KLZK WSR-88D VAD Hodograph and Wind Profile

View the latest Velocity Azimuth Display (VAD) wind profile from the KLZK WSR-88D NEXRAD weather radar near Little Rock, AR. 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=KLZK&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=KLIT

RADAR SITE:  KLZK - Little Rock, AR (SFC ELEV 173 m AMSL)
NIDS SOURCE: https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/DF.of/DC.radar/DS.48vwp/SI.klzk/sn.last
NIDS VALID:  2026-08-02 06:49 UTC

SFC STATION: KLIT (METAR)
SFC SOURCE:  https://aviationweather.gov/api/data/metar?ids=KLIT&format=json
SFC VALID:   2026-08-02 06:53 UTC
Decoded surface and VAD profile data

Surface observation

METAR KLIT 020653Z 33009KT 10SM OVC036 24/18 A2983 RMK AO2 SLP101 T02440178

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
OK109.0330—
OK13214.03183.2
OK19316.03243.3
OK34515.03382.7
OK43617.03433.0
OK55817.03552.7
OK74120.053.2
OK101627.0144.4
OK104627.0154.3
OK135131.0164.4
OK165628.0173.5
OK168630.0183.7
OK196027.0163.8
OK217426.0164.3
OK226526.0164.6
OK257018.0125.5
OK272221.03574.0
OK287517.03423.9

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).

KLZK WSR-88D NEXRAD VAD hodograph showing the wind profile by height near Little Rock, AR, valid 2026-08-02 06:49 UTC