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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 - 26 Apr 2025 - 0647 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 26 Apr 2025 - 0647 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 26 Apr 2025 - 0648 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 26 Apr 2025 - 0648 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 26 Apr 2025 - 0649 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 26 Apr 2025 - 0649 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 26 Apr 2025 - 0650 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 26 Apr 2025 - 0650 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 26 Apr 2025 - 0651 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 26 Apr 2025 - 0651 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 26 Apr 2025 - 0652 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 26 Apr 2025 - 0652 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 26 Apr 2025 - 0653 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 26 Apr 2025 - 0653 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 26 Apr 2025 - 0654 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 26 Apr 2025 - 0654 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 26 Apr 2025 - 0655 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 26 Apr 2025 - 0655 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 26 Apr 2025 - 0656 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 26 Apr 2025 - 0656 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 26 Apr 2025 - 0657 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 26 Apr 2025 - 0657 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 26 Apr 2025 - 0658 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 26 Apr 2025 - 0658 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 26 Apr 2025 - 0659 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 26 Apr 2025 - 0659 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 26 Apr 2025 - 0700 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 26 Apr 2025 - 0700 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 26 Apr 2025 - 0701 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 26 Apr 2025 - 0701 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 26 Apr 2025 - 0702 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 26 Apr 2025 - 0702 UTC
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Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 26 Apr 2025 - 0705 UTC
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Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 26 Apr 2025 - 0706 UTC
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Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 26 Apr 2025 - 0708 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 26 Apr 2025 - 0708 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 26 Apr 2025 - 0709 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 26 Apr 2025 - 0709 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 26 Apr 2025 - 0710 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 26 Apr 2025 - 0710 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 26 Apr 2025 - 0711 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 26 Apr 2025 - 0711 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 26 Apr 2025 - 0712 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 26 Apr 2025 - 0712 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 26 Apr 2025 - 0713 UTC
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Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 26 Apr 2025 - 0714 UTC
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Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 26 Apr 2025 - 0715 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 26 Apr 2025 - 0715 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 26 Apr 2025 - 0716 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 26 Apr 2025 - 0716 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)