KDOX WSR-88D VAD Hodograph and Wind Profile

View the latest Velocity Azimuth Display (VAD) wind profile from the KDOX WSR-88D NEXRAD weather radar near Dover (Dover AFB), DE. 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=KDOX&resolution=high&qc=true&showprofile=true&showmeta=true&showhodo=true&showrings=true&ticmarks=axis&umin=-20&umax=70&vmin=-70&vmax=20&maxheight=12000&dynamicbounds=true&sfcstn=KGED

RADAR SITE:  KDOX - Dover (Dover AFB), DE (SFC ELEV 15 m AMSL)
NIDS SOURCE: https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/DF.of/DC.radar/DS.48vwp/SI.kdox/sn.last
NIDS VALID:  2026-08-11 01:47 UTC

SFC STATION: KGED (METAR)
SFC SOURCE:  https://aviationweather.gov/api/data/metar?ids=KGED&format=json
SFC VALID:   2026-08-11 01:54 UTC
Decoded surface and VAD profile data

Surface observation

METAR KGED 110154Z AUTO 24008KT 10SM CLR 22/21 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP163 T02170206 $

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
OK108.0240—
FAIL10710.02557.6
FAIL13710.02576.1
OK25912.02565.4
OK29016.02564.6
OK32011.02635.0
OK53414.02785.2
OK59518.02543.6
OK74714.02835.0
OK89916.02754.4
OK102117.02885.8
OK120415.02674.3
OK132614.02896.1
OK150915.02823.8
OK169212.03084.7
OK181412.03094.9
OK211914.03334.8
OK214915.03344.3
OK242316.03375.3
OK272822.03223.2
OK303326.03303.1
OK333828.03242.2
OK342928.03241.9
OK364328.03281.6
OK394743.03191.6
OK425223.03461.6
OK547129.03255.2
OK608155.03251.0
OK669149.03171.3
OK730043.02992.6
OK760541.02952.3
OK791038.02951.8
OK851944.02851.7
OK912927.02601.2

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).

KDOX WSR-88D NEXRAD VAD hodograph showing the wind profile by height near Dover (Dover AFB), DE, valid 2026-08-11 01:47 UTC