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=-40&umax=20&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:  2026-08-11 02:47 UTC

SFC STATION: PHSF (METAR)
SFC SOURCE:  https://aviationweather.gov/api/data/metar?ids=PHSF&format=json
SFC VALID:   2026-08-11 01:55 UTC
Decoded surface and VAD profile data

Surface observation

METAR PHSF 110155Z AUTO 25008KT 10SM BKN070 21/15 A3028 RMK AO2 RAB0055E02 SLP132 P0000 T02050150 $

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
OK108.0250—
OK13716.0933.3
OK19815.0943.0
OK35014.01043.6
FAIL3808.0755.0
OK56310.01012.0
OK65516.0982.3
OK96012.01044.3
OK126417.0992.4
OK156912.0731.5
OK40085.01182.1
FAIL42826.0677.2
FAIL87019.0478.8
OK94947.01152.5
OK110184.0581.3
OK125429.01361.6
OK140666.0931.4

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 2026-08-11 02:47 UTC