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Satellite moves MDS STATUS...
Each GOES weather satellite has two “mesoscale sectors” — small, movable windows that the satellite photographs roughly every 60 seconds, far more often than its routine full-disk and continental scans. Forecasters aim them at whatever is most important that day. This section announces where they are being pointed and for how long.
No specific sector moves could be read from this message — see the original text below.
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Exactly as NWS transmitted it. Everything above is our plain-English reading of this text — if the two ever disagree, this is the authoritative version.
000 NOUS42 KWNO 201617 ADMSDM SENIOR DUTY METEOROLOGIST NWS ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL OPERATIONS COLLEGE PARK MD 1615Z THU AUG 20 2026 MDS STATUS... GOES-W Meso 1 will be centered over 12.5N/145W until 21/1600Z for the monitoring of TD 2 in the Central Pacific. Gerhardt/SDM/NCO