PHMO WSR-88D VAD Hodograph and Wind Profile

View the latest Velocity Azimuth Display (VAD) wind profile from the PHMO WSR-88D NEXRAD weather radar near Molokai, 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=PHMO&resolution=high&qc=true&showprofile=true&showmeta=true&showhodo=true&showrings=true&ticmarks=axis&umin=-40&umax=10&vmin=-30&vmax=20&maxheight=12000&dynamicbounds=true&sfcstn=PHMK

RADAR SITE:  PHMO - Molokai, HI (SFC ELEV 415 m AMSL)
NIDS SOURCE: https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/DF.of/DC.radar/DS.48vwp/SI.phmo/sn.last
NIDS VALID:  2026-08-11 01:53 UTC

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

Surface observation

METAR PHMK 110154Z 06014G24KT 10SM CLR 28/22 A2992 RMK AO2 PK WND 06027/0140 SLP131 T02830217

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
OK1014.060—
OK13416.0833.7
OK19413.0813.1
OK3477.0822.0
OK5608.0753.4
OK77410.0602.0
OK8047.0782.5
OK10489.0671.8
FAIL110910.0405.9

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).

PHMO WSR-88D NEXRAD VAD hodograph showing the wind profile by height near Molokai, HI, valid 2026-08-11 01:53 UTC