Notice: As of 4:26 p.m. EDT,
the GOES-16 ABI Imager (GOES-East) is offline due to a reported thermal anomaly.
No GOES-East images will be updated while the satellite is offline.
As soon as data flow is restored, we will begin processing images and update the site.
GOES-West continues to operate normally.
6 Jul 2024 - 20:24 EDT
7 Jul 2024 - 00:24 UTC
GOES-East Mesoscale view - Band 8 at 24°N - 91°W - Gulf of Mexico
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Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 06 Jul 2024 - 2354 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 06 Jul 2024 - 2355 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 06 Jul 2024 - 2356 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 06 Jul 2024 - 2357 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 06 Jul 2024 - 2358 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 06 Jul 2024 - 2359 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 07 Jul 2024 - 0000 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 07 Jul 2024 - 0001 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 07 Jul 2024 - 0002 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 07 Jul 2024 - 0003 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 07 Jul 2024 - 0004 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 07 Jul 2024 - 0005 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 07 Jul 2024 - 0006 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 07 Jul 2024 - 0007 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 07 Jul 2024 - 0008 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 07 Jul 2024 - 0009 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 07 Jul 2024 - 0010 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 07 Jul 2024 - 0011 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 07 Jul 2024 - 0012 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 07 Jul 2024 - 0013 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 07 Jul 2024 - 0014 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 07 Jul 2024 - 0015 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 07 Jul 2024 - 0016 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 07 Jul 2024 - 0017 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 07 Jul 2024 - 0018 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 07 Jul 2024 - 0019 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 07 Jul 2024 - 0020 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 07 Jul 2024 - 0021 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 07 Jul 2024 - 0022 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 07 Jul 2024 - 0023 UTC
Band 8 key:
This band shows atmospheric temperatures in Celsius. Values in the red to yellow range represent a dry atmosphere. Values between yellow and white, including blue, represent a relatively moist atmosphere. Values colder than white, including green, represent clouds.
6.2 µm - "Upper-level Water Vapor" Band - 2 km resolution - Band 8 will be used for upper-level tropospheric water vapor tracking, jet stream identification, hurricane track forecasting, mid-latitude storm forecasting, severe weather analysis, upper mid-level moisture estimation (for legacy vertical moisture profiles) and turbulence detection.
The imager features three mid-level water vapor bands instead of the single water vapor band on the GOES-13 Imager. The single water vapor band on GOES-13 contained a mixture of water vapor features over many levels of the troposphere, but GOES-16 enables us to focus on water vapor in the upper troposphere (band 8), the middle troposphere (band 9), or the lower troposphere (band 10). The GOES-13 Imager water vapor channel falls between ABI bands 8 and 9.