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GOES-19 Mesoscale view - Band 10 at 37°N - 86°W - Barren County, KY
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Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 19 Jan 2026 - 0759 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 19 Jan 2026 - 0800 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 19 Jan 2026 - 0801 UTC
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Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 19 Jan 2026 - 0803 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 19 Jan 2026 - 0804 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 19 Jan 2026 - 0805 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 19 Jan 2026 - 0806 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 19 Jan 2026 - 0807 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 19 Jan 2026 - 0808 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 19 Jan 2026 - 0809 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 19 Jan 2026 - 0810 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 19 Jan 2026 - 0811 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 19 Jan 2026 - 0812 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 19 Jan 2026 - 0813 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 19 Jan 2026 - 0814 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 19 Jan 2026 - 0815 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 19 Jan 2026 - 0816 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 19 Jan 2026 - 0817 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 19 Jan 2026 - 0818 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 19 Jan 2026 - 0819 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 19 Jan 2026 - 0820 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 19 Jan 2026 - 0821 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 19 Jan 2026 - 0822 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 19 Jan 2026 - 0823 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 19 Jan 2026 - 0824 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 19 Jan 2026 - 0826 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 19 Jan 2026 - 0827 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 19 Jan 2026 - 0828 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 19 Jan 2026 - 0829 UTC
Band 10 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.
7.3 µm - "Lower-level Water Vapor" Band - 2 km resolution - Band 10 is a water vapor band, meaning it is capable of detecting water vapor at middle to lower portions of the atmosphere, in addition to high clouds. It can detect water vapor lower in the troposphere compared to the water vapor band on the legacy GOES-13 and -15 imager.
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 is between ABI bands 8 and 9.
