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A Pilot's Guide to Weather
Quote: The Summer 2026 issue of FAA Safety Briefing magazine focuses on aviation weather and its critical effect on safe GA flying. Articles review some basic causes of weather activity, how certain conditions can affect pilot safety, and tools you can use to aid your weather decision-making process.
Featured articles
Steering Around the Storm: A GA Guide to Understanding Thunderstorms
Beyond the Briefing
Silver Lining: Avoiding VFR Flight Into Instrument Weather
Air Masses and Fronts: The Movers and Shakers of Weather | Federal Aviation Administration
Air Masses and Fronts
Too Much Weather: How to Choose Which Resource to Use and When | Federal Aviation Administration
Too Mucher Weather - Which Resources to Use (Focus on US Resources)
The Weather Plan You Never Write Down
Get Cloudwise: Know Your Cloud Types and the Altitudes They Form
PDF Download of the NOAA Cloudwise/Weatherwise Poster
Departments
More ressources are available in the Department Section, including:
By Hugh Thomas, FAA Flight Standards Service Executive Director
Sharpening Your Summer Safety Weather Skills Summer 2026
Note: Flying in Hot Weather and Avoiding Wildfires – Summer flying requires particular attention to density altitude, pilot heat stress, wildfire smoke, visibility degradation, and fire-related TFRs. Relevant FAA references include A Pilot's Guide to Hypothermia and Hyperthermia, FAA Safety Briefing, Summer 2026, and AC 91-92, Pilot's Guide to a Preflight Briefing.
References
Summer 2026 issue of FAA Safety Briefing magazine | Federal Aviation Administration
FAA Safety Briefing Magazine | Federal Aviation Administration
FAA AC 91-92 – Pilot's Guide to a Preflight Briefing
https://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/advisory_circulars/index.cfm/go/document.information/documentID/1036892
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