KBOX WSR-88D VAD Hodograph and Wind Profile

View the latest Velocity Azimuth Display (VAD) wind profile from the KBOX WSR-88D NEXRAD weather radar near Boston-Providence (RI), MA. 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=KBOX&resolution=high&qc=true&showprofile=true&showmeta=true&showhodo=true&showrings=true&ticmarks=axis&umin=-20&umax=50&vmin=-20&vmax=50&maxheight=12000&dynamicbounds=true

RADAR SITE:  KBOX - Boston-Providence (RI), MA (SFC ELEV 36 m AMSL)
NIDS SOURCE: https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/DF.of/DC.radar/DS.48vwp/SI.kbox/sn.last
NIDS VALID:  2026-08-02 08:59 UTC
Decoded surface and VAD profile data

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
OK11620.01899.3
OK23814.02136.4
OK26917.02142.3
FAIL33011.02166.6
FAIL54312.02358.5
OK57422.02284.0
OK545031.02270.9
OK575530.02180.9
OK606033.02221.0
OK667035.02350.8
OK727932.02551.5
OK758432.02661.4
OK788933.02641.0
OK849831.02550.9

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).

KBOX WSR-88D NEXRAD VAD hodograph showing the wind profile by height near Boston-Providence (RI), MA, valid 2026-08-02 08:59 UTC