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-East is pointing mesoscale sector 1 at a point about 260 mi ENE of Cape Hatteras, NC — in support of monitoring an area of low pressure in the North Atlantic. GOES-E MDS Sector 2 will be centered over 10.6N/93.0W from now to 20/1800Z in support of monitoring Invest EP94. 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
- 36.0°N, 71.0°W view on map
- Reason given
- monitoring an area of low pressure in the North Atlantic. GOES-E MDS Sector 2 will be centered over 10.6N/93.0W from now to 20/1800Z in support of monitoring Invest EP94
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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 192256 ADMSDM SENIOR DUTY METEOROLOGIST NWS ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL OPERATIONS COLLEGE PARK MD 2255Z MON OCT 19 2026 MDS STATUS... GOES-E MDS Sector 1 will be centered over 36.0N/71.0W from now to 20/1800Z in support of monitoring an area of low pressure in the North Atlantic. GOES-E MDS Sector 2 will be centered over 10.6N/93.0W from now to 20/1800Z in support of monitoring Invest EP94. Green/SDM/NCO