Showers, Thunderstorms
July 3, 2018
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
Tuesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 74. Southeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Independence Day: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 89. East wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Wednesday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 73. East wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
Thursday: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Partly sunny, with a high near 88. Northeast wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Thursday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 72. Calm wind.
Friday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 89. Calm wind.
Friday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 72. Calm wind.
Saturday: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Partly sunny, with a high near 89. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Saturday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 72.
Sunday: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Partly sunny, with a high near 88. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Sunday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 72.
Monday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 89.
Morristown Road Near Jay Closed
July 3, 2018
Morristown Road near Jay has been closed for drainage work prior to resurfacing.
Santa Rosa County Public Works is replacing a dilapidated pipe prior to resurfacing the road.
“Once the pipe is changed out, we expect the resurfacing to commence within two to three weeks, depending on the weather and other factors,” said Stephen Furman, Santa Rosa County Public Works director.
Morristown Road runs north and south between Highway 4 just east of the Escambia River Bridge to Chumuckla Highway.
Gas Prices Increase Before Independence Day
July 2, 2018
Gas prices face upward pressure as Independence Day quickly approaches. AAA forecasts nearly 47 million Americans will travel for the holiday. The 39.7 million – who will drive – will find gas prices 50-60 cents more than last year.
“Gas prices should inch higher before July 4, on renewed concerns of global oil supply shortages,” said Mark Jenkins, spokesman, AAA – The Auto Club Group. “Oil prices are back to multi-year highs. So another 5-10 cent increase at the pump would not be out of the question this week, but prices will not rocket high enough to ruin travel plans.”
Gas prices in Florida rose 2 cents during the past week, ending a 34-day decline of 24 cents. Sunday’s average of $2.72 is 56 cents more than this time last year.
The average price per gallon in Escambia County Sunday was $2.71 per gallon, just less than the state norm.
Motorists will find the most expensive Independence Day gas prices in four years. However, prices will remain well below the $3.60 average from July 4, 2014.
Pictured: Gas was $2.69 Sunday at this station on Highway 29 at West Roberts Road. NorthEscambia.com photo, click to enlarge.
Widespread Showers And Thunderstorms
July 2, 2018
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
Monday: Showers and thunderstorms. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. High near 87. Calm wind becoming northeast around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Monday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 74. East wind around 5 mph.
Tuesday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 89. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tuesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 73. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Independence Day: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Partly sunny, with a high near 89. Calm wind becoming east around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Wednesday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 72. Calm wind.
Thursday: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 88. Northeast wind around 5 mph becoming south in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Thursday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 72. Calm wind.
Friday: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Partly sunny, with a high near 88. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Friday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 73.
Saturday: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Partly sunny, with a high near 90. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Saturday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 73.
Sunday: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 89. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
More Showers And Thunderstorms Likely For Sunday
July 1, 2018
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
Monday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 74. East wind around 5 mph.
Tuesday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 89. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tuesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 73. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Independence Day: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Partly sunny, with a high near 89. Calm wind becoming east around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Wednesday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 72. Calm wind.
Thursday: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 88. Northeast wind around 5 mph becoming south in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Thursday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 72. Calm wind.
Friday: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Partly sunny, with a high near 88. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Friday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 73.
Saturday: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Partly sunny, with a high near 90. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Saturday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 73.
Sunday: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 89. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Fireworks, Food, Music Today In Century: What You Need To Know
June 30, 2018
The annual Independence Day Celebration is this evening in Century.
Events will take place beginning at 3 p.m. at both Anthony Pleasant Park and Showalter Park in Century. The fireworks will be visible from both parks at dark.
At Showalter Park: Snow cones, bounce house, splash pad, concessions from Century Little League
At Anthony Pleasant Park: Food vendors (including Mexican, Hawaiian and American fare like burgers, hot dogs and BBQ), homemade pork skins, other vendors, plus live entertainment as follows:
- 3:00 – 3:15 Welcome and Opening Remarks
- 3:15 – 3:30 D.J. Music
- 3:30 – 4:00 Jewelstones
- 4:00 – 5:30 Announcements and D.J. Music
- 4:30 – 5:30 Sawmill Bluegrass Band
- 5:30 – 6:00 Announcements and D.J. Music
- 6:00 – 8:00 Ricky Crook and the Horseshoe Halo Band
- Dark – Fireworks
The show alternates between Century and Flomaton each year and is jointly funded.
The Century and Flomaton Independence Day Celebration is sponsored in part by NorthEscambia.com.
Wahoos Walk Off To Sixth Straight Win
June 30, 2018
It hasn’t taken long for Pensacola fans to see what kind of impact Jose Siri can make on a game. The highly touted prospect hit a sacrifice fly in the ninth inning off Corbin Clouse (L, 2-1) to give the Blue Wahoos a 3-2 walk-off win Friday night.
With the Wahoos trailing 2-1 in the eighth inning and Chad Sobotka on the mound, Mitch Nay started the two-out rally with a swinging bunt single up the third base line. Gavin LaValley followed with a single to left before Aristides Aquino legged out an infield single, which allowed Nay to score from third. In the ninth inning, Chris Okey doubled off Clouse to open the inning. Jody Davis called upon Keury Mella to lay down a sacrifice bunt, but the Wahoos starter struck out after bunting the two-strike pitch foul. T.J. Friedl bested the M-Braves defensive shift with an infield single, which moved Okey to third base. That brought up Siri who lifted Clouse’s 1-1 pitch to left field, deep enough to score the winning run.
While neither starting pitcher factored in the final decision, both were tremendous Friday night. Wyatt Strahan tied his longest outing of the season with seven innings of two-run ball. The University of Southern California product struck out eight and walked only two. His lone mistake was in the second inning when Travis Demeritte launched a solo home run to put the M-Braves up 1-0. He allowed one more run in the sixth courtesy of Tyler Neslony’s RBI single.
Bruce Zimmerman made his Double-A debut for the M-Braves and was equally strong in his start. His only mistake was a solo home run to Nay to open the Wahoos bottom of the second inning, which tied the game at 1-1. The 23-year old struck out 10 Wahoos and walked only three while holding Pensacola to four hits.
Alejandro Chacin (W, 1-1) replaced Strahan and pitched the final two innings for the Blue Wahoos in scoreless fashion. The win of the second walk-off win of the season for the fish and they have now won a season-best six straight games this season.
The Wahoos will try and make it seven straight wins tomorrow night when LHP Seth Varner (4-0, 2.61). He will face one of the best pitching prospects in all of Minor League baseball in RHP Touki Toussaint (4-6, 3.19) toes the rubber for the hosts.
Showers And Thunderstorms Likely
June 30, 2018
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
Tonight: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 74. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Sunday: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 7am. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 89. Calm wind becoming northeast around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Sunday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Cloudy, with a low around 75. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Monday: Showers and thunderstorms. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. High near 85. Calm wind becoming east around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
Monday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 73. Northeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
Tuesday: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 88. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Tuesday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 73. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Independence Day: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Partly sunny, with a high near 88. East wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Wednesday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 72.
Thursday: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 89. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Thursday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 73.
Friday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 90.
Friday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 73.
Saturday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 90.
Showers And Thunderstorms Likely
June 29, 2018
Here is your official North Escambia area Friday forecast:
Friday: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 93. Heat index values as high as 105. Calm wind becoming north around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 75. Calm wind.
Saturday: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Partly sunny, with a high near 92. Heat index values as high as 105. Calm wind becoming northwest around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Saturday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 75. Southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
Sunday: Showers and thunderstorms. High near 90. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
Sunday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 74. Calm wind.
Monday: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 88. Calm wind becoming east around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Monday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 75. East wind around 5 mph.
Tuesday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 88.
Tuesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 74.
Independence Day: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 91.
Wednesday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 75.
Thursday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 91.
Pictured: A shelf cloud in Cantonment Thursday evening. NorthEscambia.com photo by Kristi Barbour, click to enlarge.
Storms Leave Thousands Without Power
June 28, 2018
Update: Gulf Power now reporting 528 customers without power in Escambia County. 9:02 pm
Previous story:
Evening storms have left 3,850 locations without power in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties.
As of just before 9 p.m. Escambia River Electric Cooperative is reporting 1,083 customers without power in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties in 80 outage locations.
Gulf Power is reporting 2,662 customers without power in Escambia County, all but about 50 are south of I-10. There were 105 Gulf Power customers without power in Santa Rosa County.
Pictured: EREC outages as of about 9 p.m.