Update On NWS Product Delays
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-West is pointing mesoscale sector 2 over the central Pacific, about 1010 mi ESE of Hilo, HI — in support of NHC monitoring of Invest 93C in the Central Pacific. 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
- 14.0°N, 141.0°W view on map
- Window
- until
- Reason given
- NHC monitoring of Invest 93C in the Central Pacific
Notices & outages ...UPDATE ON NWS PRODUCT DELAYS...
NWS is reporting a problem affecting AWIPS. Some data may be missing, delayed or slow until it is fixed.
The message says NWS is actively working the issue, so this is a live situation rather than a closed one.
AWIPS is the workstation software forecasters use to build and issue products.
For most people this is invisible — forecasts keep coming. It matters most to anyone pulling NWS data directly, and to forecasters who lean on the affected feed.
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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 112319 ADMSDM SENIOR DUTY METEOROLOGIST NWS ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL OPERATIONS COLLEGE PARK MD 2318Z TUE AUG 11 2026 MDS STATUS... GOES-W MDS Sector 2 will be centered over 14N/141W until 12/2200Z in support of NHC monitoring of Invest 93C in the Central Pacific. ...UPDATE ON NWS PRODUCT DELAYS... NCF/Raytheon continue to investigate and are working to mitigate the delays in NWS products getting disseminated from AWIPS out to the world. Handel/SDM/NCO