2 satellite sectors moved
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.
GOES-East is pointing mesoscale sector 2 at a point about 70 mi SSW of Atlanta, GA — to support severe thunderstorm and tornado forecasting. That means this patch of sky gets a fresh satellite image about once a minute instead of every 5 to 10 minutes, so forecasters can watch storms develop almost in real time.
- Centre point
- 32.9°N, 85.0°W view on map
- Window
- until
- Reason given
- severe weather operations, with radar outages, in Florida
GOES-West is pointing mesoscale sector 1 over the central Pacific, about 1115 mi ESE of Hilo, HI. That means this patch of sky gets a fresh satellite image about once a minute instead of every 5 to 10 minutes, so forecasters can watch storms develop almost in real time.
- Centre point
- 11.0°N, 141.0°W view on map
- Window
- until
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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 191926 ADMSDM SENIOR DUTY METEOROLOGIST NWS ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL OPERATIONS COLLEGE PARK MD 1925Z WED AUG 19 2026 MDS STATUS... GOES-E Meso Sector 2 will be centered over 32.9N/85W until 20/0600Z in support of severe weather operations, with radar outages, in Florida. GOES-W Meso Sector 1 will be centered over 11N/141W until 20/2200Z for the monitoring of invest area EP90 in the Central Pacfic. Gerhardt/SDM/NCO