KJAX WSR-88D VAD Hodograph and Wind Profile

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

RADAR SITE:  KJAX - Jacksonville, FL (SFC ELEV 19 m AMSL)
NIDS SOURCE: https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/DF.of/DC.radar/DS.48vwp/SI.kjax/sn.last
NIDS VALID:  2026-08-11 02:50 UTC

SFC STATION: KJAX (METAR)
SFC SOURCE:  https://aviationweather.gov/api/data/metar?ids=KJAX&format=json
SFC VALID:   2026-08-11 01:56 UTC
Decoded surface and VAD profile data

Surface observation

METAR KJAX 110156Z 00000KT 10SM FEW110 BKN200 BKN250 27/24 A3015 RMK AO2 SLP212 T02720244 $

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
OK100.00—
FAIL1036.01564.4
FAIL1948.01734.2
FAIL28610.01715.0
OK3169.01704.3
FAIL5305.01924.3
FAIL7437.03094.4
OK89614.03175.1
OK101714.03294.9
OK120016.03375.2
OK132217.03374.5
OK150517.03404.6
OK168817.03493.8
OK181018.03453.9
OK211521.03432.2
OK242023.03024.7
OK455326.03201.4
OK485824.02751.3
OK516334.02721.2
OK531528.02751.3
OK546830.02781.2
OK577234.02870.9
OK607728.02811.6
OK656525.02771.5
OK668724.02771.8
OK729622.02891.3
OK760119.02691.6
OK790633.02751.8
OK815011.02792.3
OK851624.03062.2
OK912517.03041.9
OK1013114.03013.1
OK1064915.02851.7
OK1217311.03522.7

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).

KJAX WSR-88D NEXRAD VAD hodograph showing the wind profile by height near Jacksonville, FL, valid 2026-08-11 02:50 UTC