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=-60&umax=10&vmin=-40&vmax=30&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:  2026-08-02 09:05 UTC

SFC STATION: PHLI (METAR)
SFC SOURCE:  https://aviationweather.gov/api/data/metar?ids=PHLI&format=json
SFC VALID:   2026-08-02 09:03 UTC
Decoded surface and VAD profile data

Surface observation

SPECI PHLI 020903Z AUTO 05017KT 3SM -RA BR FEW004 OVC025 24/23 A3011 RMK AO2 P0001 T02390228 $

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
OK1017.050—
OK14415.0687.0
OK20519.0675.9
OK23619.0645.4
OK3589.0652.2
OK54125.0733.4
OK72430.0733.3
OK84628.0685.3
OK102833.0961.7
OK115030.0694.6
OK136430.0811.8
OK145529.0732.3
OK169928.0841.7
OK176027.0741.6
OK206526.0791.7
OK215625.0881.3
OK237023.0811.3

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 2026-08-02 09:05 UTC