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19 Mar 2024 - 04:31 EDT
19 Mar 2024 - 08:31 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 - 19 Mar 2024 - 0759 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 19 Mar 2024 - 0759 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 19 Mar 2024 - 0800 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 19 Mar 2024 - 0800 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 19 Mar 2024 - 0801 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 19 Mar 2024 - 0801 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 19 Mar 2024 - 0802 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 19 Mar 2024 - 0802 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 19 Mar 2024 - 0803 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 19 Mar 2024 - 0803 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 19 Mar 2024 - 0804 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 19 Mar 2024 - 0804 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 19 Mar 2024 - 0805 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 19 Mar 2024 - 0805 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 19 Mar 2024 - 0806 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 19 Mar 2024 - 0806 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 19 Mar 2024 - 0807 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 19 Mar 2024 - 0807 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 19 Mar 2024 - 0808 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 19 Mar 2024 - 0808 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 19 Mar 2024 - 0809 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 19 Mar 2024 - 0809 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 19 Mar 2024 - 0810 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 19 Mar 2024 - 0810 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 19 Mar 2024 - 0811 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 19 Mar 2024 - 0811 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 19 Mar 2024 - 0812 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 19 Mar 2024 - 0812 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 19 Mar 2024 - 0813 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 19 Mar 2024 - 0813 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 19 Mar 2024 - 0814 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 19 Mar 2024 - 0814 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 19 Mar 2024 - 0815 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 19 Mar 2024 - 0815 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 19 Mar 2024 - 0816 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 19 Mar 2024 - 0816 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 19 Mar 2024 - 0817 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 19 Mar 2024 - 0817 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 19 Mar 2024 - 0818 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 19 Mar 2024 - 0818 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 19 Mar 2024 - 0819 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 19 Mar 2024 - 0819 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 19 Mar 2024 - 0820 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 19 Mar 2024 - 0820 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 19 Mar 2024 - 0821 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 19 Mar 2024 - 0821 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 19 Mar 2024 - 0822 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 19 Mar 2024 - 0822 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 19 Mar 2024 - 0823 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 19 Mar 2024 - 0823 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 19 Mar 2024 - 0824 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 19 Mar 2024 - 0824 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 19 Mar 2024 - 0825 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 19 Mar 2024 - 0825 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 19 Mar 2024 - 0826 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 19 Mar 2024 - 0826 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 19 Mar 2024 - 0827 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 19 Mar 2024 - 0827 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 19 Mar 2024 - 0828 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 19 Mar 2024 - 0828 UTC
legend for color-enhanced infrared channels 8-10

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.

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