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=-40&umax=20&vmin=-30&vmax=30&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:  2026-08-08 00:32 UTC

SFC STATION: KSNA (METAR)
SFC SOURCE:  https://aviationweather.gov/api/data/metar?ids=KSNA&format=json
SFC VALID:   2026-08-07 23:53 UTC
Decoded surface and VAD profile data

Surface observation

METAR KSNA 072353Z 22008KT 10SM FEW044 FEW150 SCT200 27/18 A2994 RMK AO2 SLP136 TCU DSNT N T02720178 10283 20256 55009 $

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
OK108.0220—
FAIL1097.02316.2
FAIL1708.02257.3
OK303624.0978.3
OK334018.0727.2
FAIL346215.0788.0

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 2026-08-08 00:32 UTC