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Brisk Wind Advisory 12, NWS Anchorage, AK

January 12, 2026

NWS Anchorage, AK issued this brisk wind advisory at Jan 12, 2026, 2:44 PM AKST. It was in force for 49 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 12, 2026, 2:44 PM AKST (23:44 UTC)
Expired: Jan 14, 2026, 3:40 PM AKST
In force: 49 hr
Issued by: NWS Anchorage, AK

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this brisk wind advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Anchorage, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this brisk wind advisory went out at Jan 12, 6:59 AM AKST, 7 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 12, 6:59 AM AKST, 7 hours 45 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Anchorage, AK issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 11, 3:58 PM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC		59 hr
Jan 12, 2:52 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC		3 days
Jan 12, 2:52 AM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC		3 days
Jan 12, 2:52 AM AKST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AFC		36 hr
Jan 12, 3:55 AM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFC		3 days
Jan 12, 3:55 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC		11 hr
Jan 12, 3:55 AM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC		3 days
Jan 12, 3:55 AM AKST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AFC		3 days
Jan 12, 10:54 AM AKST	Winter Weather Advisory	AFC	Aleutians West Census Area, Lake and Peninsula	3 days
Jan 12, 2:43 PM AKST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AFC		62 hr
Jan 12, 2:44 PM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC		62 hr
Jan 12, 2:44 PM AKST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AFC		37 hr

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.