REPORT DATE: 03-07-2022
REPORT TIME: 0020 UTC
REGION: GULF OF MEXICO
SUB REGION: N/A
AREA/BLOCK: SOUTH TIMBALIER    21
IMAGE DATE: 03-06-2022
IMAGE TIME: 1641 UTC
DATA SOURCE: SENTINEL2A 
MODE: Multispectral  
RESOLUTION: 10 meter
LOCATION: 28°59'30" N/90°15'01" W
AREA: 1.10 square kilometers
CONFIDENCE: High
REMARKS:Possible oil was observed in satellite imagery. This anomaly is unconfirmed as oil. The anomaly was linear and jagged in shape and it extended approximately 8.2 NMI west from an oil facility and was measured 0.12 NMI wide as its average width distance. The anomaly stood out of place and showed a dark contrast against ocean background. The winds near the time of the image were out of the SE around 15 knots.

UNCERTAINTIES:There are no uncertainties since the anomaly stood out of place and was connected to a point source. 

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

ERMA: https://erma.noaa.gov/gulfofmexico/erma.html#/layers=1+49750&x=-90.31554700000001&y=29.0039855&z=11&panel=layer

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