all the high winds down there. rick reichmuth is standing by at the starting gate and to see exactly what the conditions are, what speed will the wind have to blow before those things are grounded? >> reporter: if it's a sustained wind at 23 miles an hour, and i guarantee you we're nowhere near that, that's good. if gusting over 34 miles an hour, that causes the problems. at times the winds gets gusty. you can see those balloons flopping in the air. that gives you an idea of some of the wind that we're seeing here. it's just gusting, coming in and out. you can also see that. 77th street, that's all of those balloons that we're talking about. those are the high flying balloons generally. they filled them up yesterday, this big event they do the day before the parade and strap them down underneath the nets and hopefully soon let them go. there is meteorologists here working with the national weather service working with the nypd. i can tell you, it does not seem that bad here. i'm hopeful that these balloons