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=-50&umax=20&vmin=-30&vmax=40&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:  2026-08-11 02:17 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—
FAIL1289.0434.8
FAIL1899.0384.9
OK37210.0884.3
OK49318.0693.3
OK55412.0953.9
OK73722.01144.4
FAIL7987.0655.4
OK101216.0961.6
OK110312.0812.3
OK134713.0691.9
OK140813.0645.2
OK262710.0932.0
FAIL274910.0965.0
OK29329.0663.8
FAIL32379.0448.2
OK34206.0641.8
OK35416.0622.5
FAIL38464.0643.1
OK41516.0322.7
OK42437.0353.1
OK44567.0272.4
FAIL52796.01568.3
FAIL53704.01142.8
OK62855.01091.5
FAIL68947.0834.6
FAIL81134.01352.3
FAIL86935.01682.6
FAIL87235.01682.6
OK101254.02091.5
OK1177114.02161.8

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 2026-08-11 02:17 UTC