The Bay Area will receive a solid dousing this week from the region’s first atmospheric river of the rainy season, according to the National Weather Service.

The windy rainstorm was expected to start as early as Monday night in the far North Bay but is forecast to really pick up late Tuesday night and into Wednesday morning, according to Weather Service meteorologist Roger Gass.

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Kiley Russell writes primarily for Local News Matters on issues related to equity and the environment. A Bay Area native, he has lived most of his life in Oakland. He studied journalism at San Francisco State University, worked for the Associated Press and the former Contra Costa Times, among other outlets. He has covered everything from state legislatures, local governments, federal and state courts, crime, growth and development, political campaigns of various stripes, wildfires and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.