KEPZ WSR-88D VAD Hodograph and Wind Profile

View the latest Velocity Azimuth Display (VAD) wind profile from the KEPZ WSR-88D NEXRAD weather radar near Santa Teresa-El Paso (TX), NM. The hodograph plots horizontal wind vectors by height above ground, with color-coded altitude layers and optional METAR surface-wind data.

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Request and source metadata
URL CALL:    http://www.twisterdata.com/vad/vad.php?radar=KEPZ&resolution=high&qc=true&showprofile=true&showmeta=true&showhodo=true&showrings=true&ticmarks=axis&umin=-50&umax=30&vmin=-60&vmax=20&maxheight=12000&dynamicbounds=true&sfcstn=KELP

RADAR SITE:  KEPZ - Santa Teresa-El Paso (TX), NM (SFC ELEV 1251 m AMSL)
NIDS SOURCE: https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/DF.of/DC.radar/DS.48vwp/SI.kepz/sn.last
NIDS VALID:  2026-08-02 06:52 UTC

SFC STATION: KELP (METAR)
SFC SOURCE:  https://aviationweather.gov/api/data/metar?ids=KELP&format=json
SFC VALID:   2026-08-02 06:51 UTC
Decoded surface and VAD profile data

Surface observation

METAR KELP 020651Z 12013G24KT 10SM TS FEW042 BKN070 BKN100CB OVC150 22/17 A3016 RMK AO2 PK WND 12029/0639 WSHFT 0553 RAE29 SLP135 OCNL LTGICCGCC SE S AND SW TS SE S AND SW MOV S VIRGA ALQDS P0004 T02220172 403780211 $

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
OK1013.0120—
FAIL27319.0859.6
FAIL33418.0809.1
OK51718.0897.8
OK57817.0928.3
FAIL73018.0839.1
OK88319.0897.2
OK100518.0517.0
OK118819.0726.3
OK134022.0487.5
OK149224.0516.3
OK167524.0407.7
OK179724.0437.4
OK210226.0467.2
OK216327.0497.2
OK240729.0417.2
OK271230.0336.8
OK274231.0347.3
OK301633.0275.9
OK332135.0386.4
OK341336.0407.0
OK362636.0298.7
OK393140.0277.8
OK423631.0255.3
OK454033.0234.2
OK484527.0255.1
OK515028.0184.7
OK530228.0145.3
OK545528.0114.5
OK576025.043.6
OK606421.054.0
OK630815.003.9
OK636915.003.9
OK667413.033.0
OK728414.03534.0
OK737514.03554.6
OK789316.004.1
OK850315.03553.4
OK941712.062.9
OK103329.042.6

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).

KEPZ WSR-88D NEXRAD VAD hodograph showing the wind profile by height near Santa Teresa-El Paso (TX), NM, valid 2026-08-02 06:52 UTC