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 over Mexico, about 355 mi SW of Mexico City, 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
- 15.3°N, 102.3°W view on map
- Window
- until
GOES-West is pointing mesoscale sector 2 at a point about 290 mi S 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
- 15.5°N, 154.8°W view on map
- Window
- 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 231336 ADMSDM SENIOR DUTY METEOROLOGIST NWS ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL OPERATIONS COLLEGE PARK MD 1335Z WED SEP 23 2026 MDS STATUS... GOES-E Meso Sector 1 will be centered over 15.3N/102.3W until 24/2200Z for the monitoring of Hurricane Polo. GOES-W Meso Sector 2 will be centered over 15.5N/154.8W until 24/2200Z for the monitoring of 15-E south of the Hawaiian Islands. Gerhardt/SDM/NCO