KSOX WSR-88D VAD Hodograph and Wind Profile

View the latest Velocity Azimuth Display (VAD) wind profile from the KSOX WSR-88D NEXRAD weather radar near Santa Ana, 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=KSOX&resolution=high&qc=true&showprofile=true&showmeta=true&showhodo=true&showrings=true&ticmarks=axis&umin=-10&umax=40&vmin=-30&vmax=20&maxheight=12000&dynamicbounds=true&sfcstn=KSNA

RADAR SITE:  KSOX - Santa Ana, CA (SFC ELEV 927 m AMSL)
NIDS SOURCE: https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/DF.of/DC.radar/DS.48vwp/SI.ksox/sn.last
NIDS VALID:  2026-08-02 06:51 UTC

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

Surface observation

METAR KSNA 020653Z AUTO 20005KT 10SM CLR 22/19 A2989 RMK AO2 SLP119 T02170194

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
OK105.0200—
FAIL1096.02868.8
FAIL17010.02629.1
FAIL29210.03057.7
FAIL32311.02938.6
FAIL50613.02726.9
FAIL59713.02747.3
OK71915.02686.3
OK90220.02865.0
OK99321.02888.0
OK120726.02948.9
OK135926.03004.8
OK151224.02894.6
OK166427.02955.9
OK181623.02864.0
OK212121.02895.2
OK242618.03023.1
OK273121.02893.6
OK303619.03165.5
FAIL36457.078.0

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).

KSOX WSR-88D NEXRAD VAD hodograph showing the wind profile by height near Santa Ana, CA, valid 2026-08-02 06:51 UTC