Adirondack Balloon Flights Blog

The forecast for the week has rain about every other day. We start out with a series of fronts moving through on Monday with periods of rain and storms. Tuesday looks to be mostly rain free, before another system moves though for the overnight into part of Wednesday. Thursday, and early Friday, currently look good before another system approaches for late in the day on Friday, or the overnight into Saturday, which may be stormy. Sunday currently is advertised to be the better day of the coming weekend. The weather bureau is issuing forecasts for the week with what they call low confidence, because the computer models that are used for forecasting the weather are not in agreement on the timing, or the amount of rain, with the fast flow systems. What this all means is, the weather forecast will change daily through the week as the weather pattern sorts itself out.

The flying weather forecast is good for today, Thursday, and hopefully for our Friday morning flight. After that, the balance of Friday and probably Saturday looks like the flying weather won’t be good due to possible strong storms on Friday into the evening, and wind and potential instability showers on Saturday. The flying weather looks good for Sunday before the weather turns again for Monday. The flying weather may improve for Tuesday and should be good for Wednesday. We have space available on our Sunday flights as well as our flights next week. Call or email us if interested in taking a hot air balloon ride.

The forecast for the week is typical for summer. We have a decent day for flying today, Monday, with high pressure in the area. A complex weather system over the center of the nation approaches with increasing clouds, along with showers and thunderstorms for the middle of the week. High pressure will build-in late on Wednesday, bringing a sultry Thursday, with another system moving through on Friday, clearing out in time for the coming weekend. We have space available on many flights. Call or email us if interested in flying this week.

It might be flyable on Friday morning, but that appears to be about it until possibly the Sunday PM flight or Monday. The forecast is not promising. And to the details….The high pressure ridge, responsible for our recent heat wave, will begin to break down today as low pressure retrogrades toward the East Coast today. A weak cool front will approach from the east this afternoon, triggering isolated thunderstorms. A stronger cold front will approach from the West Friday night into Saturday, preceded and accompanied by showers and thunderstorms. Cooler and less humid conditions follow for Saturday night and Sunday.

HHH; hazy, hot and humid is what we have until frontal passage this weekend. There will be no afternoon flights scheduled in this heat, until we get the frontal passage. Now, the details-High pressure centered near the mid Atlantic region will produce hazy, hot and humid conditions for the next several days. High temperatures are expected to reach and exceed 90 degrees into the latter portion of the week, resulting in a heat wave. A disturbance will approach for the south and east resulting in an increased chance of showers and thunderstorms starting on Thursday, and lasting into the first half of the coming weekend.

Due to the heat, we will only be doing balloon rides in the morning during the week. It will be way to hot to do flights in the afternoon. The flying weather for our morning rides should be good for Tuesday and Wednesday. After that, the weather gets marginal for any flying until sometime over the weekend, after we get a frontal passage and a change in the weather. Call if you are interested in flying, we have space available.

We are forecast to have  a fine stretch of weather heading into and for the 4th of July Holiday. We have space available on most flights this week and for the coming weekend. Call 518-793-6342 or email phil@adirondackballoonflights.com to make a reservation.

Showers are forecast in the vicinity for today, with a greater chance of showers south of Albany. There is a greater chance of rain tonight as a warm front pushes north across the area overnight, to be followed by a cold front on Monday. A much cooler airmass will settle over the region through mid week. A longwave trough and a very cool airmass will end the month of June with unsettled weather, then high pressure builds into the area for the end of the week and the 4th of July Holiday Weekend with seasonably warm temperatures.

Friday looks to be a beautiful day for flying. The weather should hold into Saturday morning. The weather is forecast to go downhill on Saturday as a cold front drops down from Canada during the day, bringing an increased chance of rain into the overnight. After some possible early morning visibility limitation due to fog, the weather should improve for most of Sunday, before another system sets us up for more rain late on Sunday, into Monday.

Today, Monday and Tuesday morning offer good flying weather. The flight weather looks to go downhill overnight on Tuesday into Thursday. The weather is forecast to improve by Friday into the first half of the coming weekend. We have space available, morning flights meet at 5:30 AM and 6:15 PM this week. Call 518-793-6342 or email phil@adirondackballoonflights.com to make a reservation.