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GOES-East Mesoscale view - Band 9 at 37°N - 86°W - Barren County, KY

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Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 14 Feb 2025 - 1906 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 14 Feb 2025 - 1906 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 14 Feb 2025 - 1907 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 14 Feb 2025 - 1907 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 14 Feb 2025 - 1908 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 14 Feb 2025 - 1908 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 14 Feb 2025 - 1909 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 14 Feb 2025 - 1909 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 14 Feb 2025 - 1910 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 14 Feb 2025 - 1910 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 14 Feb 2025 - 1911 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 14 Feb 2025 - 1911 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 14 Feb 2025 - 1912 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 14 Feb 2025 - 1912 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 14 Feb 2025 - 1913 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 14 Feb 2025 - 1913 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 14 Feb 2025 - 1914 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 14 Feb 2025 - 1914 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 14 Feb 2025 - 1915 UTC
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Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 14 Feb 2025 - 1916 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 14 Feb 2025 - 1916 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 14 Feb 2025 - 1917 UTC
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Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 14 Feb 2025 - 1918 UTC
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Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 14 Feb 2025 - 1919 UTC
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Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 14 Feb 2025 - 1920 UTC
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Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 14 Feb 2025 - 1921 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 14 Feb 2025 - 1921 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 14 Feb 2025 - 1922 UTC
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Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 14 Feb 2025 - 1923 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 14 Feb 2025 - 1923 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 14 Feb 2025 - 1924 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 14 Feb 2025 - 1924 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 14 Feb 2025 - 1925 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 14 Feb 2025 - 1925 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 14 Feb 2025 - 1926 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 14 Feb 2025 - 1926 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 14 Feb 2025 - 1927 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 14 Feb 2025 - 1927 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 14 Feb 2025 - 1928 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 14 Feb 2025 - 1928 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 14 Feb 2025 - 1929 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 14 Feb 2025 - 1929 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 14 Feb 2025 - 1930 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 14 Feb 2025 - 1930 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 14 Feb 2025 - 1931 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 14 Feb 2025 - 1931 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 14 Feb 2025 - 1932 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 14 Feb 2025 - 1932 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 14 Feb 2025 - 1933 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 14 Feb 2025 - 1933 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 14 Feb 2025 - 1934 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 14 Feb 2025 - 1934 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 14 Feb 2025 - 1935 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 14 Feb 2025 - 1935 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)