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 METAR surface-wind data from the nearest station (as available).

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URL CALL:    http://www.twisterdata.com/vad/vad.php?radar=KESX&resolution=high&qc=true&showtext=false&plothodo=true&ticmarks=axis&umin=-20&umax=30&vmin=-20&vmax=30&maxheight=12000&dynamicbounds=true&rings=true&hidemeta=false&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?_cb=1781762941.746271
NIDS VALID:  2026-06-18 05:53 UTC

SFC STATION: KLAS (METAR)
SFC SOURCE:  https://aviationweather.gov/api/data/metar?ids=KLAS&format=json
SFC VALID:   2026-06-18 05:56 UTC

KESX WSR-88D NEXRAD VAD hodograph showing the wind profile by height near Las Vegas, NV, valid 2026-06-18 05:53 UTC