KCLX WSR-88D VAD Hodograph and Wind Profile

View the latest Velocity Azimuth Display (VAD) wind profile from the KCLX WSR-88D NEXRAD weather radar near Charleston-Savannah (GA), SC. The hodograph plots horizontal wind vectors by height above ground, with color-coded altitude layers and optional METAR surface-wind data.

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Request and source metadata
URL CALL:    http://www.twisterdata.com/vad/vad.php?radar=KCLX&resolution=high&qc=true&showprofile=true&showmeta=true&showhodo=true&showrings=true&ticmarks=axis&umin=-20&umax=50&vmin=-40&vmax=30&maxheight=12000&dynamicbounds=true&sfcstn=KNBC

RADAR SITE:  KCLX - Charleston-Savannah (GA), SC (SFC ELEV 35 m AMSL)
NIDS SOURCE: https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/DF.of/DC.radar/DS.48vwp/SI.kclx/sn.last
NIDS VALID:  2026-08-11 01:38 UTC

SFC STATION: KNBC (METAR)
SFC SOURCE:  https://aviationweather.gov/api/data/metar?ids=KNBC&format=json
SFC VALID:   2026-08-11 00:56 UTC
Decoded surface and VAD profile data

Surface observation

METAR KNBC 110056Z 30003KT 7SM FEW050 SCT100 SCT250 25/23 A3013 RMK AO2 TSE2357 SLP201 T02500228

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
OK103.0300—
OK8710.02144.3
OK14811.02174.1
OK27018.02082.8
OK36110.02074.6
OK57510.02104.3
FAIL7886.03445.0
OK87913.03394.5
OK106217.03314.8
OK118416.03433.5
OK136717.03304.3
OK148919.03314.0
OK170219.03363.8
OK179421.03324.0
OK209916.03403.3
OK910926.02861.6

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).

KCLX WSR-88D NEXRAD VAD hodograph showing the wind profile by height near Charleston-Savannah (GA), SC, valid 2026-08-11 01:38 UTC