Notice: As of 4:26 p.m. EDT,
the GOES-16 ABI Imager (GOES-East) is offline due to a reported thermal anomaly.
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GOES-West continues to operate normally.
30 Jun 2024 - 08:04 EDT
30 Jun 2024 - 12:04 UTC
GOES-West Mesoscale view - Band 9 at 39°N - 119°W - Lyon County, NV
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Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 30 Jun 2024 - 1128 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 30 Jun 2024 - 1129 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 30 Jun 2024 - 1130 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 30 Jun 2024 - 1131 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 30 Jun 2024 - 1132 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 30 Jun 2024 - 1133 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 30 Jun 2024 - 1134 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 30 Jun 2024 - 1135 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 30 Jun 2024 - 1136 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 30 Jun 2024 - 1137 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 30 Jun 2024 - 1138 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 30 Jun 2024 - 1139 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 30 Jun 2024 - 1140 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 30 Jun 2024 - 1141 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 30 Jun 2024 - 1142 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 30 Jun 2024 - 1143 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 30 Jun 2024 - 1144 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 30 Jun 2024 - 1145 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 30 Jun 2024 - 1146 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 30 Jun 2024 - 1147 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 30 Jun 2024 - 1148 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 30 Jun 2024 - 1149 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 30 Jun 2024 - 1150 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 30 Jun 2024 - 1151 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 30 Jun 2024 - 1152 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 30 Jun 2024 - 1153 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 30 Jun 2024 - 1154 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 30 Jun 2024 - 1155 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 30 Jun 2024 - 1156 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 30 Jun 2024 - 1157 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.
