Special Shapes inflating and lifting off as we speak.

Fiesta spokeswoman said some 30 or 40 hot-air balloons were already up as of 7:30 a.m. and some 200 or 300 in all would take off this morning.
"The Ark is up and the Bumblebees look like they're sunbathing, lying on their backs," she said.
Following this morning's mass ascension, balloonists from off the field will be flying into to grab cash-stuffed envelopes perched on poles.
Then this afternoon, the Wells Fargo Special Shapes Glowdeo looks like a go at around 5:45 p.m., followed by the Albuquerque Journal-sponsored AfterGlow fireworks show at 8 p.m., Leyendecker said.

Though the skies were still overcast at liftoff and the temperature around 50, clearer, sunnier and warmer weather was forecast for the rest of the day. The National Weather Service said high pressure building over New Mexico was expected to bring quieter weather through Saturday, according to The Associated Press. And although a new storm system was expected to bring cool, unsettled weather to the state from Sunday through Tuesday, Balloon Fiesta officials were crossing their fingers that better weather would hold for the rest of the fiesta's final weekend.

6am -- Shaping Up To Be Special: Better weather in store for Balloon Fiesta's final Friday

What can we say? It's New Mexico. The sky's a little bit overcast, and it's cool. But conditions at Balloon Fiesta Park are nothing like yesterday's monsoon-like weather that canceled the special shapes mass ascension. Stay tuned.

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