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Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 23 Apr 2026 - 0636 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 23 Apr 2026 - 0641 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 23 Apr 2026 - 0646 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 23 Apr 2026 - 0651 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 23 Apr 2026 - 0656 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 23 Apr 2026 - 0701 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 23 Apr 2026 - 0706 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 23 Apr 2026 - 0711 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 23 Apr 2026 - 0716 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 23 Apr 2026 - 0721 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 23 Apr 2026 - 0726 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 23 Apr 2026 - 0731 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 23 Apr 2026 - 0736 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 23 Apr 2026 - 0741 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 23 Apr 2026 - 0746 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 23 Apr 2026 - 0751 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 23 Apr 2026 - 0756 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 23 Apr 2026 - 0801 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 23 Apr 2026 - 0806 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 23 Apr 2026 - 0811 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 23 Apr 2026 - 0816 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 23 Apr 2026 - 0821 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 23 Apr 2026 - 0826 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 23 Apr 2026 - 0831 UTC
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.
