National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office

New Weather Support from NWS Tallahassee:

• Maximum Forecast Heat Index Graphics: Today and Tomorrow.

Including Official NOAA Plume Forecasts

NWS Mobile Decision Support Page

NWS New Orleans Decision Support Page

• NEW: Interactive GIS-based information portal
• HURRICANES AND THE OIL SPILL IMPACT (NOAA FACT SHEET)
• View the latest NOAA update on the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
• Latest NWS forecasts for the spill zone courtesy NWS New Orleans
• Latest HYCOM-GFS Oil Spill Forecast from COAPS/FSU
• Oil trajectory forecasts from the USF College of Marine Science, Ocean Circulation Group
• View the latest Multi-Agency update on the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
• Current Oil Slick Map (Florida Emergency Operations Center)
• NOAA Fisheries Service Page (FISHERIES CLOSING INFORMATION)
• Map of Emergency Rule Closure Boundary
• Florida Department of Environmental Protection (Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Page)
• AHPS support page showing tide gage locations in Google format
• Google's Crisis Response Map 

Florida Emergency Information Line: 1-800-342-3557

Important Contacts

• 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.