Another Freezing Night
December 26, 2020
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
Tonight: Clear, with a low around 29. Calm wind becoming east around 5 mph.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 60. Wind chill values between 25 and 35 early. Southeast wind around 5 mph.
Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 40. Southeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Monday: Sunny, with a high near 65. Southeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the afternoon.
Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 43. Calm wind becoming northeast around 5 mph after midnight.
Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 64. East wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 51. East wind 5 to 10 mph.
Wednesday: A 40 percent chance of showers after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 68. Southeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Wednesday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Low around 57. Southeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%.
Thursday: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before noon, then a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 65. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Thursday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 36.
New Year’s Day: Sunny, with a high near 53.
Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 33.
Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 55.
Merry Christmas! The Story Of The Greatest Gift Of All
December 25, 2020
Today’s lead story on NorthEscambia.com is a story that happened over 2,000 years ago today — the birth of a boy child.
It is story that was first delivered by an angelic choir. It was the news that changed the world…a Savior had been born in a little town called Bethlehem. It was a humble scene. A little baby wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
It was the world’s first ever Christmas gift on that very first Christmas morning, the gift of a Savior with the promise of eternal life.
It’s good news for all of us on this Christmas. Good news that Emmanuel, the Lord Jesus, was born. It’s story that was reported by Luke in the New Testament in the Bible, the widest circulated publication in history. It’s reprinted below for you to read, and for you to share the Good News with someone you care about this Christmas.
From our NorthEscambia.com family to you and yours, Merry Christmas!
- And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed.
- (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)
- And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.
- And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:)
- To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.
- And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered.
- And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.
- And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
- And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.
- And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.
- For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
- And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
- And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,
- Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.
- And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.
- And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger.
- And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child.
- And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds.
- But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart.
- And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them.
It’s Feeling A Lot Like Christmas! Low In The Mid 20s Tonight
December 25, 2020
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
Tonight: Clear, with a low around 25. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 50. Wind chill values between 25 and 35 early. Calm wind becoming north around 5 mph.
Saturday Night: Clear, with a low around 26. Southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 61. Light and variable wind becoming southeast 5 to 10 mph in the morning.
Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 37. Southeast wind around 5 mph.
Monday: Sunny, with a high near 66. Southeast wind around 5 mph becoming south in the afternoon.
Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 45. Northeast wind around 5 mph.
Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 65. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tuesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 53.
Wednesday: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Cloudy, with a high near 69. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Wednesday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 46. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Thursday: A 30 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 57.
NorthEscambia.com Teams With NORAD To Track Santa Live
December 24, 2020
NorthEscambia.com is teaming up with the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) to track the progress of Santa Claus around the world.
Merry Christmas from NorthEscambia.com to you and your entire family!
Freezing Tonight; Coldest Christmas Day In Decades
December 24, 2020
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
Temperatures will fall this afternoon as winds increase. Tonight will be freezing cold with lows in the middle to upper 20s. That sets us up for the coldest Christmas day since 1995 when the low was 26. And then it gets colder Friday night with hard freeze lows in the lower 20s.
Tonight: Clear, with a low around 27. Wind chill values between 20 and 25. West wind 5 to 15 mph.
Christmas Day: Sunny, with a high near 46. Wind chill values between 20 and 30 early. Northwest wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Friday Night: Clear, with a low around 23. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 49. Calm wind becoming north around 5 mph.
Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 27. Calm wind.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 60. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph in the morning.
Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 43. Southeast wind around 5 mph.
Monday: Sunny, with a high near 66. South wind around 5 mph.
Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 44.
Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 66.
Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 50.
Wednesday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 66.
Escambia Reports One Additional COVID-19 Death And 299 New Cases
December 24, 2020
THIS IS AN ARCHIVED STORY.
On Wednesday, the Florida Department of Health reported one additional COVID-19 death and 299 new cases in Escambia County.
Here is the latest data:
Escambia County cases:
Total cases: 20,737 (+299)
Non-Florida residents: 2,269
Total deaths: 352 (+1)
Long-term care facility deaths : 159
Current hospitalizations: 172 (+13)
Number of tests last day: 1,600
Percent positive last day: 13.8%
Percent positive last week: 13.5%
Escambia County cases by location:
Pensacola: 15,145 (+75)
Cantonment: 1,741 (+20)
Century: 995 (+1)
—-including 774 Century prison inmates
Molino: 261 (+3)
McDavid: 128 (+4)
Walnut Hill: 38
Bellview: 29
Perdido Key: 17
Gonzalez: 9
Santa Rosa County cases:
Total cases: 10,025 (+114)
Non-Florida residents: 121
Total deaths: 120
Long-term care facility deaths: 24
Cumulative Hospitalizations: 516*
Number of tests last day: 513
Percent positive last day: 17.5%
Santa Rosa County cases by location:
Milton: 5,049 (+69)
Navarre: 1,897 (+20)
Gulf Breeze: 1,721 (+13)
Pace: 766
Jay: 255 (+3)
Bagdad: 24
Florida cases:
Total cases: 1,223,015
Florida residents: 1,202,660
Deaths: 20,754
Hospitalizations: 60,471*
*“Hospitalizations” in the statewide and Santa Rosa County totals is a count of all laboratory confirmed cases in which an inpatient hospitalization occurred at any time during the course of illness. Most of these people are longer be hospitalized. The FDOH does not provide a count of patients currently hospitalized. The Escambia County number is current data compiled each day from the local hospitals.
*The Florida Department of Health does not have a clear standard or definition of “recovered” and does not report a number of recovered individuals.
**Data Sources: Florida Department of Health, Escambia County, City of Pensacola, local hospitals.
Chance Of Severe Storms Tonight Into Early Thursday Morning Before Big Cool Down
December 23, 2020
There is a chance of severe weather with a passing cold front late tonight into early Thursday morning. The biggest threats are damaging wind and a few brief tornadoes.
And be prepared for a big cool down on Thursday with freezing temperatures overnight. Details are in the forecast below.
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
Tonight: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after midnight. Steady temperature around 60. Breezy, with a south wind 15 to 20 mph becoming southwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Thursday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 9am, then a chance of showers between 9am and noon. Temperature falling to around 41 by 5pm. Breezy, with a southwest wind 15 to 20 mph becoming northwest in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 28. Wind chill values between 20 and 25. West wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Christmas Day: Sunny, with a high near 43. Wind chill values between 20 and 30. Northwest wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Friday Night: Clear, with a low around 24. Northwest wind around 5 mph.
Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 48. North wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the afternoon.
Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 30. Calm wind becoming east around 5 mph.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 58. East wind around 5 mph becoming south in the afternoon.
Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 43. Southeast wind around 5 mph.
Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 64.
Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 44.
Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 61.
Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 49.
Wednesday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 64.
Five More COVID-19 Deaths, 160 New Cases Reported In Escambia County
December 23, 2020
THIS STORY IS OUTDATED. SEE NORTHESCAMBIA.COM FOR THE LATEST.
On Tuesday, the Florida Department of Health reported five additional COVID-19 deaths and 160 new cases in Escambia County.
Here is the latest data:
Escambia County cases:
Total cases: 20,438 (+160)
Non-Florida residents: 2,225
Total deaths: 351 (+5)
Long-term care facility deaths : 160 (+1)
Current hospitalizations: 159 (-1)
Number of tests last day: 641
Percent positive last day: 19.4%
Percent positive last week: 13.5%
Escambia County cases by location:
Pensacola: 14,970 (+125)
Cantonment: 1,721 (+20)
Century: 994
—-including 774 Century prison inmates
Molino: 258 (+1)
McDavid: 124 (+3)
Walnut Hill: 38 (-1 data adjustment)
Bellview: 29
Perdido Key: 17
Gonzalez: 9
Santa Rosa County cases:
Total cases: 9,911 (+130)
Non-Florida residents: 123
Total deaths: 120 (+3)
Long-term care facility deaths: 24
Cumulative Hospitalizations: 509*
Number of tests last day: 272
Percent positive last day: 30.8%
Santa Rosa County cases by location:
Milton: 4,980 (+55)
Navarre: 1,877 (+39)
Gulf Breeze: 1,708 (+24)
Pace: 766 (+3)
Jay: 252 (+2)
Bagdad: 24
Florida cases:
Total cases: 1,223,015
Florida residents: 1,202,660
Deaths: 20,754
Hospitalizations: 60,471*
*“Hospitalizations” in the statewide and Santa Rosa County totals is a count of all laboratory confirmed cases in which an inpatient hospitalization occurred at any time during the course of illness. Most of these people are longer be hospitalized. The FDOH does not provide a count of patients currently hospitalized. The Escambia County number is current data compiled each day from the local hospitals.
*The Florida Department of Health does not have a clear standard or definition of “recovered” and does not report a number of recovered individuals.
**Data Sources: Florida Department of Health, Escambia County, City of Pensacola, local hospitals.
Pace Man Charged With Raping 15-Year Old At Party Near Jay
December 23, 2020
A Pace teen has been charged with raping a teen girl last year at a party near Jay. The arrest came after a DNA evidence match by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
Seth Tyler McDonald, 19, has been charged with first degree sexual assault of a victim between 12 and 18 years old.
In September 2019, the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to a sexual assault case at the Santa Rosa Medical Center in Milton. The 15-year old female told deputies that she had attended a party in the 6300 block of Old Pollard Road north of Jay. She told deputies she had been drinking vodka and beer, according to an arrest report.
The girl told deputies that she blacked out and later found that her shorts were on backward and her underwear was missing, the report states.
A witness claimed they saw McDonald carrying her out of the woods.
DNA samples were obtained from the victim in September 2019. The Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office was able to obtain DNA from McDonald in September 2020, with a match to the crime returned this month from FDLE, according to the report.
Update: Water Service Restored For Central Water Works Customers
December 22, 2020
UPDATE; Water service has been restored for Central Water Works Customers East of Highway 29. The water service was temporarily cut so the utility could make repairs.
The utility said a boil water notice is not necessary because pressure did not fall below acceptable limits.
The area included Mystics Springs Road, Railroad Street, Worley Road, Milstead Road, Main Street, Post Office Street and Gunner Road.