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.

Latest profile valid .

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=-40&umax=10&vmin=-20&vmax=30&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:  2026-08-11 02:47 UTC

SFC STATION: KELP (METAR)
SFC SOURCE:  https://aviationweather.gov/api/data/metar?ids=KELP&format=json
SFC VALID:   2026-08-11 02:51 UTC
Decoded surface and VAD profile data

Surface observation

METAR KELP 110251Z 18006KT 10SM FEW250 33/06 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP078 T03280056 53008

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
OK106.0180—
OK12113.01713.3
OK18211.01642.0
FAIL2739.01647.1
FAIL3347.01596.4
FAIL5175.01484.4
FAIL5785.01353.9
FAIL7304.01284.1
FAIL8836.0463.4
FAIL10054.0347.4
FAIL13404.0106.4
OK240714.0864.0
OK271219.0992.7
OK274210.0794.0
OK301625.0685.1

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 2026-08-11 02:47 UTC