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.
3 Jul 2024 - 23:28 EDT
4 Jul 2024 - 03:28 UTC
GOES-West Mesoscale view - Band 8 at 40°N - 101°W - Rawlins County, KS
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Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Jul 2024 - 0257 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Jul 2024 - 0258 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Jul 2024 - 0259 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Jul 2024 - 0300 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Jul 2024 - 0301 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Jul 2024 - 0302 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Jul 2024 - 0303 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Jul 2024 - 0304 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Jul 2024 - 0305 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Jul 2024 - 0306 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Jul 2024 - 0307 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Jul 2024 - 0308 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Jul 2024 - 0309 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Jul 2024 - 0310 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Jul 2024 - 0311 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Jul 2024 - 0312 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Jul 2024 - 0313 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Jul 2024 - 0314 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Jul 2024 - 0315 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Jul 2024 - 0316 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Jul 2024 - 0317 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Jul 2024 - 0318 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Jul 2024 - 0319 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Jul 2024 - 0320 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Jul 2024 - 0321 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Jul 2024 - 0322 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Jul 2024 - 0323 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Jul 2024 - 0324 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Jul 2024 - 0325 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Jul 2024 - 0326 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.
