NOAA GOES Image Viewer website
21 Oct 2020 - 07:47 EDT
21 Oct 2020 - 11:47 UTC

GOES-East CONUS - Band 8

1 hour loop - 12 images - 5 minute update

To enlarge, pause animation & click the image. Hover over popups to zoom. Use slider to navigate.

  

  
Rocker
Download
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 21 Oct 2020 - 1046 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 21 Oct 2020 - 1046 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 21 Oct 2020 - 1051 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 21 Oct 2020 - 1051 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 21 Oct 2020 - 1056 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 21 Oct 2020 - 1056 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 21 Oct 2020 - 1101 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 21 Oct 2020 - 1101 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 21 Oct 2020 - 1106 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 21 Oct 2020 - 1106 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 21 Oct 2020 - 1111 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 21 Oct 2020 - 1111 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 21 Oct 2020 - 1116 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 21 Oct 2020 - 1116 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 21 Oct 2020 - 1121 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 21 Oct 2020 - 1121 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 21 Oct 2020 - 1126 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 21 Oct 2020 - 1126 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 21 Oct 2020 - 1131 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 21 Oct 2020 - 1131 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 21 Oct 2020 - 1136 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 21 Oct 2020 - 1136 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 21 Oct 2020 - 1141 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 21 Oct 2020 - 1141 UTC
legend for GOES-East color-enhanced channels 8-10
 

About Band 8

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.

• For more details, see the Band 8 - ABI Quick Information Guide, (PDF, 672 KB)

Wait for animated GIF to build; then download.