Unfortunately, I didn't see this PIREPs until I was back on the ground after an abortive attempt to fly to Half Moon Bay (HAF) for lunch. Made it over the hills and then turned back. There were some big potholes in the air out there. My two favorite comments are in the PIREPs below:
Palo Alto CA (Palo Alto Arpt Of Santa Clara Co) [PAO]: pilot report
from Palo Alto CA (Palo Alto Arpt Of Santa Clara Co) [PAO] to 13 nautical miles on the 085[infinity] radial of San Jose [SJC VOR] at 12:29pm PST (2029Z), at 7,300 feet a Cessna Cessna 195(LC-126) reported moderate to severe turbulence surface - 073 ... " DEP Palo Alto CA (Palo Alto Arpt Of Santa Clara Co) [PAO] turbulence along Bay @ 015 . negative over Mt. HAMILTON . negative . ROUGHEST I had in 62YRS " "almost took a wing off"
2:16:14 PM 
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