REPORT DATE: 08-26-2020
REPORT TIME: 0200 UTC
REGION: GULF OF MEXICO
SUB REGION: N/A
AREA/BLOCK: SOUTH PASS    49
IMAGE DATE: 08-25-2020
IMAGE TIME: 1628 UTC
DATA SOURCE: SENTINEL2B 
MODE: Multispectral  
RESOLUTION: 10 meter
LOCATION: 28°53'07" N/89°03'49" W
AREA: 0.37 square kilometers
CONFIDENCE: Medium-High
REMARKS: Possible oil was observed in satellite imagery. This anomaly is unconfirmed as oil. A narrow oil slick extended 2.3 nm to the west of an oil facility. There was an area of thicker oil within the slick. Winds at the time were from the southeast at 15 knots.

UNCERTAINTIES: The anomaly was attached to the suspected point source and showed evidence of thicker oil extending west from it. Confidence was reduced slightly because there were no reports of oil in the area.

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

ERMA: https://erma.noaa.gov/gulfofmexico/erma.html#/layers=1+45103&x=-89.08195159790652&y=28.882900626947894&z=11&panel=layer

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