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 315 mi SW 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
- 17.2°N, 106.5°W view on map
- Window
- from until
- Reason given
- monitoring Hurricane Polo in the Eastern Pacific
GOES-West is pointing mesoscale sector 2 at a point about 245 mi S of Hilo, HI — 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
- 16.2°N, 155.5°W view on map
- Window
- from until
- Reason given
- monitoring Tropical Storm Nolo 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 242252 ADMSDM SENIOR DUTY METEOROLOGIST NWS ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL OPERATIONS COLLEGE PARK MD 2252Z THU SEP 24 2026 MDS STATUS... GOES-E MDS Sector 1 will be centered over 17.2N/106.5W from 2227Z to 26/0000Z in support of monitoring Hurricane Polo in the Eastern Pacific. GOES-W MDS Sector 2 will be centered over 16.2N/155.5W from 2227Z to 26/0000Z in support of monitoring Tropical Storm Nolo in the Central Pacific. Kempisty/SDM/NCO