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

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