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 1 at a point about 515 mi S of Mexico City, Mexico. 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
- 12.0°N, 100.0°W view on map
- Window
- from until
GOES-West is pointing mesoscale sector 2 at a point about 235 mi SSE of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. 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
- 20.0°N, 108.0°W view on map
- Window
- from 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 140909 ADMSDM SENIOR DUTY METEOROLOGIST NWS ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL OPERATIONS COLLEGE PARK MD 0908Z WED OCT 14 2026 MDS STATUS... GOES-E Meso Sector 1 will be centered over 12N/100W from 14/1200Z to 15/1200Z for continued monitoring of Tropical Storm Trudy. GOES-W Meso Sector 2 will be centered over 20N/108W from 14/1200Z to 15/1200Z for continued monitoring of Hurricane Simon Gerhardt/SDM/NCO