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GOES-West Mesoscale view - Band 8 at 39°N - 119°W - Lyon County, NV
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Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 18 Jan 2026 - 0226 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 18 Jan 2026 - 0227 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 18 Jan 2026 - 0228 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 18 Jan 2026 - 0229 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 18 Jan 2026 - 0230 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 18 Jan 2026 - 0231 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 18 Jan 2026 - 0232 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 18 Jan 2026 - 0233 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 18 Jan 2026 - 0234 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 18 Jan 2026 - 0235 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 18 Jan 2026 - 0236 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 18 Jan 2026 - 0237 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 18 Jan 2026 - 0238 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 18 Jan 2026 - 0239 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 18 Jan 2026 - 0240 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 18 Jan 2026 - 0241 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 18 Jan 2026 - 0242 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 18 Jan 2026 - 0243 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 18 Jan 2026 - 0244 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 18 Jan 2026 - 0245 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 18 Jan 2026 - 0246 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 18 Jan 2026 - 0247 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 18 Jan 2026 - 0248 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 18 Jan 2026 - 0249 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 18 Jan 2026 - 0250 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 18 Jan 2026 - 0251 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 18 Jan 2026 - 0252 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 18 Jan 2026 - 0253 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 18 Jan 2026 - 0254 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 18 Jan 2026 - 0255 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.
