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=30&vmin=-40&vmax=10&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:  2026-08-02 06:52 UTC

SFC STATION: KSMX (METAR)
SFC SOURCE:  https://aviationweather.gov/api/data/metar?ids=KSMX&format=json
SFC VALID:   2026-08-02 06:51 UTC
Decoded surface and VAD profile data

Surface observation

METAR KSMX 020651Z AUTO 00000KT 6SM BR CLR 14/13 A2990 RMK AO2 SLP127 T01390128 $

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
OK100.00—
OK13513.03575.8
OK19619.03484.9
OK22621.03474.7
OK37917.03456.4
OK53120.03525.8
OK56219.03546.0
OK77516.03486.2
OK83615.066.2
OK104912.03495.8
OK114112.03395.8
OK205523.03203.6

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 2026-08-02 06:52 UTC