KVWX WSR-88D VAD Hodograph and Wind Profile

View the latest Velocity Azimuth Display (VAD) wind profile from the KVWX WSR-88D NEXRAD weather radar near Evansville, IN. 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=KVWX&resolution=high&qc=true&showprofile=true&showmeta=true&showhodo=true&showrings=true&ticmarks=axis&umin=-40&umax=40&vmin=-60&vmax=20&maxheight=12000&dynamicbounds=true&sfcstn=KEVV

RADAR SITE:  KVWX - Evansville, IN (SFC ELEV 156 m AMSL)
NIDS SOURCE: https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/DF.of/DC.radar/DS.48vwp/SI.kvwx/sn.last
NIDS VALID:  2026-08-02 06:57 UTC

SFC STATION: KEVV (METAR)
SFC SOURCE:  https://aviationweather.gov/api/data/metar?ids=KEVV&format=json
SFC VALID:   2026-08-02 06:54 UTC
Decoded surface and VAD profile data

Surface observation

METAR KEVV 020654Z AUTO 23005KT 10SM OVC005 21/20 A2967 RMK AO2 SLP042 T02060200 $

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
OK105.0230—
FAIL1188.02424.3
FAIL1497.02355.2
OK2108.02523.8
FAIL3327.02494.6
FAIL4547.02474.7
FAIL5758.02754.6
FAIL7287.02654.7
FAIL7587.02634.3
FAIL10028.02955.0
FAIL10637.02834.8
FAIL13378.03114.5
FAIL13689.03135.1
FAIL167310.03315.6
OK197812.03464.5
OK216013.03504.0
OK228213.03543.8
OK258716.003.9
OK274017.082.9
OK289217.062.8
OK319718.002.7
OK341026.0102.8
OK350226.082.2
OK380632.03551.4
OK411129.041.3
OK441624.0102.1

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).

KVWX WSR-88D NEXRAD VAD hodograph showing the wind profile by height near Evansville, IN, valid 2026-08-02 06:57 UTC