KBMX WSR-88D VAD Hodograph and Wind Profile

View the latest Velocity Azimuth Display (VAD) wind profile from the KBMX WSR-88D NEXRAD weather radar near Birmingham, AL. 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=KBMX&resolution=high&qc=true&showprofile=true&showmeta=true&showhodo=true&showrings=true&ticmarks=axis&umin=-20&umax=40&vmin=-30&vmax=30&maxheight=12000&dynamicbounds=true&sfcstn=KEET

RADAR SITE:  KBMX - Birmingham, AL (SFC ELEV 197 m AMSL)
NIDS SOURCE: https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/DF.of/DC.radar/DS.48vwp/SI.kbmx/sn.last
NIDS VALID:  2026-08-02 09:05 UTC

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

Surface observation

METAR KEET 020853Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM CLR 23/23 A2975 RMK AO2 SLP067 T02330228 55005

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
OK100.00—
FAIL1089.03295.0
FAIL13810.03385.4
OK2919.03364.2
FAIL3528.03394.1
OK4138.03193.8
FAIL5357.03223.7
OK71715.02923.3
OK7489.02994.0
OK102220.02634.0
OK132728.02632.8
OK163227.02572.0
OK169326.02582.2
OK193730.02511.9

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).

KBMX WSR-88D NEXRAD VAD hodograph showing the wind profile by height near Birmingham, AL, valid 2026-08-02 09:05 UTC