KFSD WSR-88D VAD Hodograph and Wind Profile

View the latest Velocity Azimuth Display (VAD) wind profile from the KFSD WSR-88D NEXRAD weather radar near Sioux Falls, SD. The hodograph plots horizontal wind vectors by height above ground, with color-coded altitude layers and optional METAR surface-wind data.

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Request and source metadata
URL CALL:    http://www.twisterdata.com/vad/vad.php?radar=KFSD&resolution=high&qc=true&showprofile=true&showmeta=true&showhodo=true&showrings=true&ticmarks=axis&umin=-40&umax=50&vmin=-40&vmax=50&maxheight=12000&dynamicbounds=true&sfcstn=KFSD

RADAR SITE:  KFSD - Sioux Falls, SD (SFC ELEV 436 m AMSL)
NIDS SOURCE: https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/DF.of/DC.radar/DS.48vwp/SI.kfsd/sn.last
NIDS VALID:  2026-08-11 01:32 UTC

SFC STATION: KFSD (METAR)
SFC SOURCE:  https://aviationweather.gov/api/data/metar?ids=KFSD&format=json
SFC VALID:   2026-08-11 00:56 UTC
Decoded surface and VAD profile data

Surface observation

METAR KFSD 110056Z 11011KT 10SM FEW043 BKN170 BKN250 27/22 A2990 RMK AO2 SLP117 T02720217

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
OK1011.0110—
OK11314.01056.7
OK17417.0924.1
OK29618.0962.5
OK47919.01071.1
OK50917.01083.0
OK72216.01244.2
OK78315.01352.1
OK108813.01551.9
OK133210.01941.7
OK139311.02112.2
OK166712.02392.2
OK169812.02382.1
OK200315.02331.5
OK291717.02651.4
OK352725.02661.4
OK383122.02824.2
OK413629.02622.5
OK444127.02782.3
OK474629.02762.8
OK505130.02742.4
OK535532.02731.2
OK566033.02712.4
OK627035.02591.2
OK687935.02771.6
OK718434.02802.0

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).

KFSD WSR-88D NEXRAD VAD hodograph showing the wind profile by height near Sioux Falls, SD, valid 2026-08-11 01:32 UTC