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Brisk Wind Advisory 41, NWS Anchorage, AK

February 12, 2026

NWS Anchorage, AK issued this brisk wind advisory at Feb 12, 2026, 3:00 AM AKST. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 12, 2026, 3:00 AM AKST (12:00 UTC)
Expired
Feb 12, 2026, 3:19 PM AKST
In force
12 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 Feb 11, 3:43 PM AKST, 11 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 11, 3:43 PM AKST, 11 hours 17 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 12, 12:13 AM AKST, 2 hours 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
National Weather Service ANCHORAGE AK
1213 AM AKST Thu Feb 12 2026

AKZ701-711-722-723-121300-
Anchorage-Lower Matanuska Valley-SW Kenai Peninsula-
NW Kenai Peninsula-
Including the cities of Anchorage, Eagle River, Eklutna, Palmer,
Wasilla, Big Lake, Homer, Anchor Point, Ninilchik, Clam Gulch,
Kenai, Soldotna, Sterling, and Nikiski
1213 AM AKST Thu Feb 12 2026

...BANDS OF HEAVY SNOW FROM HOMER NORTH TO WASILLA THROUGH EARLY
THURSDAY MORNING...

A band of heavy snow continues to slowly lift north across the
western Kenai Peninsula, Anchorage Bowl, and western Matanuska
Valley overnight. Snowfall rates within this band may approach one
to two inches per hour at times. Expect significantly reduced
visibility as low as one half mile or less at times in heavy snow
bands. One to three inches of snow accumulation is possible where
heavy snow bands persist, especially along the Sterling Highway
corridor from Kenai to Homer.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 11, 3:10 PM AKSTGale WarningAFC24 hr
Feb 11, 3:10 PM AKSTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFC24 hr
Feb 12, 1:05 AM AKSTWinter Weather AdvisoryAFCKenai Peninsula7 hr
Feb 12, 3:00 AM AKSTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFC60 hr
Feb 12, 3:00 AM AKSTHeavy Freezing Spray WarningAFC25 hr
Feb 12, 5:46 AM AKSTBlizzard WarningAFCBethel Census Area9 hr
Feb 12, 2:48 PM AKSTWinter Weather AdvisoryAFCBethel Census Area, Bristol Bay, Dillingham Census Area, Lake and Peninsula42 hr

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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.