KMKX WSR-88D VAD Hodograph and Wind Profile

View the latest Velocity Azimuth Display (VAD) wind profile from the KMKX WSR-88D NEXRAD weather radar near Milwaukee, WI. 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=KMKX&resolution=high&qc=true&showprofile=true&showmeta=true&showhodo=true&showrings=true&ticmarks=axis&umin=-40&umax=20&vmin=-50&vmax=10&maxheight=12000&dynamicbounds=true&sfcstn=K57C

RADAR SITE:  KMKX - Milwaukee, WI (SFC ELEV 292 m AMSL)
NIDS SOURCE: https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/DF.of/DC.radar/DS.48vwp/SI.kmkx/sn.last
NIDS VALID:  2026-08-02 06:52 UTC

SFC STATION: K57C (METAR)
SFC SOURCE:  https://aviationweather.gov/api/data/metar?ids=K57C&format=json
SFC VALID:   2026-08-02 06:55 UTC
Decoded surface and VAD profile data

Surface observation

METAR K57C 020655Z AUTO 01004KT 10SM CLR 18/17 A2986 RMK AO2 T01750171 PWINO

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
OK104.010—
OK13516.0264.9
OK19619.0424.3
OK31821.0543.4
OK34826.0314.4
OK53126.0344.8
OK62227.0344.4
OK74428.0334.5
OK92729.0354.3
OK101930.0365.0
OK123228.0423.9
OK135427.0456.5
OK153726.0425.2
OK168928.0397.0
OK184219.0523.2
OK214626.0433.4
OK217724.0472.1
OK245126.0441.7
OK275628.0421.2
OK306129.0421.8

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).

KMKX WSR-88D NEXRAD VAD hodograph showing the wind profile by height near Milwaukee, WI, valid 2026-08-02 06:52 UTC