View the latest Velocity Azimuth Display (VAD) wind profile from the KDMX WSR-88D NEXRAD weather radar near Des Moines, IA. The hodograph plots horizontal wind vectors by height above ground, with color-coded altitude layers, and METAR surface-wind data from the nearest station (as available).
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URL CALL: http://www.twisterdata.com/vad/vad.php?radar=KDMX&resolution=high&qc=true&showtext=false&plothodo=true&ticmarks=axis&umin=-20&umax=100&vmin=-80&vmax=40&maxheight=12000&dynamicbounds=true&rings=true&hidemeta=false&sfcstn=KDSM
RADAR SITE: KDMX - Des Moines, IA (SFC ELEV 299 m AMSL)
NIDS SOURCE: https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/DF.of/DC.radar/DS.48vwp/SI.kdmx/sn.last?_cb=1781762779.507837
NIDS VALID: 2026-06-18 06:01 UTC
SFC STATION: KDSM (METAR)
SFC SOURCE: https://aviationweather.gov/api/data/metar?ids=KDSM&format=json
SFC VALID: 2026-06-18 05:54 UTC
