KBRO WSR-88D VAD Hodograph and Wind Profile

View the latest Velocity Azimuth Display (VAD) wind profile from the KBRO WSR-88D NEXRAD weather radar near Brownsville, TX. 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=KBRO&resolution=high&qc=true&showprofile=true&showmeta=true&showhodo=true&showrings=true&ticmarks=axis&umin=-30&umax=10&vmin=-10&vmax=30&maxheight=12000&dynamicbounds=true&sfcstn=KBRO

RADAR SITE:  KBRO - Brownsville, TX (SFC ELEV 7 m AMSL)
NIDS SOURCE: https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/DF.of/DC.radar/DS.48vwp/SI.kbro/sn.last
NIDS VALID:  2026-08-11 01:27 UTC

SFC STATION: KBRO (METAR)
SFC SOURCE:  https://aviationweather.gov/api/data/metar?ids=KBRO&format=json
SFC VALID:   2026-08-11 00:53 UTC
Decoded surface and VAD profile data

Surface observation

METAR KBRO 110053Z 14013KT 10SM CLR 32/23 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP159 T03170228

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
OK1013.0140—
OK11518.01356.9
OK17621.01303.6
OK29820.01363.0
OK32820.01403.9
OK54223.01392.4
OK60323.01401.5
OK75523.01363.0
OK90719.01425.0

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).

KBRO WSR-88D NEXRAD VAD hodograph showing the wind profile by height near Brownsville, TX, valid 2026-08-11 01:27 UTC