More Fog Tonight; Sunny And 78 Saturday
February 18, 2011
We are expecting more fog tonight and into Saturday morning. After the fog clears, Saturday will be near perfect, with sunny skies and a high near 78.
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
- Tonight: Patchy dense fog after 9 pm. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 48. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
- Saturday: Areas of dense fog before 10 am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 78. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph.
- Saturday Night: Patchy dense fog after 9 pm. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low around 48. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
- Sunday: Areas of dense fog before 10 am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 76. Calm wind becoming south between 5 and 10 mph.
- Sunday Night: Patchy dense fog after 9 pm. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 51. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
- Washington’s Birthday: Partly sunny, with a high near 75. Calm wind becoming south between 10 and 15 mph.
- Monday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 54. South wind around 10 mph becoming northwest.
- Tuesday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 70. North wind between 10 and 15 mph.
- Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 44. North wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
- Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 69.
- Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 45.
- Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high near 71.
- Thursday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 53.
- Friday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 74.
Drug Awareness Program Tonight In Cottage Hill
February 18, 2011
Residents of the Cottage Hill community will come together Friday night to learn about battling drugs and crime in their neighborhood.
The “Drug Awareness” program will be held at 6:30 Friday evening, February 18 at the Cottage Hill Baptist Church at 230 Williams Ditch Road.
Escambia County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Delarian Wiggins will present information on a community “Clean Sweep” that will be held on March 24, how to form a neighborhood watch and information on making the community safer while decreasing crime.
The public is invited to attend.
Sunny And Warm Continues
February 16, 2011
The next week looks great, with highs in the 70’s for each day of the entire seven day extended forecast.
- Tonight: Areas of fog after midnight. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low around 44. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
- Thursday: Areas of fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 74. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph.
- Thursday Night: Patchy fog after 9pm. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low around 49. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
- Friday: Areas of fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 74. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph.
- Friday Night: Patchy fog after 9pm. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low around 50. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
- Saturday: Areas of fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 74. East wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
- Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 49. Calm wind.
- Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 74. South wind between 5 and 10 mph.
- Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 53.
- Washington’s Birthday: Partly sunny, with a high near 76.
- Monday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 55.
- Tuesday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 75.
Planned New Molino Library May Never Open
February 15, 2011
A library planned for a portion of $2.1 million renovation of the old Molino School may not become a reality.
In May, 2009, commissioners approved the $400,000 purchase of the Old Molino School building from the Escambia County School District. Commissioners have since approved a budget of $2,089,156 from Local Option Sales Tax monies for the renovation project, including $214,580 to DAG Architects to design the renovations.
But the library may never open, NorthEscambia.com has learned, due to inadequate funding for day to day operations. Instead, the county is now considering a “library kiosk” where patrons can check out and return books in an automated fashion.
The challenge is that LOST funds cannot be used to operate the library,” Sonya Daniel, Escambia County public information manager, said. “A ‘library kiosk’ or a means to offer computerized library services is one option that the BCC talked about during their last workshop on the library.”
The original plans for the renovation of the Old Molino School called for one section of the 15,600 square foot main building to be converted into a library with both a children’s and adult area, computers and thousands of linear feet of book shelving. The old auditorium is to remain a community auditorium with available seating for 242 people. The rest of the building will include a museum, classrooms and meeting rooms.
Pictured: The front hallway of the old Molino School. NorthEscambia.com photo, click to enlarge.
Sunny And Warm All Week
February 14, 2011
The calendar says February, but this week’s weather will say spring with highs ranging from the upper 60’s to even the upper 70’s. Th entire week will be sunny, with no chance of rain.
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
- Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 39. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
- Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 69. Calm wind becoming east around 5 mph.
- Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 41. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
- Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 70. Calm wind becoming south between 5 and 10 mph.
- Wednesday Night: Patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low around 46. South wind around 5 mph.
- Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 74. South wind between 5 and 10 mph.
- Thursday Night: Patchy fog. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low around 52. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
- Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 77. South wind between 5 and 10 mph.
- Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 50. North wind around 5 mph.
- Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 71.
- Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 45.
- Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 69.
- Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 48.
Greg Evers, Entire Senate Committee Headed To Prison
February 14, 2011
The entire Florida Senate Criminal Justice Committee is headed to prison, including our local senator, Greg Evers, R-Baker.
But it has nothing to do with corruption or wrongdoing; it’s just a short visit.
Evers, chairman of the committee, has scheduled a Monday site visit to the privately-owned Graceville Correctional Facility in Jackson County. Lawmakers are expected to seriously discuss additional prison privatization this year as they look to balance the budget, and Gov. Rick Scott has proposed pushing more of the state’s prisoners into private facilities.
Graceville is operated by Corrections Corporation of America.
Pictured/Graphic: Sen. Greg Evers, R-Baker.
This Week’s Weather: Good, Better And Best
February 13, 2011
Finally…weather this week that will make you happy that you live on the Gulf Coast in February. The forecast goes from good, to better to the best weather of the winter season so far.
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
- Tonight: Clear, with a low around 35. Southwest wind around 5 mph.
- Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 68. West wind around 5 mph.
- Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 40. North wind around 5 mph.
- Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 67. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph.
- Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 40. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
- Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 68. Southeast wind around 5 mph.
- Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 44. Southeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
- Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 72. Calm wind becoming south between 5 and 10 mph.
- Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 48. South wind around 5 mph.
- Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 77.
- Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 52.
- Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 74.
- Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 49.
- Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 73.
Sunny All Week, Becoming Warmer And 75; No Rain
February 12, 2011
The weather only gets better as the week goes on. Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
- Tonight: Clear, with a low around 32. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
- Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 64. Calm wind becoming west around 5 mph.
- Sunday Night: Clear, with a low around 39. West wind around 5 mph.
- Monday: Sunny, with a high near 68. West wind around 5 mph.
- Monday Night: Clear, with a low around 42. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
- Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 67. Calm wind becoming southeast around 5 mph.
- Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 43. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
- Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 69. Southeast wind between 5 and 10 mph.
- Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 46.
- Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 73.
- Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 50.
- Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 74.
Little League Registration Continues; Last Day For NWE, Century
February 12, 2011
Registration is continuing for Century Little League, Molino Recreation Association at Don Sutton Park, Cantonment and Northwest Escambia Little League at Walnut Hill’s Bradberry Park. Details for all four parks are below.
Northwest Escambia Little League registration ended this morning. Tryouts are going on today for preregistered players. All players must attend, bring gloves and wear cleats. The concession stand will be open until 1 p.m. Junior and Senior leagues can register until March 19.
Cantonment registration will be Saturday, February 12 and 19 from 9:30 until 12:30. Draft day is February 26 for ages 4-14.
Molino Recreation Association will hold registration each Saturday from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. through February 19 at Don Sutton Park. The annual draft will be February 19 at 3 p.m.
Registration fees are $50 for the first child, $45 for the second, $40 for the third and free for additional players from the same family. A birth certificate copy is required to be on file for each child.
Click here for complete Molino Ballpark registration information in printable form.
Century Little League
Century Little League Registration will be Saturday February 12 from 9-11 a.m. at Showalter Park.
Freezing Night, But Warmer Weather Coming
February 11, 2011
Sunny and73 — it sounds good, but we’ll have to wait until next week for that. Friday night will dip again into the lower 20’s. But as Sunday rolls around, afternoon highs will rise to the 60’s, and overnight lows will moderate.
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
- Tonight: Clear, with a low around 22. North wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
- Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 59. Wind chill values between 20 and 30 early. Calm wind becoming northwest between 5 and 10 mph.
- Saturday Night: Clear, with a low around 30. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
- Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 64. Calm wind becoming west between 5 and 10 mph.
- Sunday Night: Clear, with a low around 35. West wind around 5 mph.
- Monday: Sunny, with a high near 66. West wind between 5 and 10 mph.
- Monday Night: Clear, with a low around 35. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
- Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 69. Calm wind becoming north around 5 mph.
- Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 38. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
- Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 70.
- Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 47.
- Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 72.
- Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 50.
- Friday: Partly sunny, with a high near 73.