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GOES-19 Mesoscale view - Band 8 at 38°N - 89°W - Franklin County, IL
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Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 19 Jul 2025 - 2000 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 19 Jul 2025 - 2001 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 19 Jul 2025 - 2002 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 19 Jul 2025 - 2003 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 19 Jul 2025 - 2004 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 19 Jul 2025 - 2005 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 19 Jul 2025 - 2006 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 19 Jul 2025 - 2007 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 19 Jul 2025 - 2008 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 19 Jul 2025 - 2009 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 19 Jul 2025 - 2010 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 19 Jul 2025 - 2011 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 19 Jul 2025 - 2012 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 19 Jul 2025 - 2013 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 20 Jul 2025 - 0706 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 20 Jul 2025 - 0707 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 20 Jul 2025 - 0708 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 20 Jul 2025 - 0709 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 20 Jul 2025 - 0710 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 20 Jul 2025 - 0711 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 20 Jul 2025 - 0712 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 20 Jul 2025 - 0713 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 20 Jul 2025 - 0714 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 20 Jul 2025 - 0715 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 20 Jul 2025 - 0716 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 20 Jul 2025 - 0717 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 20 Jul 2025 - 0718 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 20 Jul 2025 - 0719 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 20 Jul 2025 - 0720 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 20 Jul 2025 - 0721 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.
