KMHX WSR-88D VAD Hodograph and Wind Profile

View the latest Velocity Azimuth Display (VAD) wind profile from the KMHX WSR-88D NEXRAD weather radar near Morehead City, 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=KMHX&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=KMRH

RADAR SITE:  KMHX - Morehead City, NC (SFC ELEV 9 m AMSL)
NIDS SOURCE: https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/DF.of/DC.radar/DS.48vwp/SI.kmhx/sn.last
NIDS VALID:  2026-08-02 06:53 UTC

SFC STATION: KMRH (METAR)
SFC SOURCE:  https://aviationweather.gov/api/data/metar?ids=KMRH&format=json
SFC VALID:   2026-08-02 05:58 UTC
Decoded surface and VAD profile data

Surface observation

METAR KMRH 020558Z AUTO 15006KT 10SM CLR 27/24 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP120 60002 T02720244 10278 20256 56010

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
OK106.0150—
OK14313.01553.6
OK20414.01642.8
OK29616.01703.1
OK35715.01603.6
OK57016.01704.6
OK60016.01753.8
OK730616.02542.4
OK761111.02361.9
OK791611.02272.3
OK85259.02322.2
OK91359.02402.1

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).

KMHX WSR-88D NEXRAD VAD hodograph showing the wind profile by height near Morehead City, NC, valid 2026-08-02 06:53 UTC