GOES-18 Interleave Testing - Has ended. GOES-West data now supplied from operational GOES-17 satellite.
GOES-18 expected to become operational GOES-West in January 2023. See GOES-18 Interleave Testing for more information.
29 Nov 2023 - 17:23 EST
29 Nov 2023 - 22:23 UTC
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 - 29 Nov 2023 - 2152 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 29 Nov 2023 - 2153 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 29 Nov 2023 - 2154 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 29 Nov 2023 - 2155 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 29 Nov 2023 - 2156 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 29 Nov 2023 - 2157 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 29 Nov 2023 - 2158 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 29 Nov 2023 - 2159 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 29 Nov 2023 - 2200 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 29 Nov 2023 - 2201 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 29 Nov 2023 - 2202 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 29 Nov 2023 - 2203 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 29 Nov 2023 - 2204 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 29 Nov 2023 - 2205 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 29 Nov 2023 - 2206 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 29 Nov 2023 - 2207 UTC
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Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 29 Nov 2023 - 2209 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 29 Nov 2023 - 2210 UTC
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Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 29 Nov 2023 - 2212 UTC
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Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 29 Nov 2023 - 2214 UTC
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Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 29 Nov 2023 - 2216 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 29 Nov 2023 - 2217 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 29 Nov 2023 - 2218 UTC
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Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 29 Nov 2023 - 2220 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 29 Nov 2023 - 2221 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.
