Don’t Forget: Help ‘Stamp Out Hunger’ At Your Mailbox Today
May 14, 2016
Saturday is the Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive. You can help by placing a bag of non-perishable food items in or around your mailbox. Your letter carrier will collect the food items and deliver them to local food banks and pantries.
The Letter Carriers Food Drive is the largest, single-day effort to combat hunger in America.
Suggested non-perishable food items include canned soup, canned meat, canned vegetables, bottled juice, pasta, rice or cereal. Items that are past their expiration date or in glass containers should not be included.
Sunny And Warm Through The Weekend
May 13, 2016
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 86. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 59. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 85. Light and variable wind becoming west 5 to 10 mph in the morning.
Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 61. West wind around 5 mph.
Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 85. Northeast wind around 5 mph.
Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 63. North wind around 5 mph.
Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 84. East wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south in the afternoon.
Monday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68. South wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tuesday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 84.
Tuesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 70.
Wednesday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 84.
Wednesday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 70.
Thursday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 84.
Mostly Sunny And Warm Today, Slight Rain Chance By Friday
May 12, 2016
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 87. Calm wind becoming southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Thursday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 67. South wind around 5 mph becoming west after midnight.
Friday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 84. Northwest wind around 5 mph.
Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 61. Northwest wind around 5 mph.
Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 84. North wind around 5 mph.
Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 61. Northwest wind around 5 mph.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 85. North wind around 5 mph becoming west in the afternoon.
Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 64. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm after midnight.
Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 84.
Monday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 67.
Tuesday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 84.
Tuesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 69.
Wednesday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 85.
Mostly Sunny And Warm
May 11, 2016
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 88. South wind around 5 mph.
Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 65. South wind 5 to 10 mph becoming west after midnight.
Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 87. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming south in the afternoon.
Thursday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 66. South wind around 5 mph becoming west after midnight.
Friday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 84. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 61. North wind around 5 mph.
Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 84. North wind around 5 mph.
Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 62.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 86.
Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 64.
Monday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 83.
Monday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68.
Tuesday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 84.
Low 60’s Tonight, Patchy Fog In The Morning
May 10, 2016
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
Tonight: A 10 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm. Patchy fog after 4am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low around 63. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
Wednesday: Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 88. South wind around 5 mph.
Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 65. South wind 5 to 10 mph becoming west after midnight.
Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 87. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming south in the afternoon.
Thursday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 66. South wind around 5 mph becoming west after midnight.
Friday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 84. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 61. North wind around 5 mph.
Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 84. North wind around 5 mph.
Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 62.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 86.
Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 64.
Monday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 83.
Monday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68.
Tuesday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 84.
Apply For Housing Rehabilitation Assistance In Century Tuesday and Wednesday
May 9, 2016
Residents from Century and the unincorporated areas of Escambia County will have another chance to apply for housing rehabilitation programs to recover from the February 15 tornado.
Staff from the town of Century and the Escambia County Neighborhood Enterprise Division will be at the Century Town Hall at 7995 North Century Boulevard, on and Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 4 pm. to take or complete applications for housing rehabilitation programs for citizens in the Town of Century and unincorporated areas. Applicants must make an appointment by calling (850) 994-0081 for town of Century residents or (850) 595-3011 for unincorporated Escambia County residents. Walk-ins may not be able to be accommodated.
Applicants must bring a social security card for all household members and a picture ID for all household members over 18. Additionally, applicants should bring the following current information with them as applicable:
- Three most recent pay stubs
- Social security award letter
- Retirement/pension statement
- Unemployment statement
- Child support/alimony verification
- Current bank statements
- Current mortgage statement
- Current insurance statement
- Utility bill
- Any other documentation related to income being received by any member of a household
Programs available include the county’s HOME, CDBG and SHIP rehabilitation programs. Income limits apply and the property must be owner occupied and current on property taxes to receive assistance. For more information, call the Escambia County Neighborhood Enterprise Division at (850) 595-0022.
Magnificent Mother’s Day Weather
May 8, 2016
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 56. South wind 5 to 10 mph.
Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 80. South wind 5 to 10 mph.
Monday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 65. South wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tuesday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 82. South wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tuesday Night: Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low around 65. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 86. South wind around 5 mph.
Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 65. South wind 5 to 10 mph becoming west after midnight.
Thursday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 86. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon.
Thursday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 65. Southwest wind around 5 mph becoming northwest after midnight.
Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 85.
Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 60.
Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 86.
Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 63.
Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 86.
Clouds Tonight Low 66
May 8, 2016
After about a week of beautiful blue skies and cooler temperatures, our weather is slowly headed back to warm and humid this week. Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 66. South wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Tuesday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 83. South wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 63. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 88. South wind around 5 mph.
Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 64. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm after midnight.
Thursday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 87. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Thursday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 65. South wind around 5 mph becoming west after midnight.
Friday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 84. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 61. North wind around 5 mph.
Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 84.
Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 61.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 85.
Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 63.
Monday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 83.
Sawmill Day And Car Show Today In Century
May 7, 2016
The Alger-Sullivan Historical Society will present the 27th Sawmill Day and Car Show in Century today, in the Historic District at Jefferson Avenue and Fourth Street.
There will be a vintage and custom car show organized by the Bad Boys Car Club, plus arts and crafts booths, the traveling museums of the Northwest Florida Living History Association, and Raymond Melvin’s Naval Stores Museum.
Free tours of the museums will be highlighted with the Search and Find Game, where completed questionnaire sheets will qualify participants for a prize drawing. Local history books will be on sale, including the release of the society’s new cookbook and museum guide. Boston Butt sandwich meals will be available, and entertainment is scheduled all day. The flag raising ceremony will be at 8:30 a.m. and the car show awards will take place at 2 p.m.
Perfect Weekend Weather
May 7, 2016
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 82. Northwest wind around 5 mph.
Saturday Night: Clear, with a low around 56. Southwest wind around 5 mph.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 83. West wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south in the afternoon.
Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 61. South wind 5 to 10 mph.
Monday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 83. South wind 5 to 10 mph.
Monday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 67. South wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tuesday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 84. South wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 66. South wind 5 to 10 mph.
Wednesday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 85.
Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 66.
Thursday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 86.
Thursday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 66.
Friday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 86.