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.
1 Oct 2023 - 22:41 EDT
2 Oct 2023 - 02:41 UTC
GOES-East Mesoscale view - Band 8 at 37°N - 86°W - Barren County, KY
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Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 01 Oct 2023 - 0651 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 01 Oct 2023 - 0652 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 01 Oct 2023 - 0653 UTC
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Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 01 Oct 2023 - 0655 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 01 Oct 2023 - 0656 UTC
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Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 01 Oct 2023 - 0658 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 01 Oct 2023 - 0659 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 01 Oct 2023 - 0700 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 01 Oct 2023 - 0701 UTC
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Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 01 Oct 2023 - 0710 UTC
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Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 01 Oct 2023 - 0712 UTC
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Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 01 Oct 2023 - 0716 UTC
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Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 01 Oct 2023 - 0718 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 01 Oct 2023 - 0719 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 01 Oct 2023 - 0720 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.
