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 425 mi SSW of Mexico City, Mexico — to keep a close eye on a tropical system. 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
- 13.8°N, 101.8°W view on map
- Window
- from until
- Reason given
- monitoring Tropical Storm Trudy in the Eastern Pacific
GOES-West is pointing mesoscale sector 2 at a point about 255 mi SSE of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico — to keep a close eye on a tropical system. 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
- 19.4°N, 108.6°W view on map
- Window
- from until
- Reason given
- monitoring Tropical Storm Simon in the Eastern Pacific
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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 150613 ADMSDM SENIOR DUTY METEOROLOGIST NWS ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL OPERATIONS COLLEGE PARK MD 0612Z THU OCT 15 2026 MDS STATUS... GOES-E MDS Sector 1 will be centered over 13.8N/101.8W from 1200Z to 16/1200Z in support of monitoring Tropical Storm Trudy in the Eastern Pacific. GOES-W MDS Sector 2 will be centered over 19.4N/108.6W from 1200Z to 1500Z. GOES-W MDS Sector 1 will be centered over the same location from 16/0100Z to 16/1200Z. These are in support of monitoring Tropical Storm Simon in the Eastern Pacific. Kempisty.SDM/NCO