Escambia County: Prepare For Freezing Temps
December 9, 2016
As the first widespread freeze of the season approaches tonight, Escambia County urges residents to remember the five P’s of cold weather safety:
- Protect People: Remember to dress in layers and wear a hat and gloves. It is important to try to stay out of the wind and to stay dry. Also, remember to check on young children and the elderly family and neighbors who are the most sensitive to cold weather. If the temperature cannot be maintained at a home, make temporary arrangements to stay elsewhere, including with friends and family.
- Protect Pets: If cold weather is in the forecast, be sure to bring outdoor pets inside or give them a warm shelter to stay in.
- Protect Plants: Cover cold sensitive plants to protect them from the dangerous temperatures.
- Protect Pipes: Cover pipes and allow outdoor faucets to slowly drip to prevent from freezing and breaking.
- Practice Fire Safety: Use safe heating sources indoors. Do not use fuel-burning devices such as grills; they release carbon monoxide, which is a deadly, invisible and odorless gas. Also, make sure to use space heaters according to their instructions and be attentive to open flames. In the event of long-term power outages, be extremely careful when using generators, lanterns, gas powered appliances or when cooking on charcoal grills or gas grills. These appliances produce dangerous levels of carbon monoxide, which can cause poisoning in only a matter of minutes. Equipment or appliances that produce carbon monoxide should never be used indoors. Opening doors and windows or using fans will not stop carbon monoxide buildup.
For tonight’s forecast, click here.
Winter Weather Is Here
December 9, 2016
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
Tonight: Clear, with a low around 26. North wind around 5 mph.
Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 55. Wind chill values between 25 and 35 early. Northeast wind around 5 mph.
Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 32. East wind around 5 mph.
Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 66. Southeast wind around 5 mph.
Sunday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 54. Southeast wind around 5 mph.
Monday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 75. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
Monday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 60. Southwest wind around 5 mph becoming northwest after midnight.
Tuesday: A 40 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 70. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon.
Tuesday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 57.
Wednesday: A 30 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 70.
Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 44.
Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 59.
Windy And Colder
December 8, 2016
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
Today: Partly sunny, with a high near 55. North wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 32. Wind chill values between 25 and 30. North wind around 10 mph.
Friday: Sunny, with a high near 48. Wind chill values between 25 and 35 early. North wind 5 to 15 mph.
Friday Night: Clear, with a low around 25. North wind around 5 mph.
Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 54. Northeast wind around 5 mph.
Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 34. East wind around 5 mph.
Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 64. Southeast wind around 5 mph.
Sunday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 54. Southeast wind around 5 mph becoming southwest after midnight.
Monday: A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 69. Southwest wind around 5 mph becoming north in the afternoon.
Monday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 48.
Tuesday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 67.
Tuesday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 46.
Wednesday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 61.
Tate Showband Performs Today At Pearl Harbor
December 7, 2016
The Tate High School Showband of the South is in Hawaii to take part in the 75th Anniversary Pearl Harbor Mass Band today. They will join bands from around the United States and Japan in a concert commemorating the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor.
The mass band, including the Tate Showband, will perform on the pier of the U.S.S Battleship Missouri in a worldwide live webcast “Gift of Music” concert this afternoon.
To watch the performance live from Hawaii at 4 p.m., click here.
The Tate Showband in Hawaii. Photo for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Colder Air Is Coming
December 7, 2016
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 62. Calm wind becoming north around 5 mph.
Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 44. Calm wind becoming north around 5 mph.
Thursday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 56. North wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 29. North wind 5 to 10 mph.
Friday: Sunny, with a high near 48. North wind 5 to 10 mph.
Friday Night: Clear, with a low around 28. North wind around 5 mph.
Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 54. Northeast wind around 5 mph.
Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 36. East wind around 5 mph.
Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 64.
Sunday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 53.
Monday: A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 69.
Monday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 48.
Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 65.
Cloudy Today, Colder Air On The Way
December 6, 2016
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
Today: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 67. West wind 5 to 15 mph.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 46. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 65. Calm wind becoming northwest around 5 mph.
Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 47. Calm wind becoming north around 5 mph.
Thursday: A 20 percent chance of showers after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 56. North wind 5 to 10 mph.
Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 31. North wind around 10 mph.
Friday: Sunny, with a high near 47. North wind around 10 mph.
Friday Night: Clear, with a low around 28. North wind around 5 mph.
Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 53. East wind around 5 mph.
Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 37.
Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 62.
Sunday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 53.
Monday: A 40 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 70.
Showers, Thunderstorms Today
December 5, 2016
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
Today: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. High near 69. North wind around 5 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 100%.
Tonight: Showers and thunderstorms before 3am, then a chance of showers. Some of the storms could be severe. Low around 61. Southeast wind 5 to 15 mph becoming southwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
Tuesday: A 20 percent chance of showers before noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 67. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.
Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 48. Northwest wind around 5 mph.
Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 66. Calm wind becoming west around 5 mph.
Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 49. Southwest wind around 5 mph becoming northeast after midnight.
Thursday: A 40 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 60. North wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 30. North wind 10 to 15 mph.
Friday: Sunny, with a high near 45. North wind around 10 mph.
Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 27.
Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 52.
Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 37.
Sunday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 63.
Rain Returns This Weekend
December 3, 2016
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
Saturday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers, mainly after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 53. East wind around 10 mph.
Sunday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. High near 71. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
Sunday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Cloudy, with a low around 62. Southeast wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Monday: Showers and thunderstorms. High near 73. East wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
Monday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 59. South wind around 10 mph becoming west after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Tuesday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 70. West wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 49. West wind around 5 mph becoming northeast after midnight.
Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 69.
Wednesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 43.
Thursday: A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 57.
Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 29.
Friday: Sunny, with a high near 49.
Enjoy An Evening In Bethlehem Tonight
December 3, 2016
The Seventh Annual Evening in Bethlehem will continue Saturday night at Gonzalez United Methodist Church.
From the organizers:
The Evening in Bethlehem to go back in time to the night Jesus was born. Immerse yourself in the people, places and experiences that surrounded the birth of Jesus Christ. Live animals, and actors playing their parts will round out the setting of what it was like in Bethlehem on that night. Stroll through the village with your loved ones, and go back in time to share in the joy of the birth of the son of God. This event is family friendly, and is a great way to kick off the Christmas season.
Tours will run continuously from 6 until 8 p.m. The event will take place on the grounds of the church at 2026 Pauline Street, Cantonment. The event is free to attend, and refreshments will be provided.
Pictured: Angel Choir Friday night at the Seventh Annual Evening in Bethlehem at Gonzalez United Methodist Church. Courtesy photo for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Increasing Rain Chance For The Weekend
December 2, 2016
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
Friday Night: Increasing clouds, with a low around 45. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
Saturday: A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 61. Northeast wind around 10 mph.
Saturday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 52. East wind 5 to 10 mph.
Sunday: Showers. High near 68. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming northeast in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
Sunday Night: Showers likely. Cloudy, with a low around 62. Northeast wind around 5 mph becoming southeast after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Monday: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Cloudy, with a high near 73. South wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Monday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 58. South wind 5 to 10 mph becoming west after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Tuesday: A 30 percent chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 70.
Tuesday Night: A 20 percent chance of rain. Partly cloudy, with a low around 52.
Wednesday: A 20 percent chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 71.
Wednesday Night: A 30 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 47.
Thursday: A 30 percent chance of rain. Mostly sunny, with a high near 58.