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GOES-East Mesoscale view - Band 9 at 30°N - 84°W - Near Jefferson County, FL

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Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Dec 2024 - 0100 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Dec 2024 - 0100 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Dec 2024 - 0101 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Dec 2024 - 0101 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Dec 2024 - 0102 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Dec 2024 - 0102 UTC
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Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Dec 2024 - 0103 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Dec 2024 - 0104 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Dec 2024 - 0104 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Dec 2024 - 0105 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Dec 2024 - 0105 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Dec 2024 - 0106 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Dec 2024 - 0106 UTC
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Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Dec 2024 - 0107 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Dec 2024 - 0108 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Dec 2024 - 0108 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Dec 2024 - 0109 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Dec 2024 - 0109 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Dec 2024 - 0110 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Dec 2024 - 0110 UTC
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Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Dec 2024 - 0111 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Dec 2024 - 0112 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Dec 2024 - 0112 UTC
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Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Dec 2024 - 0113 UTC
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Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Dec 2024 - 0114 UTC
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Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Dec 2024 - 0115 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Dec 2024 - 0116 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Dec 2024 - 0116 UTC
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Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Dec 2024 - 0117 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Dec 2024 - 0118 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Dec 2024 - 0118 UTC
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Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Dec 2024 - 0119 UTC
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Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Dec 2024 - 0120 UTC
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Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Dec 2024 - 0121 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Dec 2024 - 0122 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Dec 2024 - 0122 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Dec 2024 - 0123 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Dec 2024 - 0123 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Dec 2024 - 0124 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Dec 2024 - 0124 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Dec 2024 - 0125 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Dec 2024 - 0125 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Dec 2024 - 0126 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Dec 2024 - 0126 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Dec 2024 - 0127 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Dec 2024 - 0127 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Dec 2024 - 0128 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Dec 2024 - 0128 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Dec 2024 - 0129 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Dec 2024 - 0129 UTC
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)