KMBX WSR-88D VAD Hodograph and Wind Profile

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

RADAR SITE:  KMBX - Minot (Minot AFB), ND (SFC ELEV 455 m AMSL)
NIDS SOURCE: https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/DF.of/DC.radar/DS.48vwp/SI.kmbx/sn.last
NIDS VALID:  2026-08-11 02:05 UTC

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

Surface observation

METAR KMIB 110155Z 03007KT 10SM FEW040 21/14 A2993 RMK AO2A SLP138 T02100139 $

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
OK107.030—
OK9412.0265.1
OK12415.0305.2
OK15515.0314.9
OK21515.0365.3
OK36816.0323.6
OK45915.0342.0
OK52015.0343.4
OK73414.0281.8
OK76415.0292.5
OK10699.082.5
OK13746.02822.5
OK16797.03311.8
OK17098.03122.3
OK198311.02981.4
OK216611.03242.2
OK228811.03281.4

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).

KMBX WSR-88D NEXRAD VAD hodograph showing the wind profile by height near Minot (Minot AFB), ND, valid 2026-08-11 02:05 UTC