KFWS WSR-88D VAD Hodograph and Wind Profile

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

RADAR SITE:  KFWS - Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX (SFC ELEV 212 m AMSL)
NIDS SOURCE: https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/DF.of/DC.radar/DS.48vwp/SI.kfws/sn.last
NIDS VALID:  2026-08-11 01:17 UTC

SFC STATION: KFWS (METAR)
SFC SOURCE:  https://aviationweather.gov/api/data/metar?ids=KFWS&format=json
SFC VALID:   2026-08-11 01:15 UTC
Decoded surface and VAD profile data

Surface observation

METAR KFWS 110115Z AUTO 15007KT 10SM 33/20 A2998 RMK AO2 T03310198 $

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
OK107.0150—
FAIL9312.01597.5
FAIL12311.01647.8
FAIL18413.01656.6
OK39713.01613.6
FAIL5503.01835.6
OK70214.01552.8
OK100715.01732.1
OK161715.01632.4
OK192113.01691.8

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).

KFWS WSR-88D NEXRAD VAD hodograph showing the wind profile by height near Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX, valid 2026-08-11 01:17 UTC