SEATTLE — Take a deep breath and brace yourselves, Seattle. It’s about to get real wet this week.

“Atmospheric rivers are taking aim at us,” said National Weather Service meteorologist Dustin Guy. “For Seattle, that spells very, very wet weather.”

A wind advisory and flood watch will converge Monday as the week kicks off with heavy rain, Guy said. For metropolitan areas, that means flooding in the roadways and small-stream flooding that could make commuting a mess Monday afternoon and into the night.

Flooding in counties across northwest and west-central Washington, including King, Snohomish and Pierce counties, is likely through Friday afternoon. Excessive runoff may occur in rivers coming from the Olympic and Cascade mountains as they get 8 to 10 inches of rain.

“Hopefully by now, pe

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