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GOES-West Mesoscale view - Band 8 at 39°N - 119°W - Lyon County, NV
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Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Jan 2026 - 1554 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Jan 2026 - 1555 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Jan 2026 - 1556 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Jan 2026 - 1557 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Jan 2026 - 1558 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Jan 2026 - 1559 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Jan 2026 - 1600 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Jan 2026 - 1601 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Jan 2026 - 1602 UTC
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Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Jan 2026 - 1604 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Jan 2026 - 1605 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Jan 2026 - 1606 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Jan 2026 - 1607 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Jan 2026 - 1608 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Jan 2026 - 1609 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Jan 2026 - 1610 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Jan 2026 - 1611 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Jan 2026 - 1612 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Jan 2026 - 1613 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Jan 2026 - 1614 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Jan 2026 - 1615 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Jan 2026 - 1616 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Jan 2026 - 1617 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Jan 2026 - 1618 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Jan 2026 - 1619 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Jan 2026 - 1620 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Jan 2026 - 1621 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Jan 2026 - 1622 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Jan 2026 - 1623 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.
