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.
4 Jun 2024 - 06:19 EDT
4 Jun 2024 - 10:19 UTC
GOES-West Mesoscale view - Band 8 at 55°N - 149°W - North Pacific Ocean
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Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Jun 2024 - 0947 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Jun 2024 - 0948 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Jun 2024 - 0949 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Jun 2024 - 0950 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Jun 2024 - 0951 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Jun 2024 - 0952 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Jun 2024 - 0953 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Jun 2024 - 0954 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Jun 2024 - 0955 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Jun 2024 - 0956 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Jun 2024 - 0957 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Jun 2024 - 0958 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Jun 2024 - 0959 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Jun 2024 - 1000 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Jun 2024 - 1001 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Jun 2024 - 1002 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Jun 2024 - 1003 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Jun 2024 - 1004 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Jun 2024 - 1005 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Jun 2024 - 1006 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Jun 2024 - 1007 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Jun 2024 - 1008 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Jun 2024 - 1009 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Jun 2024 - 1010 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Jun 2024 - 1011 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Jun 2024 - 1012 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Jun 2024 - 1013 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Jun 2024 - 1014 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Jun 2024 - 1015 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Jun 2024 - 1016 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.
