KMOB WSR-88D VAD Hodograph and Wind Profile

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

RADAR SITE:  KMOB - Mobile, AL (SFC ELEV 63 m AMSL)
NIDS SOURCE: https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/DF.of/DC.radar/DS.48vwp/SI.kmob/sn.last
NIDS VALID:  2026-08-11 02:04 UTC

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

Surface observation

METAR KMOB 110156Z 19004KT 7SM FEW030 FEW075 SCT120 27/24 A3014 RMK AO2 SLP202 T02670244

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
OK104.0190—
OK5912.01993.5
OK12012.02053.5
OK21113.02124.6
OK24214.02073.9
OK30312.02094.4
OK51611.02214.7
OK54714.02053.8
FAIL7609.02334.5
FAIL8516.02524.8
FAIL103410.02755.2
FAIL11567.03155.8
FAIL13395.02904.6
FAIL14618.02945.1
FAIL176611.0595.8

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).

KMOB WSR-88D NEXRAD VAD hodograph showing the wind profile by height near Mobile, AL, valid 2026-08-11 02:04 UTC