Record 24-hour rainfall in Nome, Alaska
![MIMIC Total Precipitable Water product [click to play animation | MP4]](https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/08/comp20190802.120000_tpw.png)
MIMIC Total Precipitable Water product [click to play animation | MP4]
Blended TPW values reached 2.7 inches near Nome at 1537 UTC on 02 August — and broad areas of TPW greater than 200% of normal (yellow) were seen across the Bering Sea as the atmospheric river approached the Seward Peninsula (below).
![Blended Total Precipitable Water and Percent of Normal [click to play animation | MP4]](https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/08/ak_tpw_percent-20190802_153728.png)
Blended Total Precipitable Water and Percent of Normal TPW [click to play animation | MP4]
Rainfall totals since Thursday AM around Alaska. At any one place most of the rain fell in ~24 hours: any amounts over 1.5″ are very significant. Note: not all of these totals are completely accurate: instrument, reporting & decoding all sources of error. #akwx @Climatologist49 pic.twitter.com/xqJalsCOKv
— Rick Thoman (@AlaskaWx) August 3, 2019