Definition
A regional administrative office of the National Weather Service (NWS) that oversees forecast offices, weather operations, and aviation weather services within a defined geographic region of the United States. The NWS divides the country into six regions, each with its own headquarters responsible for coordinating weather products and services in that area.
Plain English
The regional office that runs and supports the local National Weather Service stations in its part of the country. It's the level above the individual forecast offices.
Context Anchor
Seen in FAA acronym and abbreviation lists, and possibly in weather-related notices or references that name a National Weather Service office.
Why Pilots Care
Pilots rarely contact a Regional Headquarters directly, but it's useful to recognize the term when it appears in weather service documentation, since it identifies the office that supervises the local forecast offices producing the weather products pilots actually use.
Intuition Check
Do not read NSWRH as a weather product or warning. It points to a National Weather Service regional headquarters office.
Example Sentence 1
The aviation weather product was developed under guidance from the NSWRH responsible for that region.
Example Sentence 2
Updates from the NSWRH were incorporated into the aviation weather briefing.