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 at a point about 80 mi SW of Durango, CO — to support flash flood and heavy rainfall forecasting. 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
- 36.5°N, 109.0°W view on map
- Window
- from until
- Reason given
- flash flooding ops over the Four Corners region
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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 141252 ADMSDM SENIOR DUTY METEOROLOGIST NWS ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL OPERATIONS COLLEGE PARK MD 1252Z MON SEP 14 2026 MDS STATUS... GOES-W MDS Sector 1 will be centered over 36.5N/109W from 1330Z to 15/1200Z in support of flash flooding ops (WPC Slight Risk ERO) over the Four Corners region. Churchill/SDM/NCO