Temperature spread!

This is an IR (Infrared) image from the polar-orbiting NOAA-18 satellite, displaying the eye of Hurricane Dean about 1 hour prior to landfall. Chetumal, Mexico is just to the south south west of the Eye (MMCM). The coldest IR brightness temperatures in the northern eyewall region were -83º C / -117 º F (black enhancement), while IR brightness temperatures within the eye region were as warm as +20º C/ 68 º F.

Just imagine... "expect a high of 68 F today with an overnight low of -117 F" :-o

Posted by Ted Zarras at 5:10 PM