KEWX WSR-88D VAD Hodograph and Wind Profile

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

RADAR SITE:  KEWX - San Antonio-Austin, TX (SFC ELEV 204 m AMSL)
NIDS SOURCE: https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/DF.of/DC.radar/DS.48vwp/SI.kewx/sn.last
NIDS VALID:  2026-08-08 01:07 UTC

SFC STATION: KBAZ (METAR)
SFC SOURCE:  https://aviationweather.gov/api/data/metar?ids=KBAZ&format=json
SFC VALID:   2026-08-08 00:51 UTC
Decoded surface and VAD profile data

Surface observation

METAR KBAZ 080051Z AUTO 15016G25KT 10SM CLR 32/21 A2999 RMK AO2 PK WND 14026/2358 SLP147 T03170211

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
OK1016.0150—
OK10118.01428.5
OK19219.01469.0
OK37521.01455.6
OK40622.01422.1
OK55821.01442.6
OK71021.01432.2
OK74121.01442.1
OK101516.01452.5
OK314910.0363.1
OK342311.0282.7
OK345411.0282.7
OK375811.0241.8

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).

KEWX WSR-88D NEXRAD VAD hodograph showing the wind profile by height near San Antonio-Austin, TX, valid 2026-08-08 01:07 UTC