KBLX WSR-88D VAD Hodograph and Wind Profile

View the latest Velocity Azimuth Display (VAD) wind profile from the KBLX WSR-88D NEXRAD weather radar near Billings, MT. The hodograph plots horizontal wind vectors by height above ground, with color-coded altitude layers, and METAR surface-wind data from the nearest station (as available).

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URL CALL:    http://www.twisterdata.com/vad/vad.php?radar=KBLX&resolution=high&qc=true&showtext=false&plothodo=true&ticmarks=axis&umin=-40&umax=50&vmin=-60&vmax=30&maxheight=12000&dynamicbounds=true&rings=true&hidemeta=false&sfcstn=KBIL

RADAR SITE:  KBLX - Billings, MT (SFC ELEV 1109 m AMSL)
NIDS SOURCE: https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/DF.of/DC.radar/DS.48vwp/SI.kblx/sn.last?_cb=1781763129.922494
NIDS VALID:  2026-06-18 06:03 UTC

SFC STATION: KBIL (METAR)
SFC SOURCE:  https://aviationweather.gov/api/data/metar?ids=KBIL&format=json
SFC VALID:   2026-06-18 05:53 UTC

KBLX WSR-88D NEXRAD VAD hodograph showing the wind profile by height near Billings, MT, valid 2026-06-18 06:03 UTC