KCLE WSR-88D VAD Hodograph and Wind Profile

View the latest Velocity Azimuth Display (VAD) wind profile from the KCLE WSR-88D NEXRAD weather radar near Cleveland, OH. 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=KCLE&resolution=high&qc=true&showprofile=true&showmeta=true&showhodo=true&showrings=true&ticmarks=axis&umin=-10&umax=40&vmin=-40&vmax=10&maxheight=12000&dynamicbounds=true&sfcstn=KCLE

RADAR SITE:  KCLE - Cleveland, OH (SFC ELEV 233 m AMSL)
NIDS SOURCE: https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/DF.of/DC.radar/DS.48vwp/SI.kcle/sn.last
NIDS VALID:  2026-08-11 01:42 UTC

SFC STATION: KCLE (METAR)
SFC SOURCE:  https://aviationweather.gov/api/data/metar?ids=KCLE&format=json
SFC VALID:   2026-08-11 00:51 UTC
Decoded surface and VAD profile data

Surface observation

METAR KCLE 110051Z 00000KT 10SM SCT023 BKN039 26/23 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP146 T02610228 $

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
OK100.00—
FAIL1336.01655.5
FAIL1945.01595.2
FAIL3777.03504.7
FAIL5297.03484.9
OK68213.02934.9
OK74213.03265.5
OK98620.03034.3
OK129118.02773.0
OK132219.02763.2
OK159621.02703.2
OK168721.02752.7
OK190123.02763.2
OK214526.02884.9
OK220628.02904.5
OK251018.02942.2
OK272417.03052.2
OK281517.03052.2
OK312022.03152.0
OK342524.03271.3

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).

KCLE WSR-88D NEXRAD VAD hodograph showing the wind profile by height near Cleveland, OH, valid 2026-08-11 01:42 UTC