Notice:
Starting December 3, 2024, visitors to GOES.NOAA.GOV will be redirected
to the STAR
GOES Imagery site. If you have any questions about this change
or need assistance, please contact OSPO
User Services.
8 Dec 2024 - 11:21 EST
8 Dec 2024 - 16:21 UTC
GOES-East Mesoscale view - Band 9 at 38°N - 83°W - Lawrence County, KY
30 frame animation displayed. This mesoscale location is no longer being actively produced.
To enlarge, pause animation & click the image. Hover over popups to zoom. Use slider to navigate.
While GOES animation code will not run on older Internet Explorer browsers,
they work in the newest versions of Microsoft Edge. If you are using
Internet Explorer, please try a different browser: Chrome, Firefox, Safari, or
MS Edge are all supported.
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 07 Sep 2024 - 0830 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 07 Sep 2024 - 0831 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 07 Sep 2024 - 0832 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 07 Sep 2024 - 0833 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 07 Sep 2024 - 0834 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 07 Sep 2024 - 0835 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 07 Sep 2024 - 0836 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 07 Sep 2024 - 0837 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 07 Sep 2024 - 0838 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 07 Sep 2024 - 0839 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 07 Sep 2024 - 0840 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 07 Sep 2024 - 0841 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 07 Sep 2024 - 0842 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 07 Sep 2024 - 0843 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 07 Sep 2024 - 0844 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 07 Sep 2024 - 0845 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 07 Sep 2024 - 0846 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 07 Sep 2024 - 0847 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 07 Sep 2024 - 0848 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 07 Sep 2024 - 0849 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 07 Sep 2024 - 0850 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 07 Sep 2024 - 0851 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 07 Sep 2024 - 0852 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 07 Sep 2024 - 0853 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 07 Sep 2024 - 0854 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 07 Sep 2024 - 0855 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 07 Sep 2024 - 0856 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 07 Sep 2024 - 0857 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 07 Sep 2024 - 0858 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 07 Sep 2024 - 0859 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.