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.
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GOES-West continues to operate normally.
26 Jul 2024 - 21:35 EDT
27 Jul 2024 - 01:35 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 - 27 Jul 2024 - 0103 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 27 Jul 2024 - 0104 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 27 Jul 2024 - 0105 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 27 Jul 2024 - 0106 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 27 Jul 2024 - 0107 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 27 Jul 2024 - 0108 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 27 Jul 2024 - 0109 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 27 Jul 2024 - 0110 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 27 Jul 2024 - 0111 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 27 Jul 2024 - 0112 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 27 Jul 2024 - 0113 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 27 Jul 2024 - 0114 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 27 Jul 2024 - 0115 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 27 Jul 2024 - 0116 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 27 Jul 2024 - 0117 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 27 Jul 2024 - 0118 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 27 Jul 2024 - 0119 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 27 Jul 2024 - 0120 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 27 Jul 2024 - 0121 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 27 Jul 2024 - 0122 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 27 Jul 2024 - 0123 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 27 Jul 2024 - 0124 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 27 Jul 2024 - 0125 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 27 Jul 2024 - 0126 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 27 Jul 2024 - 0127 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 27 Jul 2024 - 0128 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 27 Jul 2024 - 0129 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 27 Jul 2024 - 0130 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 27 Jul 2024 - 0131 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 27 Jul 2024 - 0132 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.
