Diving into the recon data tonight, #Hurricane #Lee's intensity is represented well by the temperature gradient from inside to outside the eye.

Warmer eye and colder eyewall = a stronger storm.

The +20C perturbation for Lee is rivaled only by a handful of VDMs from Rita 2005. pic.twitter.com/cqUUs6cj71

— Sam Lillo (@splillo) September 8, 2023