18/17 A2974 RMK AO2 P0001 T01910178

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
OK109.050—
OK10422.0413.5
OK19627.0462.4
OK31832.0512.2
OK53133.0583.7
OK62235.0603.3
OK74432.0682.9
OK92729.0751.9
OK101928.0752.3
OK123222.0761.6
OK132320.0761.4
OK153717.0781.7
OK168915.0801.7
OK184214.0831.9
OK214613.0851.5
OK245113.0841.8
OK272614.0762.1
OK275614.0802.0
OK306114.0612.1
OK336613.0722.9
OK342713.0563.2
OK367014.0593.6
OK397510.0794.2
FAIL42509.0664.9
FAIL42809.0664.9
OK458523.03542.6
FAIL48909.0274.7
OK519412.0123.2
OK528612.0113.1
OK549912.053.2
OK58048.0123.1
OK61098.0162.6
OK635310.0182.5
OK641410.0182.4
OK702318.03222.2
FAIL73284.02012.7
OK763317.03121.1
OK824210.02411.5
OK87009.02531.6
OK88528.02561.8
OK101029.03341.2
OK1037610.03262.3

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).

KIWX WSR-88D NEXRAD VAD hodograph showing the wind profile by height near Fort Wayne-South Bend, IN, valid 2026-08-02 06:52 UTC