View from West Shore Road near The Ledges along Newfound Lake after a thunderstorm on July 12, 2022. Photo: Todd B. Bates/NH EnviroGuy blogger

Cool Clouds, Sunset at Newfound Lake in New Hampshire After Storm

Quite a thunderstorm at Newfound Lake in New Hampshire yesterday afternoon, then compelling cloudscapes and a cool sunset.

Tree limbs on power lines led to outages for several hours as crews worked to remove the wood and restore power.

Elsewhere in the East, severe thunderstorms generated some very strong winds, including gusts of 87 mph in Middletown, Delaware; 82 mph in Lower Alloways Creek, New Jersey; and 63 mph in Otis, Massachusetts, according to preliminary severe weather reports cited by the Eastern Region Headquarters at the National Weather Service.

Here are some of my photos before and after the storm in the Newfound Lake area, as well as a video:

Morning light at Newfound Lake before the afternoon thunderstorm on July 12, 2022. Photo: Todd B. Bates/NH EnviroGuy blogger

Newfound Lake before the thunderstorm on July 12, 2022. Photo: Todd B. Bates/NH EnviroGuy blogger

Newfound Lake after the thunderstorm on July 12, 2022. Photo: Todd B. Bates/NH EnviroGuy blogger

Newfound Lake after the thunderstorm on July 12, 2022. Photo: Todd B. Bates/NH EnviroGuy blogger

Newfound Lake after the thunderstorm on July 12, 2022. Photo: Todd B. Bates/NH EnviroGuy blogger

Newfound Lake after the thunderstorm on July 12, 2022. Photo: Todd B. Bates/NH EnviroGuy blogger

Newfound Lake after the thunderstorm on July 12, 2022. Photo: Todd B. Bates/NH EnviroGuy blogger

Newfound Lake after the thunderstorm on July 12, 2022. Photo: Todd B. Bates/NH EnviroGuy blogger

Newfound Lake after the thunderstorm on July 12, 2022. Photo: Todd B. Bates/NH EnviroGuy blogger

Tree limbs on power lines along West Shore Road near Newfound Lake in New Hampshire after the thunderstorm on July 12, 2022. Photo: Todd B. Bates/NH EnviroGuy blogger

Tree limbs on power lines along West Shore Road near Newfound Lake in New Hampshire after the thunderstorm on July 12, 2022. Photo: Todd B. Bates/NH EnviroGuy blogger

A worker cuts a tree limb on a power line along West Shore Road near Newfound Lake in New Hampshire after a thunderstorm on July 12, 2022. Video: Todd B. Bates/NH EnviroGuy blogger

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