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=-10&umax=30&vmin=-20&vmax=20&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:  2026-08-02 06:43 UTC

SFC STATION: KLAS (METAR)
SFC SOURCE:  https://aviationweather.gov/api/data/metar?ids=KLAS&format=json
SFC VALID:   2026-08-02 06:56 UTC
Decoded surface and VAD profile data

Surface observation

METAR KLAS 020656Z 20006KT 10SM CLR 37/02 A2983 RMK AO2 SLP065 T03720017 $

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
OK106.0200—
OK13315.02524.4
OK19415.02534.9
OK34617.02603.1
OK52917.02613.3
OK65117.02653.5
OK74216.02593.6
OK95616.02744.2
OK104715.02634.2
OK126016.02774.7
OK132118.02404.1
FAIL156510.02415.2
FAIL165712.02409.0
FAIL18709.02384.7
FAIL248010.03488.7
FAIL30896.02174.3

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 2026-08-02 06:43 UTC