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=-40&umax=40&vmin=-40&vmax=40&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:  2026-08-02 06:54 UTC

SFC STATION: KBRO (METAR)
SFC SOURCE:  https://aviationweather.gov/api/data/metar?ids=KBRO&format=json
SFC VALID:   2026-08-02 06:53 UTC
Decoded surface and VAD profile data

Surface observation

METAR KBRO 020653Z AUTO 18012KT 10SM CLR 29/26 A2986 RMK AO2 SLP111 T02890261

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
OK1012.0180—
OK11516.01865.6
OK17621.01904.7
OK29826.01893.5
OK35924.01883.7
OK54227.01903.3
OK60328.01892.7
OK75525.01923.5
OK90721.01843.4
OK102915.01794.6
FAIL12127.01164.7
FAIL13347.0625.4
OK151714.0263.7
OK170017.0183.7
OK182217.0143.3
OK212718.0123.2
OK215719.0102.9
OK243119.073.2
OK273618.0112.2
OK304119.032.4
OK334619.03582.2
OK343718.03513.8
OK365119.03443.4
OK395521.03581.9
OK426022.031.8
OK456521.022.2

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 2026-08-02 06:54 UTC