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=40&vmin=-50&vmax=30&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:  2026-08-02 09:04 UTC

SFC STATION: KCRP (METAR)
SFC SOURCE:  https://aviationweather.gov/api/data/metar?ids=KCRP&format=json
SFC VALID:   2026-08-02 08:51 UTC
Decoded surface and VAD profile data

Surface observation

METAR KCRP 020851Z 00000KT 10SM BKN016 27/24 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP116 T02670244 53008 $

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
OK100.00—
FAIL1086.02724.0
FAIL1386.02725.2
FAIL2608.02464.1
OK2918.02393.8
OK35211.02323.6
OK53520.02194.2
OK59623.02163.6
OK74821.02163.9
OK90011.02124.3
OK120512.0274.5
OK135815.0283.9
OK151018.0303.7
OK169321.0303.6
OK181521.0263.3
OK212022.0242.8
OK218123.0243.8
OK242422.0212.9
OK272922.0203.4
OK276019.0244.3
OK303422.0213.4
OK333923.0233.8
OK364421.0262.9

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 2026-08-02 09:04 UTC