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.
28 Mar 2024 - 04:40 EDT
28 Mar 2024 - 08:40 UTC
Post-Tropical Cyclone Alvin - Band 8 at 20.7°N - 120.5°W
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Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 29 Jun 2019 - 1700 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 29 Jun 2019 - 1710 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 29 Jun 2019 - 1720 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 29 Jun 2019 - 1730 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 29 Jun 2019 - 1750 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 29 Jun 2019 - 1800 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 29 Jun 2019 - 1810 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 29 Jun 2019 - 1830 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 29 Jun 2019 - 1840 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 29 Jun 2019 - 1850 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 29 Jun 2019 - 1920 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 29 Jun 2019 - 1930 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 29 Jun 2019 - 1940 UTC
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Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 29 Jun 2019 - 2030 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 29 Jun 2019 - 2040 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 29 Jun 2019 - 2050 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 29 Jun 2019 - 2100 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 29 Jun 2019 - 2110 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 29 Jun 2019 - 2120 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 29 Jun 2019 - 2130 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 29 Jun 2019 - 2150 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 29 Jun 2019 - 2200 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 29 Jun 2019 - 2220 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.