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-West is pointing mesoscale sector 1 over the central Pacific, about 785 mi E of Hilo, HI. 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, 143.0°W view on map
- Window
- until
GOES-East is pointing mesoscale sector 1 at a point about 70 mi S of Minneapolis, MN — to support fire weather operations. 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
- 44.0°N, 93.0°W view on map
- Window
- until
- Reason given
- wild fire operations in Minnesota
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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 261706 ADMSDM SENIOR DUTY METEOROLOGIST NWS ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL OPERATIONS COLLEGE PARK MD 1705Z SUN JUL 26 2026 MDS STATUS... GOES-W Meso Sector 1 will be centered over 20N/143W until 27/1600Z for continued monitoring of Hurricane Fausto. GOES-E Meso Sector 1 will be centered over 44N/93W until 29/1200Z in support of wild fire operations in Minnesota. Gerhardt/SDM/NCO