4 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-West is pointing mesoscale sector 1 over the eastern Pacific, about 760 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
- 23.5°N, 124.0°W view on map
- Window
- until
GOES-West is pointing mesoscale sector 2 over Mexico, about 305 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
- 17.0°N, 106.0°W view on map
- Window
- until
GOES-East is pointing mesoscale sector 2 at a point about 205 mi SSE of Mobile, AL. 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
- 27.9°N, 86.9°W view on map
- Window
- until
GOES-East is pointing a mesoscale sector at a point about 160 mi SE of Mobile, AL. 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
- 28.8°N, 86.5°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 090347 ADMSDM SENIOR DUTY METEOROLOGIST NWS ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL OPERATIONS COLLEGE PARK MD 0347Z FRI OCT 09 2026 MDS STATUS... GOES-W Meso Sector 1 will be centered at 23.5N/124W until 10/0600Z for continued monitoring of Tropical Storm Rachel. GOES-W Meso Sector 2 will be centered at 17N/106W until 10/0600Z for continued monitoring of Hurricane Simon. GOES-E Meso Sector 2 will be centered at 27.9N/86.9W until 09/1100Z for continued monitoring of Hurricane Isaias. Both GOES-E meso sectors will be centered at 28.8N/86.5W from 09/1100Z through 10/0400Z to provide 30-second imagery of Hurricane Isaias during landfall. Gerhardt/SDM/NCO