KMXX WSR-88D VAD Hodograph and Wind Profile

View the latest Velocity Azimuth Display (VAD) wind profile from the KMXX WSR-88D NEXRAD weather radar near Montgomery (Maxwell AFB), AL. 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=KMXX&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

RADAR SITE:  KMXX - Montgomery (Maxwell AFB), AL (SFC ELEV 136 m AMSL)
NIDS SOURCE: https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/DF.of/DC.radar/DS.48vwp/SI.kmxx/sn.last
NIDS VALID:  2026-08-11 02:06 UTC
Decoded surface and VAD profile data

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
FAIL13811.01986.1
FAIL1699.02084.6
OK19912.02034.6
FAIL3528.02284.6
OK47414.02124.7
FAIL5658.02224.8
FAIL7487.02624.5
FAIL7787.02624.5
FAIL10229.03065.5
FAIL10839.03035.7
OK135811.03405.3
FAIL138812.03266.4
OK169311.03425.0
OK199812.03455.5

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).

KMXX WSR-88D NEXRAD VAD hodograph showing the wind profile by height near Montgomery (Maxwell AFB), AL, valid 2026-08-11 02:06 UTC