# Gulf Oil Spill Weather Update Thursday May 13th

**URL:** https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/gulf-oil-spill-weather-update-thursday-may-13th/4024
**Category:** Marine Weather
**Created:** [May 13, 2010, 3:16am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/gulf-oil-spill-weather-update-thursday-may-13th/4024 "2010-05-13T03:16:39Z")
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### Author: ![fredwx](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/fredwx/32/3873_2.png) [@fredwx](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/fredwx)
#### Post date: [May 13, 2010, 3:16am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/gulf-oil-spill-weather-update-thursday-may-13th/4024/1 "2010-05-13T03:16:39Z")

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Moderate to fresh (forces 4-5) southeasterlies today will slowly diminish during Friday becoming light and variable over the weekend and should remain mostly light and variable into the early part of next week as high pressure to the north gradually weakens.

[Oil Slick Trajectory Maps](http://gohsep.la.gov/oilspill.aspx)

[Surface Map](http://www.opc.ncep.noaa.gov/UA/Mexico.gif)

[Forecast Maps](http://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/model/displayMod.php?var=gfs_sfc_mslp&hours=hr072hr096hr024hr048)

[Ocean Current Model](http://wavcis.csi.lsu.edu/forecasts/forecasts.asp?modelspec=currents)