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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 120 mi N of Wichita, KS — to support severe thunderstorm and tornado forecasting. 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
- 39.4°N, 97.2°W view on map
- Window
- until
- Reason given
- severe wx ops in the Central Plains and a radar outage at WFO Goodland, KS . This reflects a centerpoint change at 1510Z to accommodate fire wx ops in portions of OK/TX
Balloon reports UPDATED 00Z GFS RAOB RECAP...
Twice a day, NWS and partner agencies release weather balloons that carry a radiosonde — a small instrument package that radios back temperature, humidity, pressure and wind as it climbs. Those soundings are one of the main ingredients in a forecast model’s starting conditions. This section is the roll call of stations that had a problem for the 00Z run of the GFS.
44 stations were flagged: 25 sent no usable sounding at all, 8 reported a numeric status code, 2 had a balloon burst early, 11 were missing part of the transmission. A handful of gaps is normal and is not by itself a sign of a forecast problem — the models are built to work with an incomplete picture.
| Station | Where | What happened | As printed |
|---|---|---|---|
| AKN 70326 | King Salmon, AK | No weather balloon data from this station reached the model for this cycle — either no launch happened or the data did not arrive in time. unrecognised status code 10140 | No report for NAM..10140 for GFS |
| ADQ 70350 | Kodiak, AK | Ground equipment failure — the station’s tracking/receiving equipment was down, so no usable sounding was produced. | No report for NAM..10142 for GFS |
| LCH 72240 | Lake Charles/Municipal, LA | No weather balloon data from this station reached the model for this cycle — either no launch happened or the data did not arrive in time. | No report for NAM/GFS |
| SHV 72248 | Shreveport/Reg, LA | No weather balloon data from this station reached the model for this cycle — either no launch happened or the data did not arrive in time. | No report for NAM/GFS |
| BRO 72250 | Brownsville/Intl, TX | No weather balloon data from this station reached the model for this cycle — either no launch happened or the data did not arrive in time. | No report for NAM/GFS |
| CRP 72251 | Corpus Christi/Intl, TX | No weather balloon data from this station reached the model for this cycle — either no launch happened or the data did not arrive in time. | No report for NAM/GFS |
| AMA 72363 | Amarillo/INTL, TX | No weather balloon data from this station reached the model for this cycle — either no launch happened or the data did not arrive in time. | No report for NAM/GFS |
| EPZ 72364 | Santa Teresa, TX | No weather balloon data from this station reached the model for this cycle — either no launch happened or the data did not arrive in time. | No report for NAM/GFS |
| ABQ 72365 | Albuquerque/Intl, NM | No weather balloon data from this station reached the model for this cycle — either no launch happened or the data did not arrive in time. | No report for NAM/GFS |
| FGZ 72376 | Flagstaff, AZ | No weather balloon data from this station reached the model for this cycle — either no launch happened or the data did not arrive in time. | No report for NAM/GFS |
| DDC 72451 | Dodge City/Municipal, KS | No weather balloon data from this station reached the model for this cycle — either no launch happened or the data did not arrive in time. | No report for NAM/GFS |
| GJT 72476 | Grand Junction/Walker Field, CO | No weather balloon data from this station reached the model for this cycle — either no launch happened or the data did not arrive in time. | No report for NAM/GFS |
| OAX 72558 | Valley, NE | No weather balloon data from this station reached the model for this cycle — either no launch happened or the data did not arrive in time. | No report for NAM/GFS |
| LBF 72562 | North Platte/Lee Bird, NE | No weather balloon data from this station reached the model for this cycle — either no launch happened or the data did not arrive in time. | No report for NAM/GFS |
| MFR 72597 | Medford/Medford-Jackson County, OR | No weather balloon data from this station reached the model for this cycle — either no launch happened or the data did not arrive in time. | No report for NAM/GFS |
| GRB 72645 | Green Bay/A.-Straubel, WI | No weather balloon data from this station reached the model for this cycle — either no launch happened or the data did not arrive in time. | No report for NAM/GFS |
| ABR 72659 | Aberdeen/Reg, SD | No weather balloon data from this station reached the model for this cycle — either no launch happened or the data did not arrive in time. | No report for NAM/GFS |
| UNR 72662 | Rapid City/Regional Airport, S, SD | No weather balloon data from this station reached the model for this cycle — either no launch happened or the data did not arrive in time. | No report for NAM/GFS |
| RIW 72672 | Riverton, WY | No weather balloon data from this station reached the model for this cycle — either no launch happened or the data did not arrive in time. | No report for NAM/GFS |
| BOI 72681 | Boise/Municipal, ID | No weather balloon data from this station reached the model for this cycle — either no launch happened or the data did not arrive in time. | No report for NAM/GFS |
| CAR 72712 | Caribou/Municipal, ME | No weather balloon data from this station reached the model for this cycle — either no launch happened or the data did not arrive in time. | No report for NAM/GFS |
| BIS 72764 | Bismarck/Municipal, ND | No weather balloon data from this station reached the model for this cycle — either no launch happened or the data did not arrive in time. | No report for NAM/GFS |
| GGW 72768 | Glasgow/Intl, MT | No weather balloon data from this station reached the model for this cycle — either no launch happened or the data did not arrive in time. | No report for NAM/GFS |
| OTX 72786 | Spokane, WA | No weather balloon data from this station reached the model for this cycle — either no launch happened or the data did not arrive in time. | No report for NAM/GFS |
| DVN 74455 | Quad City, IA | No weather balloon data from this station reached the model for this cycle — either no launch happened or the data did not arrive in time. | No report for NAM/GFS |
| SNP 70308 | St. Paul Islands, AK | The station reported status code 10159. NWS does not publish a public legend for these codes, so we will not guess at what it means — it signals some problem with the launch or the data. unrecognised status code 10159 | 10159 |
| TWC 72274 | Tucson, AZ | The station reported status code 10159. NWS does not publish a public legend for these codes, so we will not guess at what it means — it signals some problem with the launch or the data. unrecognised status code 10159 | 10159 |
| LKN 72582 | Elko, NV | The station reported status code 10159. NWS does not publish a public legend for these codes, so we will not guess at what it means — it signals some problem with the launch or the data. unrecognised status code 10159 | 10159 |
| CUU 76225 | Not in our station table | The station reported status code 10158. NWS does not publish a public legend for these codes, so we will not guess at what it means — it signals some problem with the launch or the data. unrecognised status code 10158 | 10158 |
| GYM 76256 | Empalme, Mexico · Mexico | The station reported status code 10159. NWS does not publish a public legend for these codes, so we will not guess at what it means — it signals some problem with the launch or the data. unrecognised status code 10159 | 10159 |
| GCM 78384 | Owen Roberts Airport Grand Cay · Cayman Islands | Ground equipment failure — the station’s tracking/receiving equipment was down, so no usable sounding was produced. | 10142 |
| SYA 70414 | Shemya AFB, AK | The balloon burst early. It stopped reporting at 604 mb, so this sounding only covers the lower part of the atmosphere — forecasters and models got no data above roughly 4.2 km (13,500 ft). (604 mb ≈ 4.2 km (13,500 ft)) | Short to 604mb |
| HYY 76692 | Hacienda Ylang Ylang Veracruz · Mexico | The balloon burst early. It stopped reporting at 500 mb, so this sounding only covers the lower part of the atmosphere — forecasters and models got no data above roughly 5.6 km (18,500 ft). (500 mb ≈ 5.6 km (18,500 ft)) | Short to 500mb for NAM..Short to 404mb for GFS |
| TBW 72210 | Tampa Bay Area, FL | The station reported, but part of the sounding transmission was missing — specifically TTBB, the "significant levels" section that carries the extra detail between the standard pressure levels. The GFS run still got a usable report from this station. | Missing TTBB for NAM..full report in for GFS |
| MTY 76394 | Aeropuerto Intl Monterrey · Mexico | The station reported, but part of the sounding transmission was missing — specifically TTBB, the "significant levels" section that carries the extra detail between the standard pressure levels. The GFS run still got a usable report from this station. | Missing TTBB for NAM..full report in for GFS |
| ZAC 76526 | Zacatecas Sondeo · Mexico | The station reported, but part of the sounding transmission was missing — specifically TTBB, the "significant levels" section that carries the extra detail between the standard pressure levels. The GFS run still got a usable report from this station. | Missing TTBB for NAM..full report in for GFS |
| CUN 76595 | Cancun · Mexico | The station reported, but part of the sounding transmission was missing — specifically TTBB, the "significant levels" section that carries the extra detail between the standard pressure levels. The GFS run still got a usable report from this station. | Missing TTBB for NAM..full report in for GFS |
| GDL 76612 | Guadalajara, Mexico · Mexico | The station reported, but part of the sounding transmission was missing — specifically TTBB, the "significant levels" section that carries the extra detail between the standard pressure levels. The GFS run still got a usable report from this station. | Missing TTBB for NAM..full report in for GFS |
| MID 76644 | Aeropuerto Intl Merida, Mexico · Mexico | The station reported, but part of the sounding transmission was missing — specifically TTBB, the "significant levels" section that carries the extra detail between the standard pressure levels. The GFS run still got a usable report from this station. | Missing TTBB for NAM..full report in for GFS |
| MZL 76654 | Manzanillo, Col · Mexico | The station reported, but part of the sounding transmission was missing — specifically TTBB, the "significant levels" section that carries the extra detail between the standard pressure levels. The GFS run still got a usable report from this station. | Missing TTBB for NAM..full report in for GFS |
| MEX 76679 | Aeropuerto Internacional Mexico, D · Mexico | The station reported, but part of the sounding transmission was missing — specifically TTBB, the "significant levels" section that carries the extra detail between the standard pressure levels. The GFS run still got a usable report from this station. | Missing TTBB for NAM..full report in for GFS |
| VHA 76743 | Villahermosa, Tab · Mexico | The station reported, but part of the sounding transmission was missing — specifically TTBB, the "significant levels" section that carries the extra detail between the standard pressure levels. The GFS run still got a usable report from this station. | Missing TTBB for NAM..full report in for GFS |
| ACA 76805 | Acapulco, Mexico · Mexico | The station reported, but part of the sounding transmission was missing — specifically TTBB, the "significant levels" section that carries the extra detail between the standard pressure levels. The GFS run still got a usable report from this station. | Missing TTBB for NAM..full report in for GFS |
| BDA 78016 | L F Wade Intl · Bermuda | The station reported, but part of the sounding transmission was missing — specifically TTBB, the "significant levels" section that carries the extra detail between the standard pressure levels. | Missing TTBB for NAM/GFS |
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000 NOUS42 KWNO 141526 ADMSDM SENIOR DUTY METEOROLOGIST NWS ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL OPERATIONS COLLEGE PARK MD 1525Z MON SEP 14 2026 ...CMS RESTORED... Access to CMS was restored at 1513Z. The unanticipated outage began at 1419Z due to related patching work. MDS STATUS... GOES-E MDS Sector 1 will be centered over 39.4N/97.2W until 15/1200Z in support of severe wx ops in the Central Plains and a radar outage at WFO Goodland, KS (GLD). This reflects a centerpoint change at 1510Z to accommodate fire wx ops in portions of OK/TX. UPDATED 00Z GFS RAOB RECAP... 70326/AKN - No report for NAM..10140 for GFS 70350/ADQ - No report for NAM..10142 for GFS 72240/LCH - No report for NAM/GFS 72248/SHV - No report for NAM/GFS 72250/BRO - No report for NAM/GFS 72251/CRP - No report for NAM/GFS 72363/AMA - No report for NAM/GFS 72364/EPZ - No report for NAM/GFS 72365/ABQ - No report for NAM/GFS 72376/FGZ - No report for NAM/GFS 72451/DDC - No report for NAM/GFS 72476/GJT - No report for NAM/GFS 72558/OAX - No report for NAM/GFS 72562/LBF - No report for NAM/GFS 72597/MFR - No report for NAM/GFS 72645/GRB - No report for NAM/GFS 72659/ABR - No report for NAM/GFS 72662/UNR - No report for NAM/GFS 72672/RIW - No report for NAM/GFS 72681/BOI - No report for NAM/GFS 72712/CAR - No report for NAM/GFS 72764/BIS - No report for NAM/GFS 72768/GGW - No report for NAM/GFS 72786/OTX - No report for NAM/GFS 74455/DVN - No report for NAM/GFS 70308/SNP - 10159 72274/TWC - 10159 72582/LKN - 10159 76225/CUU - 10158 76256/GYM - 10159 78384/GCM - 10142 70414/SYA - Short to 604mb 76692/HYY - Short to 500mb for NAM..Short to 404mb for GFS 72210/TBW - Missing TTBB for NAM..full report in for GFS 76394/MTY - Missing TTBB for NAM..full report in for GFS 76526/ZAC - Missing TTBB for NAM..full report in for GFS 76595/CUN - Missing TTBB for NAM..full report in for GFS 76612/GDL - Missing TTBB for NAM..full report in for GFS 76644/MID - Missing TTBB for NAM..full report in for GFS 76654/MZL - Missing TTBB for NAM..full report in for GFS 76679/MEX - Missing TTBB for NAM..full report in for GFS 76743/VHA - Missing TTBB for NAM..full report in for GFS 76805/ACA - Missing TTBB for NAM..full report in for GFS 78016/BDA - Missing TTBB for NAM/GFS There were 11 Alaskan..26 Canadian..44 CONUS..12 Mexican..10 Caribbean..and 9 Pacific stations available for ingest into the 00Z GFS. Churchill/SDM/NCO