KSHV WSR-88D VAD Hodograph and Wind Profile

View the latest Velocity Azimuth Display (VAD) wind profile from the KSHV WSR-88D NEXRAD weather radar near Shreveport, LA. 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=KSHV&resolution=high&qc=true&showprofile=true&showmeta=true&showhodo=true&showrings=true&ticmarks=axis&umin=-20&umax=20&vmin=-10&vmax=30&maxheight=12000&dynamicbounds=true&sfcstn=KSHV

RADAR SITE:  KSHV - Shreveport, LA (SFC ELEV 83 m AMSL)
NIDS SOURCE: https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/DF.of/DC.radar/DS.48vwp/SI.kshv/sn.last
NIDS VALID:  2026-08-11 02:10 UTC

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

Surface observation

METAR KSHV 110156Z 17011KT 10SM OVC300 30/24 A3003 RMK SLPNO

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
OK1011.0170—
OK10013.01904.2
OK13013.01883.6
OK22215.01722.5
OK34416.01782.8
OK52717.01852.5
OK58816.01822.3
OK77114.01812.2
OK83113.01802.4
OK10459.01572.8
OK11366.01512.9
OK13507.01062.7
FAIL14416.0833.3
FAIL17157.0603.7
FAIL17466.0593.6
FAIL20515.0514.1
FAIL21734.0523.9
FAIL26603.0862.6
OK906111.02091.3

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).

KSHV WSR-88D NEXRAD VAD hodograph showing the wind profile by height near Shreveport, LA, valid 2026-08-11 02:10 UTC