REPORT DATE: 03-04-2019
REPORT TIME: 0745 UTC
REGION: GULF OF MEXICO
SUB REGION: N/A
AREA/BLOCK: ST PETERSBURG   895
IMAGE DATE: 03-03-2019
IMAGE TIME: 1611 UTC
DATA SOURCE: SENTINEL2A 
MODE: Multispectral  
RESOLUTION: 10 meter
LOCATION: 27°03'02" N/83°16'14" W
AREA: 3.13 square kilometers (Updated 05/26/2020)
CONFIDENCE: Medium
REMARKS:
Possible oil was observed in satellite imagery. This anomaly is unconfirmed as oil. Anomaly stretched roughly 8.8 nmi in length in the north-south direction and measured 0.35 nmi at its maximum width.
Measured winds at the time of observation were 5 kts and from the SW.
Confidence was determined to be Medium given no obvious point source, no widening with distance, and generally rounded/elongated shape.

UNCERTAINTIES:
Detection for living biogenic material proved negative. 

ANALYST: BOLL
Maps and shapefiles can be accessed at: www.ospo.noaa.gov/Products/ocean/marinepollution/

ERMA: https://erma.noaa.gov/gulfofmexico/erma.html#/layers=1+46830&x=-83.2657815&y=27.019369&z=11&panel=layer

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