KLBB WSR-88D VAD Hodograph and Wind Profile

View the latest Velocity Azimuth Display (VAD) wind profile from the KLBB WSR-88D NEXRAD weather radar near Lubbock, 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=KLBB&resolution=high&qc=true&showprofile=true&showmeta=true&showhodo=true&showrings=true&ticmarks=axis&umin=-30&umax=20&vmin=-10&vmax=40&maxheight=12000&dynamicbounds=true&sfcstn=KLBB

RADAR SITE:  KLBB - Lubbock, TX (SFC ELEV 1005 m AMSL)
NIDS SOURCE: https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/DF.of/DC.radar/DS.48vwp/SI.klbb/sn.last
NIDS VALID:  2026-08-11 01:20 UTC

SFC STATION: KLBB (METAR)
SFC SOURCE:  https://aviationweather.gov/api/data/metar?ids=KLBB&format=json
SFC VALID:   2026-08-11 00:53 UTC
Decoded surface and VAD profile data

Surface observation

METAR KLBB 110053Z 17012KT 10SM SCT095 34/12 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP110 T03390117

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
OK1012.0170—
OK12321.01658.3
OK18420.01683.9
OK21420.01713.3
OK33621.01606.4
OK51922.01642.1
OK55020.01632.3
OK73220.01632.6
OK82421.01641.9
OK100719.01632.7
OK112918.01623.3
OK131217.01662.9
OK143316.01622.7
OK167716.01652.6
OK173815.01662.7
OK204316.01642.2
OK234814.01662.9
OK240914.01642.6
OK265314.01692.0
OK295713.01622.2
OK326211.01523.1
OK356710.01384.1
FAIL38729.01265.1
OK417711.01384.8
OK448113.01362.9
FAIL47866.0903.0

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).

KLBB WSR-88D NEXRAD VAD hodograph showing the wind profile by height near Lubbock, TX, valid 2026-08-11 01:20 UTC