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.

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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=-30&umax=50&vmin=-50&vmax=30&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:  2026-08-11 01:53 UTC

SFC STATION: KEVV (METAR)
SFC SOURCE:  https://aviationweather.gov/api/data/metar?ids=KEVV&format=json
SFC VALID:   2026-08-11 01:54 UTC
Decoded surface and VAD profile data

Surface observation

METAR KEVV 110154Z 21006KT 10SM CLR 29/25 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP164 T02890250

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
OK106.0210—
OK11816.02162.8
OK14916.02193.0
OK21020.02252.1
OK33216.02282.2
OK45418.02352.1
OK57518.02411.9
OK72818.02462.0
OK75819.02452.3
OK100219.02592.2
OK106319.02612.4
OK133719.02613.1
OK136818.02591.9
OK167317.02561.8
OK197816.02511.8
OK216014.02511.6
OK228213.02531.6
OK258712.02771.9
OK274014.02941.9
OK289215.03001.8
OK319721.03091.5
OK341023.03101.3
OK350223.03111.4
OK380627.03191.2
OK563529.03361.1
OK594025.03121.0

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 2026-08-11 01:53 UTC