KBBX WSR-88D VAD Hodograph and Wind Profile

View the latest Velocity Azimuth Display (VAD) wind profile from the KBBX WSR-88D NEXRAD weather radar near Chico (Beale AFB), CA. 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=KBBX&resolution=high&qc=true&showprofile=true&showmeta=true&showhodo=true&showrings=true&ticmarks=axis&umin=-30&umax=40&vmin=-40&vmax=30&maxheight=12000&dynamicbounds=true&sfcstn=KOVE

RADAR SITE:  KBBX - Chico (Beale AFB), CA (SFC ELEV 53 m AMSL)
NIDS SOURCE: https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/DF.of/DC.radar/DS.48vwp/SI.kbbx/sn.last
NIDS VALID:  2026-08-02 06:53 UTC

SFC STATION: KOVE (METAR)
SFC SOURCE:  https://aviationweather.gov/api/data/metar?ids=KOVE&format=json
SFC VALID:   2026-08-02 06:53 UTC
Decoded surface and VAD profile data

Surface observation

METAR KOVE 020653Z AUTO 07006KT 10SM CLR 29/13 A2984 RMK AO2 SLP103 T02940128 403890194

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
OK106.070—
FAIL1309.0915.9
OK19110.01124.5
FAIL2529.0736.1
FAIL7707.03244.1
OK8619.03203.5
OK104411.03154.1
OK116612.03114.1
OK131914.03093.7
OK147116.03113.6
OK165419.03163.5
OK177618.03173.0
OK208116.03273.8
OK217215.03304.0
OK238516.03314.0
OK269017.03294.7
OK275117.03215.0
OK299515.03135.3
OK330019.03084.3
FAIL345212.02856.6
OK360518.03014.2
OK390932.03084.5

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).

KBBX WSR-88D NEXRAD VAD hodograph showing the wind profile by height near Chico (Beale AFB), CA, valid 2026-08-02 06:53 UTC