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.
15 Jul 2024 - 22:37 EDT
16 Jul 2024 - 02:37 UTC
GOES-East Mesoscale view - Band 8 at 41°N - 88°W - Kankakee County, IL
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Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 16 Jul 2024 - 0207 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 16 Jul 2024 - 0208 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 16 Jul 2024 - 0209 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 16 Jul 2024 - 0210 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 16 Jul 2024 - 0211 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 16 Jul 2024 - 0212 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 16 Jul 2024 - 0213 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 16 Jul 2024 - 0214 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 16 Jul 2024 - 0215 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 16 Jul 2024 - 0216 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 16 Jul 2024 - 0217 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 16 Jul 2024 - 0218 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 16 Jul 2024 - 0219 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 16 Jul 2024 - 0220 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 16 Jul 2024 - 0221 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 16 Jul 2024 - 0222 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 16 Jul 2024 - 0223 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 16 Jul 2024 - 0224 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 16 Jul 2024 - 0225 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 16 Jul 2024 - 0226 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 16 Jul 2024 - 0227 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 16 Jul 2024 - 0228 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 16 Jul 2024 - 0229 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 16 Jul 2024 - 0230 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 16 Jul 2024 - 0231 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 16 Jul 2024 - 0232 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 16 Jul 2024 - 0233 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 16 Jul 2024 - 0234 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 16 Jul 2024 - 0235 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 16 Jul 2024 - 0236 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.
