KESX WSR-88D VAD Hodograph and Wind Profile

View the latest Velocity Azimuth Display (VAD) wind profile from the KESX WSR-88D NEXRAD weather radar near Las Vegas, NV. 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=KESX&resolution=high&qc=true&showprofile=true&showmeta=true&showhodo=true&showrings=true&ticmarks=axis&umin=-30&umax=30&vmin=-20&vmax=40&maxheight=12000&dynamicbounds=true&sfcstn=KLAS

RADAR SITE:  KESX - Las Vegas, NV (SFC ELEV 1483 m AMSL)
NIDS SOURCE: https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/DF.of/DC.radar/DS.48vwp/SI.kesx/sn.last
NIDS VALID:  2026-08-11 02:27 UTC

SFC STATION: KLAS (METAR)
SFC SOURCE:  https://aviationweather.gov/api/data/metar?ids=KLAS&format=json
SFC VALID:   2026-08-11 01:56 UTC
Decoded surface and VAD profile data

Surface observation

METAR KLAS 110156Z 17006KT 10SM FEW130 SCT180 BKN230 37/08 A2986 RMK AO2 SLP079 CB DSNT S-W T03720083

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
OK106.0170—
FAIL1339.02796.1
OK1947.02313.3
FAIL5594.02622.8
FAIL7429.02335.9
OK126017.01888.0
OK156513.02164.5
FAIL165714.02437.1
FAIL24806.02454.3
FAIL40047.02335.7
FAIL43084.02513.4
FAIL46132.02456.9
FAIL49181.01217.2
OK522322.01668.3
FAIL53145.02453.1
OK552816.01582.0
OK583228.01864.0
OK613727.01782.4
OK644212.01765.3
OK674718.01683.1
OK705214.01674.2
OK735611.01704.6
OK766112.01703.8
OK91859.01823.4

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).

KESX WSR-88D NEXRAD VAD hodograph showing the wind profile by height near Las Vegas, NV, valid 2026-08-11 02:27 UTC