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 METAR surface-wind data from the nearest station (as available).
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URL CALL: http://www.twisterdata.com/vad/vad.php?radar=KLCH&resolution=high&qc=true&showtext=false&plothodo=true&ticmarks=axis&umin=-20&umax=50&vmin=-30&vmax=40&maxheight=12000&dynamicbounds=true&rings=true&hidemeta=false&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?_cb=1781763123.225027
NIDS VALID: 2026-06-18 06:04 UTC
SFC STATION: KLCH (METAR)
SFC SOURCE: https://aviationweather.gov/api/data/metar?ids=KLCH&format=json
SFC VALID: 2026-06-18 05:53 UTC
