KMUX WSR-88D VAD Hodograph and Wind Profile

View the latest Velocity Azimuth Display (VAD) wind profile from the KMUX WSR-88D NEXRAD weather radar near San Francisco-San Jose, CA. 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=KMUX&resolution=high&qc=true&showprofile=true&showmeta=true&showhodo=true&showrings=true&ticmarks=axis&umin=-10&umax=30&vmin=-30&vmax=10&maxheight=12000&dynamicbounds=true

RADAR SITE:  KMUX - San Francisco-San Jose, CA (SFC ELEV 1057 m AMSL)
NIDS SOURCE: https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/DF.of/DC.radar/DS.48vwp/SI.kmux/sn.last
NIDS VALID:  2026-08-02 08:59 UTC
Decoded surface and VAD profile data

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
OK4012.03244.0
OK10115.03194.2
OK13213.03253.4
OK16215.03203.5
OK34514.03244.0
OK46719.03285.1
OK55811.03354.5
OK7417.03423.3
FAIL7726.03503.0
FAIL101611.03475.5
FAIL13518.02808.1
FAIL16865.02175.8

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).

KMUX WSR-88D NEXRAD VAD hodograph showing the wind profile by height near San Francisco-San Jose, CA, valid 2026-08-02 08:59 UTC