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.
3 Jul 2024 - 01:21 EDT
3 Jul 2024 - 05:21 UTC
GOES-East Mesoscale view - Band 8 at 15°N - 71°W - Peru
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Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 03 Jul 2024 - 0436 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 03 Jul 2024 - 0437 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 03 Jul 2024 - 0438 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 03 Jul 2024 - 0439 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 03 Jul 2024 - 0440 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 03 Jul 2024 - 0441 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 03 Jul 2024 - 0442 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 03 Jul 2024 - 0443 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 03 Jul 2024 - 0444 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 03 Jul 2024 - 0445 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 03 Jul 2024 - 0446 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 03 Jul 2024 - 0447 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 03 Jul 2024 - 0448 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 03 Jul 2024 - 0449 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 03 Jul 2024 - 0450 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 03 Jul 2024 - 0451 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 03 Jul 2024 - 0452 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 03 Jul 2024 - 0453 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 03 Jul 2024 - 0454 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 03 Jul 2024 - 0455 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 03 Jul 2024 - 0456 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 03 Jul 2024 - 0457 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 03 Jul 2024 - 0458 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 03 Jul 2024 - 0459 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 03 Jul 2024 - 0500 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 03 Jul 2024 - 0501 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 03 Jul 2024 - 0502 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 03 Jul 2024 - 0503 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 03 Jul 2024 - 0504 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 03 Jul 2024 - 0505 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.