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 620 mi S 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
- 10.5°N, 98.0°W view on map
- Window
- from until
GOES-West is pointing mesoscale sector 2 at a point about 160 mi SSW of Mazatlán, 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
- 21.0°N, 107.0°W view on map
- Window
- from 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 130903 ADMSDM SENIOR DUTY METEOROLOGIST NWS ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL OPERATIONS COLLEGE PARK MD 0902Z TUE OCT 13 2026 MDS STATUS... GOES-E Meso Sector 1 will be centered over 10.5N/98W from 13/1200Z to 14/1200Z for continued monitoring of invest area 93E. GOES-W Meso Sector 2 will be centered over 21N/107W from 13/1200Z to 14/1200Z for continued monitoring of Hurricane Simon. Gerhardt/SDM/NCO