KMTX WSR-88D VAD Hodograph and Wind Profile

View the latest Velocity Azimuth Display (VAD) wind profile from the KMTX WSR-88D NEXRAD weather radar near Salt Lake City, UT. 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=KMTX&resolution=high&qc=true&showprofile=true&showmeta=true&showhodo=true&showrings=true&ticmarks=axis&umin=-30&umax=40&vmin=-40&vmax=30&maxheight=12000&dynamicbounds=true&sfcstn=KOGD

RADAR SITE:  KMTX - Salt Lake City, UT (SFC ELEV 1975 m AMSL)
NIDS SOURCE: https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/DF.of/DC.radar/DS.48vwp/SI.kmtx/sn.last
NIDS VALID:  2026-08-02 06:50 UTC

SFC STATION: KOGD (METAR)
SFC SOURCE:  https://aviationweather.gov/api/data/metar?ids=KOGD&format=json
SFC VALID:   2026-08-02 06:53 UTC
Decoded surface and VAD profile data

Surface observation

METAR KOGD 020653Z AUTO 17008KT 10SM CLR 26/M01 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP069 T02611006 403890217

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
OK108.0170—
OK3714.02034.4
OK12812.02784.9
OK15814.02695.5
OK31114.02864.7
OK46316.02904.0
OK55516.02954.1
OK73817.03014.4
OK76816.03004.5
OK104219.03133.9
OK107318.03114.1
OK134721.03173.5
OK137821.03173.5
OK168224.03162.6
OK198724.03172.7
OK229224.03173.1
OK244425.03183.9
OK259724.03163.4
OK290225.03163.2
OK320625.03155.1
OK351121.03156.4
OK381616.02595.0
FAIL41211.02532.1
FAIL47301.02140.8
FAIL53402.0252.7
FAIL56451.0153.3
FAIL59501.0490.8
FAIL65591.01230.8
FAIL86933.02792.5

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).

KMTX WSR-88D NEXRAD VAD hodograph showing the wind profile by height near Salt Lake City, UT, valid 2026-08-02 06:50 UTC