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 - 23:50 EDT
16 Jul 2024 - 03:50 UTC
GOES-West Mesoscale view - Band 9 at 55°N - 149°W - North Pacific Ocean
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Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 16 Jul 2024 - 0319 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 16 Jul 2024 - 0320 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 16 Jul 2024 - 0321 UTC
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Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 16 Jul 2024 - 0325 UTC
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Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 16 Jul 2024 - 0330 UTC
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Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 16 Jul 2024 - 0332 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 16 Jul 2024 - 0333 UTC
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Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 16 Jul 2024 - 0340 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 16 Jul 2024 - 0341 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 16 Jul 2024 - 0342 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 16 Jul 2024 - 0343 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 16 Jul 2024 - 0344 UTC
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Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 16 Jul 2024 - 0347 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 16 Jul 2024 - 0348 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.
