{"id":9508,"date":"2012-01-04T23:02:23","date_gmt":"2012-01-04T23:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/?p=9508"},"modified":"2012-01-05T20:13:07","modified_gmt":"2012-01-05T20:13:07","slug":"below-freezing-temperatures-across-much-of-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/archives\/9508","title":{"rendered":"Below-freezing temperatures across much of Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2012\/01\/MODIS_LST_20120104_0727.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"MODIS Land Surface Temperature product\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2012\/01\/MODIS_LST_20120104_0727.png\" alt=\"MODIS Land Surface Temperature product\" width=\"480\" height=\"460\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">MODIS Land Surface Temperature product<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Much of the state of Florida experienced below-freezing temperatures on the morning of <a title=\"04 January 2012 daily weather map\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov\/dailywxmap\/index_20120104.html\"><strong>04 January 2012<\/strong><\/a>. An AWIPS image of the 1-km resolution MODIS Land Surface Temperature (LST) product <em><strong>(above)<\/strong><\/em> showed that LST values of 32\u00c2\u00aa F and colder <em>(blue color enhancement)<\/em> extended far to the south at 07:27 UTC <em>(02:27 am local time)<\/em>. There were even several pockets exhibiting LST values less than 20\u00c2\u00aa F <em>(violet color enhancement),<\/em> including a minimum of <strong>10.7\u00c2\u00aa F<\/strong> just southwest of Gainesville <em>(station identifier KGNV)<\/em> in northern Florida, and <strong>15.3\u00c2\u00aa F<\/strong> just to the west of Lake Okeechobee in southern Florida.<\/p>\n<p>A map of minimum temperatures on the morning of 04 January <em><strong>(below)<\/strong><\/em> showed that the cold air had even moved as far south as Cuba, where lows in the 40s F were observed. In Florida, new record\u00c2\u00a0 low temperatures for the day included 18\u00c2\u00aaF at Tallahassee, 20\u00c2\u00aa F at Gainesville, 22\u00c2\u00aa F at Jacksonville, 33\u00c2\u00aa F at Melbourne, and 36\u00c2\u00aa F at Naples.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2012\/01\/120104_12z_minimum_temperatures.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"04 January 2011 minimum temperatures\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2012\/01\/120104_12z_minimum_temperatures.gif\" alt=\"04 January 2011 minimum temperatures\" width=\"480\" height=\"318\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">04 January 2011 minimum temperatures<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Much of the state of Florida experienced below-freezing temperatures on the morning of 04 January 2012. An AWIPS image of the 1-km resolution MODIS Land Surface Temperature (LST) product (above) showed that LST values of 32\u00c2\u00aa F and colder (blue color enhancement) extended far to the south at 07:27 UTC (02:27 am local time). 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