KVTX WSR-88D VAD Hodograph and Wind Profile

View the latest Velocity Azimuth Display (VAD) wind profile from the KVTX WSR-88D NEXRAD weather radar near Los Angeles-Ventura, 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=KVTX&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=KOXR

RADAR SITE:  KVTX - Los Angeles-Ventura, CA (SFC ELEV 831 m AMSL)
NIDS SOURCE: https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/DF.of/DC.radar/DS.48vwp/SI.kvtx/sn.last
NIDS VALID:  2026-08-11 02:29 UTC

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

Surface observation

METAR KOXR 110151Z 28009KT 10SM OVC011 23/19 A2990 RMK AO2 SLP123 T02280189

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
OK109.0280—
OK845.03072.4
FAIL1145.02913.2
FAIL2056.03294.4
FAIL35810.03437.8
FAIL5717.03555.1
OK69314.03544.0
FAIL7854.01286.1
FAIL160811.0196.0
FAIL17293.01216.6
FAIL21877.0124.7
FAIL27357.01057.9
FAIL31326.0194.3
FAIL34367.0273.8
FAIL34677.0273.8

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).

KVTX WSR-88D NEXRAD VAD hodograph showing the wind profile by height near Los Angeles-Ventura, CA, valid 2026-08-11 02:29 UTC