The Broad Mountain Wind Project has rescheduled its balloon test for Friday morning. Depending on the weather and winds, the balloons are set to rise in the morning and be up sometime between 9 a.m. and 11 a.m.

Four balloons will be elevated within the footprint of the proposed 21-turbine wind farm in Packer Township to serve as a representative example and provide additional data for site analyses to be submitted as part of the ongoing zoning hearing process.

The four balloons will be spread across different parts of the wind farm, with one each on the far eastern and western ends and two others in between along the ridge.

The balloons, about 12 feet in diameter, will be tied to a cable and rise to the height of the proposed 656-foot tall turbines when the blade tip is at its apex.

A smaller balloon or bright marker on the same cable will mark the 418-foot height of the nacelle, or hub, which sits atop the turbine tower and holds the rotor and blade assemblies.

The team from Digital Design & Imaging Service Inc., which is conducting the test, will monitor height and capture photos from communities to the north and south of the project site for about two hours until roughly 11 a.m.

More information about the company and its operations is available at www.AirPhotosLIVE.com.

All of these times are weather dependent.

For updates, visit www.broadmountainwindproject.com; email broadmountainwindproject@libertyutilities.com to request updates or check www.facebook.com/BroadMountainWind.

Broad Mountain Wind has a field office in Weatherly Plaza at 202 Carbon St. in Weatherly. Call 866-591-5005.