REPORT DATE: 09-30-2019 REPORT TIME: 1615 UTC REGION: ATLANTIC SUB REGION: PUERTO RICO AREA/BLOCK: N/A IMAGE DATE: 09-30-2019 IMAGE TIME: 1006 UTC DATA SOURCE: SENTINEL1A MODE: Interferometric Wide (IW) VV RESOLUTION: 20 meter LOCATION: 18°01'31" N/63°23'25" W AREA: 18.84 square kilometers (Updated 05/26/2020) CONFIDENCE: High REMARKS: Possible oil was observed in satellite imagery. This anomaly is unconfirmed as oil. The anomaly was approximately 108.39 nm ESE from San Juan, Puerto Rico. It was also about 8.60 nm N of the EEZ. The anomaly was approx. 45.02 nm oriented E-W and approx. 0.13 nm in width. The dark colored anomaly had moderate to high contrast against its homogeneous surroundings. There was slight feathering exhibited towards the eastern end of the anomaly. Winds near the time of the image were coming from the SE at 5 kts. which aligned well with the orientation of the anomaly. UNCERTAINTIES: None. ANALYST: RODRIGUEZ Maps and shapefiles can be accessed at: www.ospo.noaa.gov/Products/ocean/marinepollution/ ERMA: https://erma.noaa.gov/caribbean/erma.html#/layers=1+47071&x=-63.9506645&y=18.1200315&z=11&panel=layer For further information on oil spill response and assessment go to: https://response.restoration.noaa.gov/oil-and-chemical-spills/oil-spills If you would like to share any feedback about this report or have questions, please contact the operational analyst at (301) 683-1403 or send to oceanmap@noaa.gov. Email alerts are available only for federal and state government officials involved in response efforts. Requests to be added to the email alerts should also be sent to oceanmap@noaa.gov. Please allow up to 2 business days to process the request.