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 255 mi WNW of Mérida, Mexico — in support of monitoring the southwest Gulf. 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
- 22.9°N, 93.0°W view on map
- Window
- until
- Reason given
- monitoring the southwest Gulf
GOES-East is pointing mesoscale sector 2 at a point about 95 mi NE of Mobile, AL — in support of ERO over the Gulf Coast. 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
- 31.5°N, 86.7°W view on map
- Window
- until
- Reason given
- ERO over the Gulf Coast
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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 051434 ADMSDM SENIOR DUTY METEOROLOGIST NWS ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL OPERATIONS COLLEGE PARK MD 1433Z MON OCT 05 2026 MDS STATUS... GOES-E MDS Sector 1 is centered over 22.9N/93.0W until 06/1200Z in support of monitoring the southwest Gulf. GOES-E MDS Sector 2 is centered over 31.5N/86.7W until 06/1230Z in support of ERO over the Gulf Coast. Renkevens/SDM/NCO