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 updated FAA-H-8083-28, the "Aviation Weather Handbook," consolidates previous FAA weather advisory circulars into a comprehensive 532-page guide.
Designed for easier understanding, the handbook features color illustrations, bullet points, and is divided into three parts covering weather service programs, theory/hazards, and technical tools.
It provides crucial information for pilots, including detailed standard weather briefings, essential mountain flying weather knowledge, explanations of visibility obstructions, and extensive guidance on thunderstorms.
This comprehensive resource is available in both e-format and hardcopy.

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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.