Miami - South Florida

Weather Forecast Office

South Florida Deep Horizon Oil Spill Forecast Related Information

DEEPWATER HORIZON (DWH) OIL SPILL WEATHER SUPPORT PAGE

SURFACE OIL NOT A THREAT TO SOUTH FLORIDA (Released 7/30/10)

HURRICANES AND THE OIL SPILL INFORMATION PAGE

TRAJECTORY FORECASTS

For trajectory forecasts of the oil spill for the next 3 days visit the NOAA National Ocean Service Response and Restoration Site.

GULF STREAM FORECASTS AND SATELLITE PRODUCTS

Gulf Currents	NASA MODIS	Satellite

Graphicasts	Hazardous Wx Outlook

South Florida RADAR SITES

Miami	Key West	Tampa	Melbourne

OFFICIAL MARINE FORECASTS ACROSS COASTAL LOCATIONS IN SOUTH FLORIDA

Point Forecasts below are valid for a radius of nearly 5 km around the specified point. Zone forecaster are valid for a much larger zone spanning 20 nautical miles from the coast and for area wide conditions is more representative.

Point

Zone

2NM SE of Miami Beach

3NM ESE Fort Lauderdale

2NM NE West Palm Beach

4NM West of Naples

Nearshore Miami Dade

Nearshore Broward

Nearshore Palm Beach

Nearshore Naples

OFFICIAL WIND FORECAST GRAPHICS

00HR	06HR	12HR	18HR
24HR	30HR	36HR	42HR
	48HR	72HR

OFFICIAL WAVE FORECAST GRAPHICS

00HR	06HR	12HR	18HR
24HR	30HR	36HR	42HR
	48HR	72HR

BUOY DATA INFORMATION

EXPERIMENTAL SOUTH FLORIDA COUPLED GULF STREAM AND WAVE FORECASTS

These forecasts are produced by WFO Miami using the Simulating WAves Nearshore (SWAN) wave model and the Real Time Ocean Forecast System Gulf Stream Forecasts. For additional Ouput Visit the SWAN Model Page.

Significant Wave Height

12HR	18HR	24HR	30HR
36HR	42HR	48HR	54HR
	60HR	84HR

Gulf Stream Forecasts

12HR	18HR	24HR	30HR
36HR	42HR	48HR	54HR
	60HR	84HR

Peak Wave Period and Direction

12HR	18HR	24HR	30HR
36HR	42HR	48HR	54HR
	60HR	84HR

Wavelength

12HR	18HR	24HR	30HR
36HR	42HR	48HR	54HR
	60HR	84HR

TIDE PREDICITIONS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA

Other Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Information

Current Oil Slick Map (Florida Emergency Operations Center)

NOAA Fisheries Service Page (FISHERIES CLOSING INFORMATION)

Florida Department of Environmental Protection (Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Page)

Real-Time Ocean Forecast System Model of Ocean Currents (NOAA's Environmental Modeling Center)

Oil trajectory forecasts from the USF College of Marine Science, Ocean Circulation Group

Important Contacts

For information on the oil spill, please call the Florida State Emergency in Tallahassee at 800.342.3557
For NOAA media inquiries, please contact Keeley Belva at keeley.belva@noaa.gov or 301.713.3066
For response inquiries, please phone the Joint Information Center (JIC) at 985.902.5231 or 985.902.5240
To report oil on land, or for general Community and Volunteer Information, please phone 866.448.5816
To report oiled or injured wildlife, please phone 866.557.1401
To discuss spill related damage claims, please phone 800.440.0858
BP is asking fishermen for their assistance in cleaning up the oil spill. BP is calling this the Vessel of Opportunities Program and through it, BP is looking to contract shrimp boats, oyster boats and other vessels for hire to deploy boom in the Gulf of Mexico. Fishermen should phone 281.366.5511 about this program.