Aviation Weather Handbook: FAA-H-8083-28

Aviation Weather Handbook FAA-H-8083-28

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Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Operating Handbook FAA-H-8083-24

This is the official and ALL-NEW FAA Aviation Weather Handbook FAA-H-8083-28.
Released in December 2022. Printed in Color.

This Aviation Weather Handbook consolidates the weather information from the following advisory circulars (AC) into one source document. By doing this, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) intends to streamline access to the FAA’s weather documentation for users of the National Airspace System (NAS). The following AC’s are now canceled:

  • AC 00-6, Aviation Weather
  • AC 00-24, Thunderstorms
  • AC 00-30, Clear Air Turbulence Avoidance
  • AC 00-45, Aviation Weather Services
  • AC 00-54, Pilot Windshear Guide
  • AC 00-57, Hazardous Mountain Winds

Table of Contents:

  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • Chapter 2. Aviation Weather Service Program
  • Chapter 3. Overview of Aviation Weather Information
  • Chapter 4. The Earth’s Atmosphere
  • Chapter 5. Heat and Temperature
  • Chapter 6. Water Vapor
  • Chapter 7. Earth-Atmosphere Heat Imbalances
  • Chapter 8. Atmospheric Pressure and Altimetry
  • Chapter 9. Global Circulations and Jet Streams
  • Chapter 10. Wind
  • Chapter 11. Air Masses, Fronts, and the Wave Cyclone Model
  • Chapter 12. Vertical Motion and Clouds
  • Chapter 13. Atmospheric Stability
  • Chapter 14. Precipitation
  • Chapter 15. Weather Radar
  • Chapter 16. Mountain Weather
  • Chapter 17. Tropical Weather
  • Chapter 18. Weather and Obstructions to Visibility
  • Chapter 19. Turbulence
  • Chapter 20. Icing
  • Chapter 21. Arctic Weather
  • Chapter 22. Thunderstorms
  • Chapter 23. Space Weather
  • Chapter 24. Observations
  • Chapter 25. Analysis
  • Chapter 26. Advisories
  • Chapter 27. Forecasts
  • Chapter 28. Aviation Weather Tools