TJUA WSR-88D VAD Hodograph and Wind Profile

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

RADAR SITE:  TJUA - San Juan, PR (SFC ELEV 867 m AMSL)
NIDS SOURCE: https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/DF.of/DC.radar/DS.48vwp/SI.tjua/sn.last
NIDS VALID:  2026-08-11 02:51 UTC

SFC STATION: TJSJ (METAR)
SFC SOURCE:  https://aviationweather.gov/api/data/metar?ids=TJSJ&format=json
SFC VALID:   2026-08-11 02:56 UTC
Decoded surface and VAD profile data

Surface observation

METAR TJSJ 110256Z 07014KT 10SM FEW023 SCT031 29/24 A3011 RMK AO2 SLP194 T02890244 51013 $

VAD wind profile

QCHeight AGL (m)Speed (kt)Direction (°)RMS (kt)
OK1014.070—
OK13917.0576.2
OK20019.0613.7
OK35219.0822.6
OK38318.0802.9
OK56620.0813.4
OK65722.0842.7
OK77922.0833.0
OK96223.0794.7
OK105322.0834.6
OK126724.0816.6
OK138923.0816.9
OK157230.0753.2
FAIL17244.0956.3
FAIL21813.081.8
FAIL22122.03021.3
OK24864.01851.2
FAIL27913.02912.1
FAIL34612.03031.7
FAIL43153.02292.7

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).

TJUA WSR-88D NEXRAD VAD hodograph showing the wind profile by height near San Juan, PR, valid 2026-08-11 02:51 UTC