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See The Show: Total Lunar Eclipse

There’s a treat in store in the skies early Tuesday morning across the North Escambia area– the year’s only total lunar eclipse.

From beginning to end, the eclipse will last about three hours and twenty-eight minutes. For observers in the North Escambia area, the eclipse lasts from 12:33 a.m. through 4:01 a.m.  Totality, the time when Earth’s shadow completely covers the moon, will last a lengthy 72 minutes.

While it is merely a coincidence that the eclipse falls on the same date as this year’s winter solstice, for eclipse watchers this means that the moon will appear very high in the night sky, as the solstice marks the time when the Earth’s axial tilt is farthest away from the sun. It’s the first total eclipse on the winter solstice since 1554.

A lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth lines up directly between the sun and the moon, blocking the sun’s rays and casting a shadow on the moon. As the moon moves deeper and deeper into the Earth’s shadow, the moon changes color before your very eyes, turning from gray to an orange or deep shade of red.

The moon takes on this new color because indirect sunlight is still able to pass through Earth’s atmosphere and cast a glow on the moon. Our atmosphere filters out most of the blue colored light, leaving the red and orange hues that we see during a lunar eclipse. Extra particles in the atmosphere, from say a recent volcanic eruption, will cause the moon to appear a darker shade of red.

Unlike solar eclipses, lunar eclipses are perfectly safe to view without any special glasses or equipment. All you need is you own two eyes. It will be the last chance for sky watchers in the continental U.S. to see a total lunar eclipse until April 15, 2014.

Pictured above: Path and times local to North Escambia for the eclipse, click to enlarge. Pictured below: The Total Lunar Eclipse of July 16, 2000 was a very long total eclipse (1 hour 47 minutes) that won’t be exceeded for over a thousand years. Courtesy Fred Espenak/NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.

Local Singer Appears Tonight On Finals Of NBC’s ‘The Sing-Off’

A local singer’s group is one of four finalists on NBC’s a cappella singing competition series “The Sing-Off” tonight.

Adam Chance Ray, who performs as Adam Chance, sings bass for the six-member Street Corner Symphony. The group is one of four to make it through the preliminary rounds for the chance to appear live for tonight’s show; the show started with 10 a cappella groups competing for a $100,000 prize and a Sony Music recording contract

Chance (pictured), who was born in the Florida Panhandle, currently resides in Tuscaloosa, but still has numerous relatives in the Atmore and Jay areas.

The members of Street Corner Symphony are from all over the Southeast United States and call Nashville their home base. The group was formed in May of 2010 for the sole purpose of competing in The Sing-Off.

“We met right before we had to get things together for the show,” Chance said.

Street Corner Symphony’s music is described as “laid back southern soul” with a rich heritage in gospel music. Chance is the only one of the six members that is not the child of a preacher.

Returning celebrity judges Ben Folds, Shawn Stockman and Nicole Scherzinger will critique each performance, narrowed down the finalists to the top four groups competing for America’s vote.

A behind the scenes NBC interview with Street Corner Symphony is below. Adam Chance is on the far right.

Pictured top: Street Car Symphony members (L-R) Jon McLemore, Adam Chance, Jeremy Lister, Mark McLemore, Richie Lister, John Martin. Courtesy photo for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.

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Area Churches Plan Special Christmas Services, Events

Here is a look at upcoming special Christmas services at area churches:

• Highland Baptist Church in Molino will hold a Christmas Candlelight Service, Wednesday, December 22 at 7 p.m.
• The First Baptist Church of Bratt will present “The Youth Christmas Play”, on Wednesday, December 22 at 7 p.m. The public is invited to attend in the church Family Life Center.
• Christmas Eve Services Lessons and Carols, December 24, 7 and 11 p.m. with Candlelight Communion at St. Monica’s Episcopal Church, 699 South Hwy 95A, Cantonment. (850) 937-0001.
• The First Presbyterian Church will celebrate a Christmas Even Candlelight Service on Friday, December 24 at 6 p.m. Everyone welcome.
• Grace Fellowship in Atmore is offering a free Christmas meal to be delivered to homes in the Atmore are between 11 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. on Christmas Day. Meals are limited.

Cold Tonight, Sunny Monday

Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:

• Tonight: Clear, with a low around 29. North wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
• Monday: Sunny, with a high near 60. Calm wind becoming southeast around 5 mph.
• Monday Night: Patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, mostly clear, with a low around 41. South wind around 5 mph.
• Tuesday: Patchy fog before 7am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 68. South wind between 5 and 10 mph.
• Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 53. South wind around 5 mph becoming west.
• Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 71. Northwest wind between 5 and 10 mph.
• Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 45. North wind around 5 mph.
• Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 67. North wind around 5 mph becoming east.
• Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 41. Calm wind.
• Friday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 67.
• Friday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 40.
• Christmas Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 53.
• Saturday Night: Clear, with a low around 30.
• Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 52.

Sunny, Cool Sunday

Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:

• Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 30. North wind around 5 mph.
• Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 55. North wind around 5 mph.
• Sunday Night: Clear, with a low around 30. Calm wind.
• Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 62. Calm wind becoming southeast around 5 mph.
• Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 46. South wind around 5 mph.
• Tuesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 70. South wind between 5 and 10 mph.
• Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 52. South wind around 5 mph becoming west.
• Wednesday: A 20 percent chance of rain. Mostly sunny, with a high near 68. West wind between 5 and 10 mph.
• Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 43. Southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
• Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 68.
• Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 41.
• Friday: Partly sunny and breezy, with a high near 65.
• Friday Night: A 20 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 41.
• Christmas Day: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 58

See Santa In Century This Morning

Children in the Century and Byrneville areas will have the opportunity to see Santa this morning, courtesy of the Century Volunteer Fire Department.

Santa’s helpers at the Century VFD submitted the following information and schedule:

Century Volunteer Fire Department will be doing their annual Santa Run on Saturday, December 18 starting at approximately 8:30 a.m. Santa will be escorted around the town atop a fire truck along with his sleigh and reindeer.

Route will be as follows:

• Leaving Century Firehouse Substation on Highway 4 and travel north on Killam Road. Will then make a left and head west towards our first stop which will be at the Byrneville Community Center. Santa’s time is valuable so this stop will only be for 30 minutes!
• Then  Jolly Ole St .Nick will travel east on Highway 4 towards Century city limits, then north on Highway 29 to his second stop which will be in the parking lot at Whataburger. Again we have to keep the reindeer moving so this stop will only be for 30 minutes also!
• Then we will head north on Highway 29 to the Dollar General Store where Santa will have his last stop for all the kids. By now it will be about time for Santa to head back to the North Pole to get ready for Christmas Day so this last stop will only be for 30 minutes!
• The truck with Santa atop will then head back south on Highway 29 to the southern town limits which will conclude the run3.
• Any kids along any of these routes will get candy tossed to them as well as any at one of our three stops.

Century Volunteer Fire Department would like to remind parents of children to be safe if you will be along the roadways of the route. Santa will make every attempt to toss the candy in your yard, but if some falls in the road let an adult grab it for you.

Merry Christmas
Century Volunteer Fire Department

See Santa In McDavid This Morning

Santa will travel around McDavid courtesy of the McDavid Volunteer Fire Department this morning.

Children are encouraged, with their parent’s permission, to step outside their homes for a personal Santa visit when they hear the fire truck sirens approaching.

Grab The Umbrella

A passing front will bring a chance of rain and cooler weather.

Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:

• Tonight: A 50 percent chance of rain. Cloudy, with a low around 41. North wind around 5 mph.
• Saturday: A 50 percent chance of rain, mainly before noon. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 53. North wind between 5 and 10 mph.
• Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 30. North wind around 5 mph.
• Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 56. Wind chill values between 25 and 35 early. North wind around 5 mph.
• Sunday Night: Clear, with a low around 29. North wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
• Monday: Sunny, with a high near 62. East wind around 5 mph becoming south.
• Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 43. South wind around 5 mph.
• Tuesday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 69. Southwest wind between 5 and 10 mph.
• Tuesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 49. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming north.
• Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 60.
• Wednesday Night: Clear, with a low around 34.
• Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 59.
• Thursday Night: Clear, with a low around 37.
• Friday: Sunny, with a high near 62.

Santa Today At Century Library

Santa Claus is scheduled to pay a special visit to the Century Branch Library Thursday afternoon.

Santa will visit with North Escambia area children beginning at 4 p.m. Thursday at the library. There will be a Christmas story, a special craft and goodie bags too. Everything is free, and everyone is invited. The Century Branch Library is located at 7991 North Century Boulevard.

Pictured above: Santa Claus during his visit last year to the Century Branch Library. NorthEscambia.com file photo.

Temperatures On The Rebound

Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:

• Wednesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 50. South wind between 5 and 10 mph.
• Thursday: A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 70. South wind between 5 and 10 mph.
• Thursday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 55. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
• Friday: A 50 percent chance of showers. Cloudy, with a high near 71. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph.
• Friday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Cloudy, with a low around 51. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
• Saturday: A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 58. North wind between 5 and 10 mph.
• Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 33. North wind around 10 mph.
• Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 55.
• Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 32.
• Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 60.
• Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 33.
• Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 58.

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