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.
1 Jun 2023 - 17:54 EDT
1 Jun 2023 - 21:54 UTC
GOES-West Mesoscale view - Band 9 at 55°N - 149°W - North Pacific Ocean
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Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 01 Jun 2023 - 2122 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 01 Jun 2023 - 2123 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 01 Jun 2023 - 2124 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 01 Jun 2023 - 2125 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 01 Jun 2023 - 2126 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 01 Jun 2023 - 2127 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 01 Jun 2023 - 2128 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 01 Jun 2023 - 2129 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 01 Jun 2023 - 2130 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 01 Jun 2023 - 2131 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 01 Jun 2023 - 2132 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 01 Jun 2023 - 2133 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 01 Jun 2023 - 2134 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 01 Jun 2023 - 2135 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 01 Jun 2023 - 2136 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 01 Jun 2023 - 2137 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 01 Jun 2023 - 2138 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 01 Jun 2023 - 2139 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 01 Jun 2023 - 2140 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 01 Jun 2023 - 2141 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 01 Jun 2023 - 2142 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 01 Jun 2023 - 2143 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 01 Jun 2023 - 2144 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 01 Jun 2023 - 2145 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 01 Jun 2023 - 2146 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 01 Jun 2023 - 2147 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 01 Jun 2023 - 2148 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 01 Jun 2023 - 2149 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 01 Jun 2023 - 2150 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 01 Jun 2023 - 2151 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.
