FAA Releases New Weather Handbook

Thursday, December 29, 2022 at 11:53 AM ET

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The new 'Aviation Weather HAndbook' features graphics and images to illustrate key concepts such as thunderstorm elements. [Credit: FAA]

Key Takeaways:

The FAA has released a newly updated 532-page *Aviation Weather Handbook* (FAA-H-8083-28), consolidating comprehensive weather information previously disseminated through advisory circulars.
The handbook is structured into three parts, covering aviation weather services, theory and hazards, and technical tools, designed for clarity with color illustrations and bullet points.
Key sections provide updated guidance on standard briefings, critical insights into mountain weather, clear explanations of visibility obstructions, and detailed instructions for inadvertent thunderstorm encounters.
Available in both digital and hardcopy formats, this resource aims to enhance pilots' understanding of aviation weather and flight safety.

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Advisory circulars from the FAA used to be sent to pilots via the U.S. mail. They were printed on blue paper and sometimes arrived with such frequency you felt like you were on Hogan’s Heroes—every message that the characters on that classic TV show got from London came on blue paper.

A great many of those ACs focused on weather—how to get a good weather briefing, mountain flying, thunderstorms, etc. Now all that information is available in FAA-H-8083-28, the newly updated version of the Aviation Weather Handbook.