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Funnel cloud in San Diego


Matt in SD

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I was at work today and glanced out my window and saw this...Pretty exciting, I'd never seen a funnel cloud before. It lasted for several minutes and you could clearly see it rotating. It was much more impressive than the photo seems, but definitely not big enought to be scary. This is just off the coast from the driving range of the Torrey Pines Golf Course in North San Diego (La Jolla).

Matt

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San Diego

0.6 Acres of a south facing, gently sloped dirt pile, soon to be impenetrable jungle

East of Mount Soledad, in the biggest cold sink in San Diego County.

Zone 10a (I hope), Sunset 24

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matt -

holy #$#%

did you take that ?

if so its a one in a million shot -supercell thunderstorms are incredibly hard to photograph in san diego.

the photo could be worth money - copyright it.

I saw them this morning while driving on 94 west at 9:00 am

very large and just off the coast - 2 or 3 of them moving north east.

we also got hail in san diego today

I was trained by the national weather service to be a spotter years back.

I looked for them for a year in texas and never saw one !

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I didn't have a camera at the office so a co-worker took it with his i-phone. So I guess I had a right to be excited. The guy that took the photo was teasing me a bit about freaking out.

Do you have a contact at the NWS? If you are/were a weather spotter there must be someone you report to right?

Matt

San Diego

0.6 Acres of a south facing, gently sloped dirt pile, soon to be impenetrable jungle

East of Mount Soledad, in the biggest cold sink in San Diego County.

Zone 10a (I hope), Sunset 24

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I'm pretty sure that a "waterspout twister" is not that uncommon here in SD. I've seen them many times and anyone who lives on the coast has seen them. They are often photographed and appear on the local evening news. Still, super awesome sight to see, but I suspect that you're not gonna be able to cash in on your photo as Triode suggests. You might wanna keep your day job at the fish market, Matt.

Real supercell tornados, as your diagram shows, are extemely rare in CA.

Matt Bradford

"Manambe Lavaka"

Spring Valley, CA (8.5 miles inland from San Diego Bay)

10B on the hill (635 ft. elevation)

9B in the canyon (520 ft. elevation)

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MATTY-

these must have been "cold-air funnels" and not tornadic supercells.

still the one I saw was huge and had me wondering as we also had hail.

sure was not like the 4" hail I saw at the OK panhandle...which even had insane positive discharge bolts !

oh well back to working at the fish market..........

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You're the trained weather spotter :hmm:

Matt Bradford

"Manambe Lavaka"

Spring Valley, CA (8.5 miles inland from San Diego Bay)

10B on the hill (635 ft. elevation)

9B in the canyon (520 ft. elevation)

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