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.

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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=-20&umax=20&vmin=-10&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:  2026-08-11 02:00 UTC

SFC STATION: KOVE (METAR)
SFC SOURCE:  https://aviationweather.gov/api/data/metar?ids=KOVE&format=json
SFC VALID:   2026-08-11 01:53 UTC
Decoded surface and VAD profile data

Surface observation

METAR KOVE 110153Z AUTO 16009KT 10SM CLR 35/10 A2978 RMK AO2 SLP085 T03500100

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
OK109.0160—
OK13013.01544.7
OK19115.01554.2
OK25216.01493.9
OK34312.01673.8
OK55717.01502.7
OK77013.01593.8
OK86114.01493.6
OK104414.01653.6
OK116613.01372.7
OK131910.01664.4
OK147110.01783.8
FAIL16546.02013.2
FAIL17767.01933.6
OK20819.02652.1
FAIL21425.02462.5
OK23857.02612.9
OK26904.02341.6
FAIL27514.02222.5

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 2026-08-11 02:00 UTC