KMAF WSR-88D VAD Hodograph and Wind Profile

View the latest Velocity Azimuth Display (VAD) wind profile from the KMAF WSR-88D NEXRAD weather radar near Midland-Odessa, TX. The hodograph plots horizontal wind vectors by height above ground, with color-coded altitude layers and optional METAR surface-wind data.

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Request and source metadata
URL CALL:    http://www.twisterdata.com/vad/vad.php?radar=KMAF&resolution=high&qc=true&showprofile=true&showmeta=true&showhodo=true&showrings=true&ticmarks=axis&umin=-40&umax=20&vmin=-20&vmax=40&maxheight=12000&dynamicbounds=true&sfcstn=KMAF

RADAR SITE:  KMAF - Midland-Odessa, TX (SFC ELEV 883 m AMSL)
NIDS SOURCE: https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/DF.of/DC.radar/DS.48vwp/SI.kmaf/sn.last
NIDS VALID:  2026-08-11 01:51 UTC

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

Surface observation

METAR KMAF 110153Z 15018G24KT 10SM FEW100 33/14 A3001 RMK AO2 PK WND 17026/0136 SLP111 T03280139

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
OK1018.0150—
OK12321.01517.9
OK18423.01524.5
OK33625.01512.5
OK64121.01514.8
OK94619.01594.4

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).

KMAF WSR-88D NEXRAD VAD hodograph showing the wind profile by height near Midland-Odessa, TX, valid 2026-08-11 01:51 UTC