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 290 mi SSE of Boston, MA — in support of NHC monitoring of AL93. 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
- 38.5°N, 69.0°W view on map
- Window
- from until
- Reason given
- NHC monitoring of AL93
GOES-West is pointing mesoscale sector 1 at a point about 650 mi SSW of Mexico City, Mexico — in support of NHC monitoring of TD 22-E. 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
- 10.2°N, 101.0°W view on map
- Window
- from until
- Reason given
- NHC monitoring of TD 22-E
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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 211533 ADMSDM SENIOR DUTY METEOROLOGIST NWS ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL OPERATIONS COLLEGE PARK MD 1532Z WED OCT 21 2026 MDS STATUS... GOES-E MDS Sector 1 will be centered over 38.5N/69.0W from 1800Z to 22/1800Z in support of NHC monitoring of AL93. GOES-W MDS Sector 1 will be centered over 10.2N/101.0W from 1800Z to 22/1800Z in support of NHC monitoring of TD 22-E. Churchill/SDM/NCO