PHWA WSR-88D VAD Hodograph and Wind Profile

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

RADAR SITE:  PHWA - South Hawaii, HI (SFC ELEV 421 m AMSL)
NIDS SOURCE: https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/DF.of/DC.radar/DS.48vwp/SI.phwa/sn.last
NIDS VALID:  2026-08-02 09:02 UTC

SFC STATION: PHSF (METAR)
SFC SOURCE:  https://aviationweather.gov/api/data/metar?ids=PHSF&format=json
SFC VALID:   2026-08-02 07:55 UTC
Decoded surface and VAD profile data

Surface observation

METAR PHSF 020755Z AUTO 11008KT 10SM CLR 12/04 A3039 RMK AO2 SLP174 T01180040 $

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
OK108.0110—
FAIL12810.0415.8
FAIL18910.0435.4
FAIL3727.0624.3
OK4939.0673.8
OK5547.0472.8
OK7378.0543.0
OK79816.0654.7
OK101218.0965.0
OK110317.0584.5
OK134718.0713.6
OK140817.0633.7
OK168212.0622.8
OK171312.0622.8
OK201713.0372.2
OK47619.0903.8
FAIL68942.02792.0
OK101259.02111.4
FAIL102473.02181.8
OK117713.01941.4

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).

PHWA WSR-88D NEXRAD VAD hodograph showing the wind profile by height near South Hawaii, HI, valid 2026-08-02 09:02 UTC