Notice: As of 4:26 p.m. EDT,
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GOES-West continues to operate normally.
30 Jun 2024 - 13:13 EDT
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GOES-West Mesoscale view - Band 9 at 36°N - 107°W - Sandoval County, NM
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Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 30 Jun 2024 - 1642 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 30 Jun 2024 - 1643 UTC
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Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 30 Jun 2024 - 1648 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 30 Jun 2024 - 1649 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 30 Jun 2024 - 1650 UTC
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Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 30 Jun 2024 - 1652 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 30 Jun 2024 - 1653 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 30 Jun 2024 - 1654 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 30 Jun 2024 - 1655 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 30 Jun 2024 - 1656 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 30 Jun 2024 - 1657 UTC
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Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 30 Jun 2024 - 1659 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 30 Jun 2024 - 1700 UTC
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Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 30 Jun 2024 - 1704 UTC
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Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 30 Jun 2024 - 1710 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 30 Jun 2024 - 1711 UTC
Band 9 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.
6.9 µm - "Mid-level Water Vapor" Band - 2 km resolution - Band 9 is the mid-level water vapor band. It is used for tracking middle-tropospheric winds, identifying jet streams, forecasting hurricane track and mid-latitude storm motion, monitoring severe weather potential, estimating mid-level moisture (for legacy vertical moisture profiles)and identifying regions where turbulence might exist. Surface features are usually not apparent in this band. Brightness Temperatures show cooling because of absorption of energy at 6.9 µm by water vapor.
The imager on GOES-16 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.
