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 METAR surface-wind data from the nearest station (as available).
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URL CALL: http://www.twisterdata.com/vad/vad.php?radar=KVBX&resolution=high&qc=true&showtext=false&plothodo=true&ticmarks=axis&umin=-30&umax=40&vmin=-40&vmax=30&maxheight=12000&dynamicbounds=true&rings=true&hidemeta=false&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?_cb=1781762816.655948
NIDS VALID: 2026-06-18 05:52 UTC
SFC STATION: KSMX (METAR)
SFC SOURCE: https://aviationweather.gov/api/data/metar?ids=KSMX&format=json
SFC VALID: 2026-06-18 05:51 UTC
