Latest Forecast Shows Winds out of the Southeast, Slick Sliding West

May 15, 2010

NOAA

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The forecast for the Gulf Coast calls for winds out of the east-southeast to southeast at 10-12 knots into Monday, according to the latest NOAA forecast.

Ocean models show a west to southwest current in the vicinity of the source of BP’s oil spill 50 miles out into the Gulf. Under these current and wind conditions, the oil and chemical plume will continue to tend westward towards the Delta. Breton Sound and the Chandeleur Islands also have a potential for more shoreline contact.