KICX WSR-88D VAD Hodograph and Wind Profile

View the latest Velocity Azimuth Display (VAD) wind profile from the KICX WSR-88D NEXRAD weather radar near Cedar City, UT. 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=KICX&resolution=high&qc=true&showprofile=true&showmeta=true&showhodo=true&showrings=true&ticmarks=axis&umin=-30&umax=40&vmin=-50&vmax=20&maxheight=12000&dynamicbounds=true&sfcstn=KCDC

RADAR SITE:  KICX - Cedar City, UT (SFC ELEV 3244 m AMSL)
NIDS SOURCE: https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/DF.of/DC.radar/DS.48vwp/SI.kicx/sn.last
NIDS VALID:  2026-08-06 09:41 UTC

SFC STATION: KCDC (METAR)
SFC SOURCE:  https://aviationweather.gov/api/data/metar?ids=KCDC&format=json
SFC VALID:   2026-08-06 09:53 UTC
Decoded surface and VAD profile data

Surface observation

METAR KCDC 060953Z AUTO 14007KT 10SM CLR 23/02 A3018 RMK AO2 SLP122 T02280022

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
OK107.0140—
OK7819.03104.8
OK10923.03164.9
OK17026.03183.3
OK32227.03234.1
OK41425.03223.3
OK53625.03284.3
OK71822.03335.2
OK74922.03325.1
OK102321.03305.0

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).

KICX WSR-88D NEXRAD VAD hodograph showing the wind profile by height near Cedar City, UT, valid 2026-08-06 09:41 UTC