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=-30&umax=30&vmin=-20&vmax=40&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:  2026-08-02 06:53 UTC

SFC STATION: KNBC (METAR)
SFC SOURCE:  https://aviationweather.gov/api/data/metar?ids=KNBC&format=json
SFC VALID:   2026-08-02 06:56 UTC
Decoded surface and VAD profile data

Surface observation

METAR KNBC 020656Z AUTO 23006KT 10SM CLR 26/23 A2983 RMK AO2 SLP103 T02560233

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
OK106.0230—
OK11711.02233.7
OK14812.02273.3
OK27019.02332.8
OK36114.02314.4
OK57515.02224.5
OK78815.02083.9
OK87915.01972.7
OK118418.01852.0
OK758514.02092.3
OK789012.01672.7

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 2026-08-02 06:53 UTC