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=-30&umax=40&vmin=-20&vmax=50&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:  2026-08-11 02:34 UTC

SFC STATION: KDDC (METAR)
SFC SOURCE:  https://aviationweather.gov/api/data/metar?ids=KDDC&format=json
SFC VALID:   2026-08-11 01:52 UTC
Decoded surface and VAD profile data

Surface observation

METAR KDDC 110152Z AUTO 17015KT 5SM HZ CLR 32/11 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP098 T03220111 $

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
OK1015.0170—
OK12526.01773.8
OK18635.01803.0
OK33928.01784.1
OK43036.01822.7
OK55232.01844.4
OK73534.01883.4
OK76529.01885.0
OK104029.01964.6
OK134425.02044.3
OK137522.02114.6
OK164920.02115.9
OK171022.02114.7
OK195421.02222.9
OK219812.02283.5
OK225914.02304.1
OK25647.02201.9
FAIL27774.02132.5
FAIL28683.03002.8
FAIL31734.03122.2
OK34488.03533.7
FAIL34788.03564.4

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).

KDDC WSR-88D NEXRAD VAD hodograph showing the wind profile by height near Dodge City, KS, valid 2026-08-11 02:34 UTC