KVBX WSR-88D VAD Hodograph and Wind Profile

View the latest Velocity Azimuth Display (VAD) wind profile from the KVBX WSR-88D NEXRAD weather radar near Santa Maria (Vandenberg AFB), 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=KVBX&resolution=high&qc=true&showprofile=true&showmeta=true&showhodo=true&showrings=true&ticmarks=axis&umin=-20&umax=20&vmin=-20&vmax=20&maxheight=12000&dynamicbounds=true&sfcstn=KSMX

RADAR SITE:  KVBX - Santa Maria (Vandenberg AFB), CA (SFC ELEV 383 m AMSL)
NIDS SOURCE: https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/DF.of/DC.radar/DS.48vwp/SI.kvbx/sn.last
NIDS VALID:  2026-08-11 02:20 UTC

SFC STATION: KSMX (METAR)
SFC SOURCE:  https://aviationweather.gov/api/data/metar?ids=KSMX&format=json
SFC VALID:   2026-08-11 01:51 UTC
Decoded surface and VAD profile data

Surface observation

METAR KSMX 110151Z AUTO 31008KT 10SM CLR 19/16 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP134 T01890156 $

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
OK108.0310—
FAIL13513.03577.1
FAIL1969.03429.2
FAIL2264.02824.8
FAIL3794.02043.4
OK5318.01802.2
OK5628.01772.8
FAIL7754.01664.2
FAIL8364.01583.6

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).

KVBX WSR-88D NEXRAD VAD hodograph showing the wind profile by height near Santa Maria (Vandenberg AFB), CA, valid 2026-08-11 02:20 UTC