GOES-18 Interleave Testing - Has ended. GOES-West data now supplied from operational GOES-17 satellite.
GOES-18 expected to become operational GOES-West in January 2023. See GOES-18 Interleave Testing for more information.
5 Jun 2023 - 09:56 EDT
5 Jun 2023 - 13:56 UTC
GOES-East Mesoscale view - Band 9 at 33°N - 99°W - Throckmorton County, TX
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Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Apr 2023 - 1129 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Apr 2023 - 1130 UTC
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Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Apr 2023 - 1132 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Apr 2023 - 1133 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Apr 2023 - 1134 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Apr 2023 - 1135 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Apr 2023 - 1136 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Apr 2023 - 1137 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Apr 2023 - 1138 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Apr 2023 - 1139 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Apr 2023 - 1140 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Apr 2023 - 1141 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Apr 2023 - 1142 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Apr 2023 - 1143 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Apr 2023 - 1144 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Apr 2023 - 1145 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Apr 2023 - 1146 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Apr 2023 - 1147 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Apr 2023 - 1148 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Apr 2023 - 1149 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Apr 2023 - 1150 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Apr 2023 - 1151 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Apr 2023 - 1152 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Apr 2023 - 1153 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Apr 2023 - 1154 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Apr 2023 - 1155 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Apr 2023 - 1156 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Apr 2023 - 1157 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Apr 2023 - 1158 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.
