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=-50&umax=10&vmin=-40&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:  2026-08-02 06:56 UTC

SFC STATION: PHMK (METAR)
SFC SOURCE:  https://aviationweather.gov/api/data/metar?ids=PHMK&format=json
SFC VALID:   2026-08-02 06:54 UTC
Decoded surface and VAD profile data

Surface observation

METAR PHMK 020654Z AUTO 06012G23KT 10SM CLR 25/19 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP178 T02500189 TSNO $

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
OK1012.060—
OK13422.0875.2
OK19424.0864.5
OK3479.0813.6
OK49925.0804.5
OK56022.0815.3
OK77426.0804.5
OK80426.0803.5
OK104820.0894.8
OK110924.0802.9
OK138325.0883.7
OK141419.0803.7
OK171814.0803.0
OK202323.0613.3

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).

PHMO WSR-88D NEXRAD VAD hodograph showing the wind profile by height near Molokai, HI, valid 2026-08-02 06:56 UTC