Raymond Terrace/Thornton, NSW
19 December 2004

The thunderstorm below was not considered severe. It hit the Maitland/Newcastle region producing a brief heavy shower and some wind gusts up to 80km/h. The colouring caused by the storm was spectacular. Further more, the storm left a trail of mammatus clouds that gave an awesome and eerie orange glow as pictured below at Thornton. This orange glow was noticed across a large area of the Lower Hunter with reports from Newcastle to Branxton.

Raymond Terrace looking southwest 6:54pm	Raymond Terrace looking southwest 6:55pm	Raymond Terrace looking southwest 6:57pm
Thornton looking south 8:06pm	Thornton looking south 8:07pm	Thornton looking west 8:09pm

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