# Monday Gulf Oil Spill Weather update

**URL:** https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/monday-gulf-oil-spill-weather-update/4042
**Category:** Marine Weather
**Created:** [May 17, 2010, 3:32am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/monday-gulf-oil-spill-weather-update/4042 "2010-05-17T03:32:31Z")
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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 17, 2010, 3:32am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/monday-gulf-oil-spill-weather-update/4042/1 "2010-05-17T03:32:31Z")

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Mostly light northwest to west winds are forecast for today into Tuesday becoming variable Wednesday then freshening light to moderate southeasterly Thursday to Saturday.

An interesting post on the risk for the oil entering the loop current was posted today by [Dr. Jeff Masters, Director of Meteorology, Weather Underground.](http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=1483)

[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)