3 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 50 mi SW of Atlanta, GA. 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
- 33.3°N, 85.1°W view on map
- Window
- from until
GOES-West is pointing mesoscale sector 1 over the eastern Pacific, about 535 mi SW of San Diego, CA. 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
- 26.5°N, 122.5°W view on map
- Window
- from until
GOES-West is pointing mesoscale sector 2 at a point about 250 mi SW of Guadalajara, 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
- 17.9°N, 105.8°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 100407 ADMSDM SENIOR DUTY METEOROLOGIST NWS ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL OPERATIONS COLLEGE PARK MD 0406Z SAT OCT 10 2026 MDS STATUS... GOES-E Meso Sector 2 will be centered over 33.3N/85.1W from 10/0400Z to 11/0400Z for continued monitoring of Hurricane Isaias. GOES-W Meso Sector 1 will be centered over 26.5N/122.5W from 10/0600Z to 11/1200Z for continued monitoring of T.S. Rachel. GOES-W Meso Sector 2 will be centered over 17.9N/105.8W from 10/0600Z to 11/1200Z for continued monitoring of Hurricane Simon. Gerhardt/SDM/NCO