KLCH WSR-88D VAD Hodograph and Wind Profile

View the latest Velocity Azimuth Display (VAD) wind profile from the KLCH WSR-88D NEXRAD weather radar near Lake Charles, LA. 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=KLCH&resolution=high&qc=true&showprofile=true&showmeta=true&showhodo=true&showrings=true&ticmarks=axis&umin=-30&umax=30&vmin=-20&vmax=40&maxheight=12000&dynamicbounds=true&sfcstn=KLCH

RADAR SITE:  KLCH - Lake Charles, LA (SFC ELEV 17 m AMSL)
NIDS SOURCE: https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/DF.of/DC.radar/DS.48vwp/SI.klch/sn.last
NIDS VALID:  2026-08-11 01:47 UTC

SFC STATION: KLCH (METAR)
SFC SOURCE:  https://aviationweather.gov/api/data/metar?ids=KLCH&format=json
SFC VALID:   2026-08-11 01:53 UTC
Decoded surface and VAD profile data

Surface observation

METAR KLCH 110153Z 18003KT 9SM CLR 27/24 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP192 T02670244

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
OK103.0180—
OK1059.01814.1
OK19611.01873.2
OK2887.01912.7
OK3187.01923.1
OK5627.01872.8
FAIL5936.01913.1
FAIL7756.02093.1
FAIL8975.01853.7
FAIL10505.01874.1
OK12028.01603.4
OK13557.01723.1
OK150712.01523.1
OK172011.01592.2
OK181210.01762.1
OK211712.01861.5
OK220824.01632.2

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).

KLCH WSR-88D NEXRAD VAD hodograph showing the wind profile by height near Lake Charles, LA, valid 2026-08-11 01:47 UTC