Notice: As of 4:26 p.m. EDT,
the GOES-16 ABI Imager (GOES-East) is offline due to a reported thermal anomaly.
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GOES-West continues to operate normally.
3 Jun 2024 - 07:34 EDT
3 Jun 2024 - 11:34 UTC
GOES-West Mesoscale view - Band 9 at 39°N - 119°W - Lyon County, NV
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Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 03 Jun 2024 - 1103 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 03 Jun 2024 - 1104 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 03 Jun 2024 - 1105 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 03 Jun 2024 - 1106 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 03 Jun 2024 - 1107 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 03 Jun 2024 - 1108 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 03 Jun 2024 - 1109 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 03 Jun 2024 - 1110 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 03 Jun 2024 - 1111 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 03 Jun 2024 - 1112 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 03 Jun 2024 - 1113 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 03 Jun 2024 - 1114 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 03 Jun 2024 - 1115 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 03 Jun 2024 - 1116 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 03 Jun 2024 - 1117 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 03 Jun 2024 - 1118 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 03 Jun 2024 - 1119 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 03 Jun 2024 - 1120 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 03 Jun 2024 - 1121 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 03 Jun 2024 - 1122 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 03 Jun 2024 - 1123 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 03 Jun 2024 - 1124 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 03 Jun 2024 - 1125 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 03 Jun 2024 - 1126 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 03 Jun 2024 - 1127 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 03 Jun 2024 - 1128 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 03 Jun 2024 - 1129 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 03 Jun 2024 - 1130 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 03 Jun 2024 - 1131 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 03 Jun 2024 - 1132 UTC
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.
