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GOES-19 Mesoscale view - Band 8 at 42°N - 94°W - Boone County, IA
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Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Sep 2026 - 1106 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Sep 2026 - 1107 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Sep 2026 - 1108 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Sep 2026 - 1109 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Sep 2026 - 1110 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Sep 2026 - 1111 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Sep 2026 - 1112 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Sep 2026 - 1113 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Sep 2026 - 1114 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Sep 2026 - 1115 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Sep 2026 - 1116 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Sep 2026 - 1117 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Sep 2026 - 1118 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Sep 2026 - 1119 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Sep 2026 - 1120 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Sep 2026 - 1121 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Sep 2026 - 1122 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Sep 2026 - 1123 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Sep 2026 - 1124 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Sep 2026 - 1125 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Sep 2026 - 1126 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Sep 2026 - 1127 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Sep 2026 - 1128 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Sep 2026 - 1129 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Sep 2026 - 1130 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Sep 2026 - 1131 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Sep 2026 - 1132 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Sep 2026 - 1133 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Sep 2026 - 1134 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Sep 2026 - 1135 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.
