KGWX WSR-88D VAD Hodograph and Wind Profile

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

RADAR SITE:  KGWX - Tupelo (Columbus AFB), MS (SFC ELEV 155 m AMSL)
NIDS SOURCE: https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/DF.of/DC.radar/DS.48vwp/SI.kgwx/sn.last
NIDS VALID:  2026-08-11 02:09 UTC

SFC STATION: KCBM (METAR)
SFC SOURCE:  https://aviationweather.gov/api/data/metar?ids=KCBM&format=json
SFC VALID:   2026-08-11 01:55 UTC
Decoded surface and VAD profile data

Surface observation

METAR KCBM 110155Z 00000KT 10SM SCT220 28/25 A3006 RMK AO2A SLP180 T02800250 $

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
OK100.00—
OK11910.0934.6
FAIL1508.01054.2
FAIL1808.0885.1
FAIL3336.01823.6
FAIL4547.01893.8
FAIL5158.01894.2
OK72910.02094.0
OK75913.02133.3
OK100313.02254.6
OK106415.02254.2
OK133814.02374.4
OK136916.02363.8
OK167417.02372.9
OK197816.02402.3
OK216111.02363.8
OK228315.02352.8
OK38076.02721.9
OK41128.02441.3
OK42347.02571.7
OK44176.02581.7
OK47225.02541.1
OK50263.02621.3
OK52705.01801.4
OK53315.01801.4
OK56363.02971.4
OK59416.03161.8
OK62466.03082.1
OK65507.02791.9
OK716010.02531.7
OK746515.02521.6
OK777018.02621.4
OK816620.02701.7
OK898924.02692.6
OK1051326.02602.1

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).

KGWX WSR-88D NEXRAD VAD hodograph showing the wind profile by height near Tupelo (Columbus AFB), MS, valid 2026-08-11 02:09 UTC