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 Feb 2023 - 06:54 EST
1 Feb 2023 - 11:54 UTC
GOES-18 Mesoscale view - Band 8 at 19°N - 155°W - North Pacific Ocean
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Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 27 Jul 2022 - 2328 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 28 Jul 2022 - 0058 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 28 Jul 2022 - 0148 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 28 Jul 2022 - 0237 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 28 Jul 2022 - 0518 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 28 Jul 2022 - 0524 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 28 Jul 2022 - 0526 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 28 Jul 2022 - 0532 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 28 Jul 2022 - 0925 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 28 Jul 2022 - 1055 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 28 Jul 2022 - 1145 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 28 Jul 2022 - 1234 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 28 Jul 2022 - 1521 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 28 Jul 2022 - 1523 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 28 Jul 2022 - 1529 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 28 Jul 2022 - 1922 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.
