Recent News & Flight Blog

I wish I had better news on the weather front, but the beat goes on and the weather repeats itself like the movie Groundhog Day. It will rain off and on right through the forecast period which currently is through Monday. There will be limited dry periods to do any flying so we will see what if any weather if available for doing a flight. Enjoy your 4th of July!!

Well, unfortunately our weather looks to go downhill again, which will make getting any of our Adirondack hot air balloon rides up the next couple of days difficult, possibly right through the mid part of the upcoming week. Saturday morning may be the most promising of next few days. We will have to wait and see how the systems come through and whether the next cut-off low materializes as forecast models are now advertising. Ah, the great Northeast. You gotta love it to put up with this weather. The weather for the month of June has been about as dysfunctional as our New York State Senate.

Balloon flying weather should improve for Thursday morning, and be good for the Friday PM flight and both Saturday balloon rides. Sunday’s flying weather is uncertain at this time.

Well, this has been a miserable stretch of weather for doing balloon rides. And unfortunately, it looks to continue through a good part of the week with maybe some good flying weather by the weekend. You wouldn’t know it’s summer looking out the window this morning. Summer has become a fleeting seasonal phenomenon, but it will eventually show it self and we will enjoy it!

Currently the forecast has 100% rain for today, Thursday into early Friday. Then a break in the rain for most of Friday with rain returning on the weekend. It looks like there is a possibility of doing a balloon ride on Friday afternoon at 6PM. How much rain we get on the weekend is not certain at this time. Some forecast models have the bulk of the rain passing to our south and east, but most models indicate another heavy rain event for part of Saturday and Sunday. The flying weather looks to improve after Monday through the middle of next week. Updates to follow as they are made available by the National Weather Service. We currently have space available on all flights through next week, so make your plans for when our flying weather improves for our hot balloon rides.