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GOES-West - Sector view: Pacific Northwest - Band 9

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Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 28 Apr 2025 - 1351 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 28 Apr 2025 - 1351 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 28 Apr 2025 - 1356 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 28 Apr 2025 - 1356 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 28 Apr 2025 - 1401 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 28 Apr 2025 - 1401 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 28 Apr 2025 - 1406 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 28 Apr 2025 - 1406 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 28 Apr 2025 - 1411 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 28 Apr 2025 - 1411 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 28 Apr 2025 - 1416 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 28 Apr 2025 - 1416 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 28 Apr 2025 - 1421 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 28 Apr 2025 - 1421 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 28 Apr 2025 - 1426 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 28 Apr 2025 - 1426 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 28 Apr 2025 - 1431 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 28 Apr 2025 - 1431 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 28 Apr 2025 - 1436 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 28 Apr 2025 - 1436 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 28 Apr 2025 - 1441 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 28 Apr 2025 - 1441 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 28 Apr 2025 - 1446 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 28 Apr 2025 - 1446 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
legend for color-enhanced infrared channels 8-10

Band 9 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.


6.9 µm - "Mid-level Water Vapor" Band - 2 km resolution - Band 9 is the mid-level water vapor band. It is used for tracking middle-tropospheric winds, identifying jet streams, forecasting hurricane track and mid-latitude storm motion, monitoring severe weather potential, estimating mid-level moisture (for legacy vertical moisture profiles)and identifying regions where turbulence might exist. Surface features are usually not apparent in this band. Brightness Temperatures show cooling because of absorption of energy at 6.9 µm by water vapor.

The imager on GOES-16 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 9 - ABI Quick Information Guide, (PDF, 550 KB)