Is that a funnel cloud I see? Will there be snow on Mt. Diablo tonight?

@TheHorse (224444)
Walnut Creek, California
March 13, 2025 12:12am CST
Earlier today, I sat at my desk, and watched my redwood tree bend to the left (Northwest) by several degrees. I wondered if it was going to fall over. I saw conical clouds descending from the grey and purple darkness that looked like funnel clouds trying to form. We do not have tornadoes in Northern California. But we said the same thing in Central Montana until a tornado hit our small town about 20 years ago. In the end (here in California) we had violent rain, but no tornadoes (that I know of). I do not know how to estimated wind speed, but it well above the 20 mph predicted by the weather service. I thought we might have snow on Mt. Diablo tonight, but the weather service reports that it is still 46 F or so here at 450 or so feet I do not know whether the rain will be snow at 3,850 feet. How is the weather where you are? Photo is from a couple of years ago here.
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@lilacskies (10682)
• United States
13 Mar
Please keep us updated if it does snow. It's cold here. I went from wearing my cardigan for a few hours to wearing my parka once again.
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@TheHorse (224444)
• Walnut Creek, California
13 Mar
Heh. I usually use a thick flannel shirt here when the weather is bad. I never did break out my Winter coat this Winter.
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@lilacskies (10682)
• United States
13 Mar
@TheHorse You must look like a lumberjack in your thick flannel shirt! That's good. I need my thick parka to survive.
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@TheHorse (224444)
• Walnut Creek, California
14 Mar
@lilacskies My entire family has been into LL Bean flannel over the years.
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@LindaOHio (184346)
• United States
13 Mar
It's going to be 72 tomorrow. Then it will drop back into the 30s for a day. Typical March weather.
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@TheHorse (224444)
• Walnut Creek, California
13 Mar
Yep. It was 70 F here the other day. Last night, It was in the 40s at my elevation a I was pumping some gas.
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@LindaOHio (184346)
• United States
22h
@TheHorse I have a feeling that it's going to be a hot summer here.
@wolfgirl569 (112915)
• Marion, Ohio
13 Mar
It's been very nice here.
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@TheHorse (224444)
• Walnut Creek, California
13 Mar
It's just gloomy here. The wind is calm right now. The pavement is soaked.
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@RasmaSandra (83084)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
13 Mar
We had a couple of gloomy and rainy days but now the sun is shining. I read something strange that a tornado hit a Florida and I thought I only had to worry about hurricanes.
https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/ef-2-tornado-rips-through-central-florida-destroying-home-uprooting-trees/
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@TheHorse (224444)
• Walnut Creek, California
14 Mar
I'll check it out. Sounds odd!
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@JudyEv (348065)
• Rockingham, Australia
13 Mar
There is actually a lot of thunder at the moment and they're forecasting quite severe storms where we live in the village. At our house-sit, we might still get rain at some stage.
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@TheHorse (224444)
• Walnut Creek, California
13 Mar
We rarely get thunder in California. I am not sure why. It was a part of my Midwestern upbringing. Right now it is calm and gloomy here, and the pavement is soaked.
@Faster16 (3254)
• Indonesia
13 Mar
That sounds like a pretty dramatic weather event! It's always a bit unsettling when you see trees bending like that, and those funnel clouds definitely add to the tension.
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@TheHorse (224444)
• Walnut Creek, California
13 Mar
Right now it is calm and gloomy here. My redwood tree is still standing.