import os, urllib, viewimage
RADAR_URL = "http://sirocco.accuweather.com/nxss_R1_640x480d/R1/inxR1kptks.gif"
mappic = urllib.urlretrieve( RADAR_URL,"delete-me.gif")
urllib.urlcleanup()
viewimage.viewimage("delete-me.gif")
os.remove("delete-me.gif")
def viewimage(filename):
    root = Tk()
    root.title("View Image")
    frame = Frame(root,colormap="new",visual='truecolor').pack()
    imagedata = ImageTk.PhotoImage(data=imagestring)
    label = Label(frame,image=imagedata).pack()
    quitbutton = Button(root,text="Quit",command=root.destroy).pack(fill=X)
    root.mainloop()

RADAR_URL = "http://sirocco.accuweather.com/nxss_R1_640x480d/R1/inxR1kptks.gif"
mappic = urllib.urlopen(RADAR_URL)
mapstring = mappic.read()
urllib.urlcleanup()
viewimage(mapstring)