Notice:
This site has successfully transitioned the image data source from GOES-16 to
GOES-19. There are some remaining anomalies in the production of mesoscale
geocolor images which are being investigated. Everything else should be operating
as expected. Please contact:
NESDIS.STAR.webmaster@noaa.gov if you have any questions.
23 May 2025 - 01:01 EDT
23 May 2025 - 05:01 UTC
GOES-19 Mesoscale view - Band 8 at 40°N - 81°W - Belmont County, OH
30 frame animation displayed. This mesoscale location is no longer being actively produced.
To enlarge, pause animation & click the image. Hover over popups to zoom. Use slider to navigate.
While GOES animation code will not run on older Internet Explorer browsers,
they work in the newest versions of Microsoft Edge. If you are using
Internet Explorer, please try a different browser: Chrome, Firefox, Safari, or
MS Edge are all supported.
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 21 May 2025 - 1940 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 21 May 2025 - 1941 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 21 May 2025 - 1942 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 21 May 2025 - 1943 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 21 May 2025 - 1944 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 21 May 2025 - 1945 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 21 May 2025 - 1946 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 21 May 2025 - 1947 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 21 May 2025 - 1948 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 21 May 2025 - 1949 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 21 May 2025 - 1950 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 21 May 2025 - 1951 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 21 May 2025 - 1952 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 21 May 2025 - 1953 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 21 May 2025 - 1954 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 21 May 2025 - 1955 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 21 May 2025 - 1956 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 21 May 2025 - 1957 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 21 May 2025 - 2247 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 21 May 2025 - 2248 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 21 May 2025 - 2249 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 21 May 2025 - 2250 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 21 May 2025 - 2251 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 21 May 2025 - 2252 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 21 May 2025 - 2253 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 21 May 2025 - 2254 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 21 May 2025 - 2255 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 21 May 2025 - 2256 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 21 May 2025 - 2257 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 21 May 2025 - 2258 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.
