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.

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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=-20&umax=30&vmin=-30&vmax=20&maxheight=12000&dynamicbounds=true&sfcstn=KRHV

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:  2026-08-11 02:31 UTC

SFC STATION: KRHV (METAR)
SFC SOURCE:  https://aviationweather.gov/api/data/metar?ids=KRHV&format=json
SFC VALID:   2026-08-11 01:47 UTC
Decoded surface and VAD profile data

Surface observation

METAR KRHV 110147Z 31009KT 10SM SKC 26/15 A2987

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
OK109.0310—
OK405.02621.9
FAIL1015.02505.4
OK1326.02662.4
OK1628.02583.9
FAIL3459.02015.5
FAIL4673.03251.7
FAIL5589.02245.2
FAIL7412.03301.0
FAIL7722.02751.1
FAIL199110.02858.3

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 2026-08-11 02:31 UTC