KCRP WSR-88D VAD Hodograph and Wind Profile

View the latest Velocity Azimuth Display (VAD) wind profile from the KCRP WSR-88D NEXRAD weather radar near Corpus Christi, 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=KCRP&resolution=high&qc=true&showprofile=true&showmeta=true&showhodo=true&showrings=true&ticmarks=axis&umin=-40&umax=20&vmin=-20&vmax=40&maxheight=12000&dynamicbounds=true&sfcstn=KCRP

RADAR SITE:  KCRP - Corpus Christi, TX (SFC ELEV 14 m AMSL)
NIDS SOURCE: https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/DF.of/DC.radar/DS.48vwp/SI.kcrp/sn.last
NIDS VALID:  2026-08-11 02:08 UTC

SFC STATION: KCRP (METAR)
SFC SOURCE:  https://aviationweather.gov/api/data/metar?ids=KCRP&format=json
SFC VALID:   2026-08-11 01:51 UTC
Decoded surface and VAD profile data

Surface observation

METAR KCRP 110151Z 15013G23KT 10SM FEW017 FEW023 FEW190 BKN250 29/26 A3000 RMK AO2 PK WND 14026/0056 SLP158 T02940256

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
OK1013.0150—
OK10815.01506.4
OK13817.01457.0
OK26018.01303.4
OK29122.01513.2
OK35218.01343.9
OK53522.01433.1
OK59625.01512.9
OK74822.01433.6
OK90020.01503.9
OK102213.01343.8
OK120513.01394.0
OK13587.0952.4
OK15107.0722.4
OK16937.0371.7
OK18157.0341.5
OK21209.0231.6
OK21819.0221.5
OK24249.0141.4
OK272910.0161.9
OK276010.0161.8
OK303410.0182.4

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).

KCRP WSR-88D NEXRAD VAD hodograph showing the wind profile by height near Corpus Christi, TX, valid 2026-08-11 02:08 UTC