KGSP WSR-88D VAD Hodograph and Wind Profile

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

RADAR SITE:  KGSP - Greenville-Spartanburg, SC (SFC ELEV 291 m AMSL)
NIDS SOURCE: https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/DF.of/DC.radar/DS.48vwp/SI.kgsp/sn.last
NIDS VALID:  2026-08-11 02:10 UTC

SFC STATION: KGSP (METAR)
SFC SOURCE:  https://aviationweather.gov/api/data/metar?ids=KGSP&format=json
SFC VALID:   2026-08-11 01:53 UTC
Decoded surface and VAD profile data

Surface observation

METAR KGSP 110153Z 28003KT 10SM CLR 22/19 A3014 RMK AO2 SLP196 T02220194

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
OK103.0280—
FAIL7511.02836.2
OK13611.02825.4
FAIL1979.02906.7
FAIL3198.03055.0
FAIL56210.03125.0
OK62311.03084.6
OK74511.03114.5
FAIL9289.03115.2
FAIL10508.03085.3
FAIL12337.03335.9
FAIL13247.03235.0
FAIL15388.03425.6
FAIL16909.03405.2
FAIL18439.03295.2
FAIL21479.03385.2
FAIL217811.03595.6
OK245210.03454.1
OK27579.0183.6
OK306211.0633.3
OK336712.0832.6
OK345810.0832.4
OK36719.0353.6

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).

KGSP WSR-88D NEXRAD VAD hodograph showing the wind profile by height near Greenville-Spartanburg, SC, valid 2026-08-11 02:10 UTC