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Tarballs; Point Lobos, CA

Point Lobos, CA | 2016-Jan-08

Initial Notification: On the afternoon of 08-JAN-2016, USCG Sector San Francisco contacted the regional NOAA SSC to request a hindcast for tarballs that had come ashore at Point Lobos, just south of Carmel, CA. . Due to recent heavy weather in the area, USCG will have some tarballs analyzed and have requested hindcast trajectory support to help determine a likely source.

Incident Details
Primary threat:Oil
Products of concern:oil
Latitude (approximate): 36° 31.00′ North
Longitude (approximate): 121° 57.00′ West