KTBW WSR-88D VAD Hodograph and Wind Profile

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

RADAR SITE:  KTBW - Tampa, FL (SFC ELEV 12 m AMSL)
NIDS SOURCE: https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/DF.of/DC.radar/DS.48vwp/SI.ktbw/sn.last
NIDS VALID:  2026-08-11 02:29 UTC

SFC STATION: KMCF (METAR)
SFC SOURCE:  https://aviationweather.gov/api/data/metar?ids=KMCF&format=json
SFC VALID:   2026-08-11 01:55 UTC
Decoded surface and VAD profile data

Surface observation

METAR KMCF 110155Z AUTO 34005KT 10SM CLR 30/24 A3013 RMK AO2 SLP206 T02950241 $

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
OK105.0340—
FAIL11011.03346.0
OK17114.03485.7
OK29315.03465.2
FAIL32310.0206.2
OK50615.075.4
OK59818.034.7
OK72018.0104.9
OK90319.0105.1
OK99420.0184.8
OK120721.0244.8
OK132921.0275.0
OK151221.0275.2
OK166520.0366.5
OK181716.004.1
FAIL39514.02203.1
FAIL42553.02262.1
FAIL48652.01632.8
FAIL52612.01341.9
OK852328.01002.4
OK913215.0861.7

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).

KTBW WSR-88D NEXRAD VAD hodograph showing the wind profile by height near Tampa, FL, valid 2026-08-11 02:29 UTC