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"Friday will be a challenge and so will Saturday maybe. The Met Office has issued weather warnings for rain and wind but there will be some sunshine too, FIND OUT WHAT'S ON NEAR YOU WITH OUR NEWSLETTER. Clive Bailey, flights and display director for the Bristol International Balloon fiesta, said the decision to fly or not is made only minutes before the mass ascents, due at 6am and 6pm everyday, as well as a special 6am flight on Thursday for the first time ever. Temperatures should peak in the afternoon at 21C, with very similar conditions throughout the rest of the day until around 10pm, when we'll see a reduced chance of rain. A yellow weather warning for heavy showers and thunderstorms is in place for the second day of the Bristol Balloon Fiesta. "It's all about being safe but we make a great show and have never failed to do that. Average August temperatures in Bristol range from 70° F (21° C) during the day to 57° F (14° C) in the evenings. By 10am we'll likely see and increased likelihood of showers, but only a 30-40 per cent chance, with sunny spells recurring throughout the remainder of the day. But both nightglows on Thursday and Saturday will definitely go ahead and we're 99 per cent sure tomorrow's (Thursday) mass ascent will happen and people get to see Darth Vader for the first time. For the latest news in and around Bristol, check back on Bristol Live's homepage, When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. You can unsubscribe at any time.
By 10pm the chance of showers appears to drop away to 10 per cent, meaning it's likely that conditions for the evening's night glow and firewrok finale will be fairly favourable. The action officially kicks off at 12pm, at which point it should be somewhere in the region of around 20C, with continued cloud and a light breeze. However Bristol Live has been talking to the organisers of the fiesta who are playing down fears this year could be a washout after a difficult 2018 event. According to the Met Office forecast, Sunday should be the driest day of the festival with just a 50 per cent chance of rain at 1pm, dropping to 30 per cent by 4pm, and more sunny spells than we're likely to have seen throughout the previous three days.
The weather agency says a band of heavy rain, followed by heavy showers or thunderstorms, has the potential to bring disruption. Those attending the Bristol Balloon Fiesta may see some sunshine this year despite weather warnings for rain and wind being in place. Outbreaks of occasionally heavy rain and strong winds will then arrive into the southwest.