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 295 mi NNW 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
- 27.0°N, 111.1°W view on map
- Window
- from until
- Reason given
- Hurricane Polo
GOES-East is pointing mesoscale sector 2 over Mexico, about 415 mi SSW of Guadalajara, 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
- 14.9°N, 105.2°W view on map
- Window
- from until
- Reason given
- Tropical Storm Rachel
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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 282356 ADMSDM SENIOR DUTY METEOROLOGIST NWS ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL OPERATIONS COLLEGE PARK MD 2356Z MON SEP 28 2026 MDS STATUS... GOES-E MDS Sector 1 will be centered over 27N/111.1W from 29/0000Z to 30/0000Z in support of Hurricane Polo. GOES-E MDS Sector 2 will be centered over 14.9N/105.2W from 29/0000Z to 30/0000Z in support of Tropical Storm Rachel. Renkevens/SDM/NCO