Satellite sector 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 Mexico, about 605 mi WSW 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
- 18.5°N, 118.0°W view on map
- Reason given
- monitoring Hurricane Genevieve in the East Pacific GOES-W MDS Sector 2 will be centered over 22N/154W from now to 29/1200Z in support of monitoring TS Fausto in the Central 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 281148 ADMSDM SENIOR DUTY METEOROLOGIST NWS ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL OPERATIONS COLLEGE PARK MD 1146Z TUE JUL 28 2026 MDS STATUS... GOES-W MDS Sector 1 will be centered over 18.5N/118W from now to 29/1200Z in support of monitoring Hurricane Genevieve in the East Pacific GOES-W MDS Sector 2 will be centered over 22N/154W from now to 29/1200Z in support of monitoring TS Fausto in the Central Pacific. Green/SDM/NCO