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Aviation Weather Handbook

FAA-H-8083-28B Version 2026

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Chapters

Cover Page Preface Acknowledgements Notice Major Revisions 1 Introduction 2 Aviation Weather Service Program 3 Overview of Aviation Weather Information 4 The Earth’s Atmosphere 5 Heat and Temperature 6 Water Vapor 7 Earth-Atmosphere Heat Imbalances 8 Atmospheric Pressure and Altimetry 9 Global Circulations and Jet Streams 10 Wind 11 Air Masses, Fronts, and the Wave Cyclone Model 12 Vertical Motion and Clouds 13 Atmospheric Stability 14 Precipitation 15 Weather Radar 16 Mountain Weather 17 Tropical Weather 18 Weather and Obstructions to Visibility 19 Turbulence 20 Icing 21 Arctic Weather 22 Thunderstorms 23 Space Weather 24 Observations 25 Analysis 26 Advisories 27 Forecasts 28 Aviation Weather Tools Appendix A: Cloud Types Appendix B: Standard Conversion Chart Appendix C: Density Altitude Calculation Appendix D: Special Terminal Operation Procedures (STOP) for Operations in a Noncontiguous State Appendix E: Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Initialisms Appendix F: Units of Measurement Appendix G: Websites

Cover Page

Aviation Weather Handbook cover, FAA-H-8083-28B.

Aviation Weather Handbook title page, 2026.

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