REPORT DATE: 02-18-2019
REPORT TIME: 1030 UTC
REGION: GULF OF MEXICO
SUB REGION: N/A
AREA/BLOCK: MISSISSIPPI CANYON    20
IMAGE DATE: 02-17-2019
IMAGE TIME: 1633 UTC
DATA SOURCE: SENTINEL2A 
MODE: Multispectral  
RESOLUTION: 10 meter
LOCATION: 28°56'16" N/88°58'16" W
AREA: 89.94 square kilometers
CONFIDENCE: High
REMARKS:
Possible oil was observed in satellite imagery. This anomaly is unconfirmed as oil. The broken anomaly was attached to the Destroyed Taylor platform, stretched towards the northeast roughly 50 nmi and measured 0.98 nmi wide near the source.
Measured winds at the time of observation were 10 kts and from the south. Modeled ocean currents in the area were mostly 1.0 kt and exceeded 1.25 kts in some areas downstream.
Confidence was determined to be High given the association with a repeat leak source and visible chromatic characteristics.  

UNCERTAINTIES:
Cloud cover inhibits the full coverage area. Northern portions of the anomaly may or may not be associated. 

ANALYST: BOLL
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