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.
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GOES-West continues to operate normally.
1 Jul 2024 - 10:15 EDT
1 Jul 2024 - 14:15 UTC
GOES-East Mesoscale view - Band 9 at 42°N - 98°W - Antelope County, NE
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Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 01 Jul 2024 - 1343 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 01 Jul 2024 - 1344 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 01 Jul 2024 - 1345 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 01 Jul 2024 - 1346 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 01 Jul 2024 - 1347 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 01 Jul 2024 - 1348 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 01 Jul 2024 - 1349 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 01 Jul 2024 - 1350 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 01 Jul 2024 - 1351 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 01 Jul 2024 - 1352 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 01 Jul 2024 - 1353 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 01 Jul 2024 - 1354 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 01 Jul 2024 - 1355 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 01 Jul 2024 - 1356 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 01 Jul 2024 - 1357 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 01 Jul 2024 - 1358 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 01 Jul 2024 - 1359 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 01 Jul 2024 - 1400 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 01 Jul 2024 - 1401 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 01 Jul 2024 - 1402 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 01 Jul 2024 - 1403 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 01 Jul 2024 - 1404 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 01 Jul 2024 - 1405 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 01 Jul 2024 - 1406 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 01 Jul 2024 - 1407 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 01 Jul 2024 - 1408 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 01 Jul 2024 - 1409 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 01 Jul 2024 - 1410 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 01 Jul 2024 - 1411 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 01 Jul 2024 - 1412 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.
