PHKI WSR-88D VAD Hodograph and Wind Profile

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

RADAR SITE:  PHKI - South Kauai, HI (SFC ELEV 69 m AMSL)
NIDS SOURCE: https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/DF.of/DC.radar/DS.48vwp/SI.phki/sn.last
NIDS VALID:  2026-08-11 02:47 UTC

SFC STATION: PHLI (METAR)
SFC SOURCE:  https://aviationweather.gov/api/data/metar?ids=PHLI&format=json
SFC VALID:   2026-08-11 02:53 UTC
Decoded surface and VAD profile data

Surface observation

METAR PHLI 110253Z 06014KT 10SM FEW016 BKN043 OVC050 27/22 A2994 RMK AO2 SLP137 T02720222 56012 $

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
OK1014.060—
OK14413.0386.0
OK20510.0654.9
FAIL2369.0705.2
OK35811.0494.6
OK54119.0592.3

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).

PHKI WSR-88D NEXRAD VAD hodograph showing the wind profile by height near South Kauai, HI, valid 2026-08-11 02:47 UTC