KOAX WSR-88D VAD Hodograph and Wind Profile

View the latest Velocity Azimuth Display (VAD) wind profile from the KOAX WSR-88D NEXRAD weather radar near Omaha, NE. 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=KOAX&resolution=high&qc=true&showprofile=true&showmeta=true&showhodo=true&showrings=true&ticmarks=axis&umin=-30&umax=40&vmin=-20&vmax=50&maxheight=12000&dynamicbounds=true&sfcstn=KFET

RADAR SITE:  KOAX - Omaha, NE (SFC ELEV 350 m AMSL)
NIDS SOURCE: https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/DF.of/DC.radar/DS.48vwp/SI.koax/sn.last
NIDS VALID:  2026-08-11 01:35 UTC

SFC STATION: KFET (METAR)
SFC SOURCE:  https://aviationweather.gov/api/data/metar?ids=KFET&format=json
SFC VALID:   2026-08-11 01:35 UTC
Decoded surface and VAD profile data

Surface observation

METAR KFET 110135Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 29/24 A2987 RMK AO2 T02900242

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
OK100.00—
OK13812.01304.7
OK19914.01304.1
OK26013.01454.1
OK38213.01473.7
OK56414.01572.2
OK7479.01883.7
OK86912.02082.2
OK117417.02323.9
OK147916.02336.2
OK178428.02243.8
OK208825.02411.8

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).

KOAX WSR-88D NEXRAD VAD hodograph showing the wind profile by height near Omaha, NE, valid 2026-08-11 01:35 UTC