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=50&vmin=-40&vmax=30&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:  2026-08-11 02:00 UTC

SFC STATION: KHWV (METAR)
SFC SOURCE:  https://aviationweather.gov/api/data/metar?ids=KHWV&format=json
SFC VALID:   2026-08-11 01:56 UTC
Decoded surface and VAD profile data

Surface observation

METAR KHWV 110156Z AUTO 26003KT 10SM CLR 23/21 A2991 RMK AO2 SLP127 T02280211 PWINO TSNO $

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
OK103.0260—
FAIL12611.02575.7
OK21816.02803.9
OK27920.02823.3
OK34016.02703.3
OK58427.02622.7
OK79728.02603.0
OK88830.02582.9
OK104130.02643.2
OK119329.02612.7
OK134627.02693.1
OK149827.02722.5
OK171131.02913.8
OK180333.02933.6
OK210832.02951.9
OK219932.02952.2
OK241234.02882.4
OK271740.02853.0
OK274842.02903.1
OK302239.02882.3
OK332736.02942.6
OK344937.03012.9

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).

KOKX WSR-88D NEXRAD VAD hodograph showing the wind profile by height near New York City-Brookhaven, NY, valid 2026-08-11 02:00 UTC