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.
9 Jun 2024 - 21:45 EDT
10 Jun 2024 - 01:45 UTC
GOES-East CONUS - Band 8
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Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 09 Jun 2024 - 2346 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 09 Jun 2024 - 2351 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 09 Jun 2024 - 2356 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 10 Jun 2024 - 0001 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 10 Jun 2024 - 0006 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 10 Jun 2024 - 0011 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 10 Jun 2024 - 0016 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 10 Jun 2024 - 0021 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 10 Jun 2024 - 0026 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 10 Jun 2024 - 0031 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 10 Jun 2024 - 0036 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 10 Jun 2024 - 0041 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 10 Jun 2024 - 0046 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 10 Jun 2024 - 0051 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 10 Jun 2024 - 0056 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 10 Jun 2024 - 0101 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 10 Jun 2024 - 0106 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 10 Jun 2024 - 0111 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 10 Jun 2024 - 0116 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 10 Jun 2024 - 0121 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 10 Jun 2024 - 0126 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 10 Jun 2024 - 0131 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 10 Jun 2024 - 0136 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 10 Jun 2024 - 0141 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.