Friday, December 26, 2025

up to 8 inches of rain have fallen in the Santa Lucia mountains since Tuesday night. This mountain coastal range is next to Big Sur in California

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As of Friday morning, the total rainfall in some areas of the
Santa Lucia Mountains since Tuesday is expected to be up to 8 inches, with other Central Coast mountains seeing similar amounts. The general forecast for the wider Santa Lucia and Coastal mountains area was for a range of 2 to 4 inches, with locally higher amounts due to orographic lift. 
It should be noted that some other mountain ranges in Southern California, such as the San Gabriel Mountains, experienced significantly higher isolated totals, exceeding 12 to 15 inches during the same storm period. 
For real-time local data, the Precip website offers current rainfall totals for the Santa Lucia Wilderness area.
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