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The federal government confirmed Tuesday that subsea clouds of dispersed oil have been found at least 40 miles from the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico. The finding, which confirms what some independent scientists first reported last month, has renewed concerns over the effects of the oil spill on deep-sea life. 
"NOAA is confirming the presence of very low concentrations of subsurface oil down to 3300 meters, 42 miles north of wellhead," NOAA administrator Jane Lubchenco said in a news conference.




BP reported this morning that on Monday it captured approximately 14,800 barrels of oil from the broken well in the Gulf of Mexico, where crude has been flowing since the Deepwater Horizon rig sank on April 22.
As we've done since BP began capturing oil from the well, we've updated our Gulf Leak Meter to reflect that new figure. We've also decided to update the minimum leak rate on our meter.
On May 27, a government panel said the flow rate was at least 12,000 to 19,000 barrels of oil per day. We adjusted the ticker then, using 12,000 as our new minimum. That figure is clearly too low, since BP can't capture more oil than is leaking, so we've set the minimum possible leak rate to the next available rate, 19,000 barrels (798,000 gallons) per day.

 Special Issue 

VERY COLD AND RAW CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND ACROSS WEST
CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA... 

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TODAY. STRONG ARCTIC HIGH
PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION BEHIND THIS FRONT. BREEZY
NORTHERLY WINDS WILL ADVECT IN COLD TEMPERATURES THIS EVENING
THROUGH THE WEEKEND...AND CONTINUE THE AREA`S COLD WEATHER
OUTBREAK INTO MONDAY. LONG DURATIONS OF SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES
ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NATURE COAST TONIGHT...WITH LOWER TO MID 30S

IN WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA AND UPPER 30S TO LOWER 40S IN SOUTHWEST
FLORIDA. GUSTY WINDS TONIGHT WILL CREATE LOW WIND CHILLS IN THE
MID TO UPPER TEENS OVER THE NATURE COAST AND LOWER TO MID 20S OVER
WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA AND LOWER TO MID 30S FOR SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.
AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE OVER THE REGION LATE TONIGHT
INTO SATURDAY AS THE COLD FRONT STALLS OVER SOUTH FLORIDA PRODUCING
OVERCAST SKIES AND CHANCES FOR RAINS MAINLY FROM THE BAY AREA
SOUTHWARD. THESE FEATURES ALOFT COMBINED WITH THE ARCTIC AIRMASS
IN PLACE AT THE SURFACE WILL CREATE A VERY COLD...BREEZY AND RAW
DAY SATURDAY WITH DAYTIME HIGHS ONLY IN THE LOWER TO MID 40S
AREAWIDE. 

THESE LOW TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH BRISK WINDS WILL
PRODUCE LOW WIND CHILL VALUES MOST OF THE DAY WITH READING IN THE
MID 20S OVER THE NATURE COAST AND IN THE LOWER TO MID 30S ELSEWHERE.
AS THE SURFACE HIGH PUSHES FURTHER SOUTH EVEN COLDER AIR IS
POISED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING.
ALL AREAS EXCEPT THE IMMEDIATE COAST WILL SEE LONG DURATIONS OF
TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING WITH THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES EXPECTED
TO BE UPPER TEENS TO LOWER 20S OVER THE NATURE COAST AND MID TO
UPPER 20S OVER INTERIOR AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
FLORIDA. WINDS REMAIN AROUND 10 MPH OVERNIGHT AS WELL...AND THIS
CREATES DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AROUND 10 OVER
THE NATURE COAST AND UPPER TEENS TO AROUND 20 ELSEWHERE.

THESE FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MONDAY.
DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO COLD SENSITIVE PLANTS...AND SMALL PETS LEFT
OUTDOORS ARE ALSO AT RISK. COVER PLANTS AND BRING PETS INDOORS
EACH EVENING. RESIDENTS VENTURING OUT IN THE MORNINGS AND ALL DAY
SATURDAY SHOULD ALSO DRESS WARMLY. SEVERAL LAYERS OF CLOTHING WILL
INSULATE YOU BETTER THAN A SINGLE COAT OR JACKET.

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