KOKX WSR-88D VAD Hodograph and Wind Profile

View the latest Velocity Azimuth Display (VAD) wind profile from the KOKX WSR-88D NEXRAD weather radar near New York City-Brookhaven, NY. 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=KOKX&resolution=high&qc=true&showprofile=true&showmeta=true&showhodo=true&showrings=true&ticmarks=axis&umin=-20&umax=40&vmin=-20&vmax=40&maxheight=12000&dynamicbounds=true&sfcstn=KHWV

RADAR SITE:  KOKX - New York City-Brookhaven, NY (SFC ELEV 26 m AMSL)
NIDS SOURCE: https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/DF.of/DC.radar/DS.48vwp/SI.kokx/sn.last
NIDS VALID:  2026-08-02 06:53 UTC

SFC STATION: KHWV (METAR)
SFC SOURCE:  https://aviationweather.gov/api/data/metar?ids=KHWV&format=json
SFC VALID:   2026-08-02 06:56 UTC
Decoded surface and VAD profile data

Surface observation

METAR KHWV 020656Z AUTO 19005KT 10SM SCT007 23/22 A2998 RMK AO2 SLP152 T02330222 PWINO $

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
OK105.0190—
FAIL12612.01787.0
OK21815.01934.5
OK27918.02032.5
OK34021.02134.0
OK58423.02313.2
OK79722.02403.0
OK88822.02442.6
OK119324.02412.5
OK149817.02525.5
OK607020.02231.4
OK668015.01901.6

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).

KOKX WSR-88D NEXRAD VAD hodograph showing the wind profile by height near New York City-Brookhaven, NY, valid 2026-08-02 06:53 UTC