KLTX WSR-88D VAD Hodograph and Wind Profile

View the latest Velocity Azimuth Display (VAD) wind profile from the KLTX WSR-88D NEXRAD weather radar near Wilmington, NC. 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=KLTX&resolution=high&qc=true&showprofile=true&showmeta=true&showhodo=true&showrings=true&ticmarks=axis&umin=-10&umax=50&vmin=-40&vmax=20&maxheight=12000&dynamicbounds=true&sfcstn=KILM

RADAR SITE:  KLTX - Wilmington, NC (SFC ELEV 20 m AMSL)
NIDS SOURCE: https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/DF.of/DC.radar/DS.48vwp/SI.kltx/sn.last
NIDS VALID:  2026-08-11 01:29 UTC

SFC STATION: KILM (METAR)
SFC SOURCE:  https://aviationweather.gov/api/data/metar?ids=KILM&format=json
SFC VALID:   2026-08-11 00:53 UTC
Decoded surface and VAD profile data

Surface observation

METAR KILM 110053Z 28009KT 10SM CLR 25/23 A3010 RMK AO2 SLP191 T02500233

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
OK109.0280—
FAIL1937.02966.3
FAIL2857.02564.8
OK31510.02504.8
OK52913.02655.4
OK58919.02663.5
OK77216.02855.3
OK89420.02732.9
OK104718.02974.6
OK119919.02833.4
OK138219.03165.8
OK150419.03214.9
OK171726.03375.3
OK180924.03494.9
OK211325.03474.6
OK220525.03434.8
OK241819.03234.8
OK668523.03092.0
OK729537.02964.3

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).

KLTX WSR-88D NEXRAD VAD hodograph showing the wind profile by height near Wilmington, NC, valid 2026-08-11 01:29 UTC