PHKM WSR-88D VAD Hodograph and Wind Profile

View the latest Velocity Azimuth Display (VAD) wind profile from the PHKM WSR-88D NEXRAD weather radar near Kamuela, 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=PHKM&resolution=high&qc=true&showprofile=true&showmeta=true&showhodo=true&showrings=true&ticmarks=axis&umin=-50&umax=10&vmin=-30&vmax=30&maxheight=12000&dynamicbounds=true&sfcstn=PHSF

RADAR SITE:  PHKM - Kamuela, HI (SFC ELEV 1174 m AMSL)
NIDS SOURCE: https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/DF.of/DC.radar/DS.48vwp/SI.phkm/sn.last
NIDS VALID:  2026-08-02 06:52 UTC

SFC STATION: PHSF (METAR)
SFC SOURCE:  https://aviationweather.gov/api/data/metar?ids=PHSF&format=json
SFC VALID:   2026-08-02 05:55 UTC
Decoded surface and VAD profile data

Surface observation

METAR PHSF 020555Z AUTO 10003KT 10SM CLR 15/11 A3037 RMK AO2 SLP172 T01500106 10269 20150 52009 $

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
OK103.0100—
OK13720.01055.9
OK19821.01055.5
OK35018.0984.0
FAIL3808.01055.6
OK56310.0923.0
OK65520.0903.4
OK77711.0943.0
OK96019.01204.2
OK126419.0892.3
OK40087.01072.0
OK49226.0802.8
OK614110.01073.7
FAIL62945.01102.9
FAIL64464.01098.2
OK67516.0661.9
FAIL73303.01061.8
FAIL73603.01061.8
FAIL87014.0288.3
OK94944.0811.4
OK101045.01181.5

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).

PHKM WSR-88D NEXRAD VAD hodograph showing the wind profile by height near Kamuela, HI, valid 2026-08-02 06:52 UTC