KDDC WSR-88D VAD Hodograph and Wind Profile

View the latest Velocity Azimuth Display (VAD) wind profile from the KDDC WSR-88D NEXRAD weather radar near Dodge City, KS. 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=KDDC&resolution=high&qc=true&showprofile=true&showmeta=true&showhodo=true&showrings=true&ticmarks=axis&umin=-40&umax=30&vmin=-40&vmax=30&maxheight=12000&dynamicbounds=true&sfcstn=KDDC

RADAR SITE:  KDDC - Dodge City, KS (SFC ELEV 789 m AMSL)
NIDS SOURCE: https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/DF.of/DC.radar/DS.48vwp/SI.kddc/sn.last
NIDS VALID:  2026-08-02 06:48 UTC

SFC STATION: KDDC (METAR)
SFC SOURCE:  https://aviationweather.gov/api/data/metar?ids=KDDC&format=json
SFC VALID:   2026-08-02 06:52 UTC
Decoded surface and VAD profile data

Surface observation

METAR KDDC 020652Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM CLR 19/12 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP158 T01940117 $

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
OK100.00—
OK12514.01404.2
OK18616.01363.6
OK33913.01324.5
OK43013.01373.6
OK55210.01254.6
OK7359.0394.0
FAIL7659.0294.6
OK104017.054.0
OK134420.063.4
OK137522.063.8
OK164925.093.2
OK171026.0113.4
OK195428.0133.0
OK219825.0163.2
OK225926.0163.3
OK256425.093.6
OK277729.03563.7
OK286830.03522.7
OK317330.03503.3
FAIL344812.03567.3
FAIL34789.03519.5

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).

KDDC WSR-88D NEXRAD VAD hodograph showing the wind profile by height near Dodge City, KS, valid 2026-08-02 06:48 UTC