Summer Sizzle Continues

July 13, 2010

Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:

Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 75. West southwest wind between 5 and 10 mph.
Wednesday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Mostly sunny and hot, with a high near 97. Heat index values as high as 106. West wind around 5 mph.
Wednesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 75. South southwest wind between 5 and 10 mph becoming calm.
Thursday: Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1pm. Partly sunny and hot, with a high near 97. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming south southwest. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Thursday Night: Isolated showers and thunderstorms before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 75. South wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Friday: Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a high near 93. South southeast wind between 5 and 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Friday Night: Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 74. South southwest wind between 5 and 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Saturday: Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 93. Calm wind becoming south southwest between 5 and 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Saturday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 75.
Sunday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 93.
Sunday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 75.
Monday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 93.

Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under Archive

Hot And Humid; Rain Could Offer Relief

July 12, 2010

It’s going to be a hot week, with temps in the 90’s and a heat index soaring up to 110 across the area. There’s a 40 percent chance of heat-relief in the form of rain today, but that rain chance will drop for Tuesday and Wednesday.

Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:

Monday: Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a high near 95. Calm wind becoming west southwest around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 73. South southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
Tuesday: Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a high near 95. Calm wind becoming south southwest between 5 and 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 73. South southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
Wednesday: Isolated showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Partly cloudy, with a high near 95. Calm wind becoming southwest around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Wednesday Night: Isolated showers and thunderstorms before 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 73. South southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Thursday: Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 95. Calm wind becoming southwest around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Thursday Night: Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 75. South southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Friday: Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 94. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Friday Night: Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 73. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Saturday: Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 93. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 73.
Sunday: Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 93. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under Archive

Hot, Chance Of Rain Monday

July 11, 2010

Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:

Tonight: Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 74. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Monday: Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 95. Calm wind becoming southwest between 5 and 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 73. South southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
Tuesday: Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 95. Calm wind becoming south southwest between 5 and 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 73. South southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
Wednesday: Isolated showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Partly cloudy, with a high near 95. Calm wind becoming southwest around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Wednesday Night: Isolated showers and thunderstorms before 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 73. South southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Thursday: Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 95. Calm wind becoming southwest around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Thursday Night: Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 75. South southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Friday: Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 94. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Friday Night: Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 74. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Saturday: Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 94. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 74.
Sunday: Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 93. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under Archive

A Rainy Sunday Afternoon?

July 10, 2010

Some of the area had scattered showers and thunderstorms Saturday afternoon, and it looks like a repeat Sunday afternoon with a 70 percent chance of rain.

Here is your official North Escambia are forecast:

Tonight: Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 74. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Sunday: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 94. Calm wind becoming southwest around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Sunday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 75. Southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
Monday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 94. Calm wind becoming south southwest between 5 and 10 mph.
Monday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 74. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
Tuesday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a high near 96. Calm wind becoming south southwest between 5 and 10 mph.
Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 73. South southwest wind between 5 and 10 mph becoming calm.
Wednesday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 95. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph.
Wednesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 73. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
Thursday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 95.
Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 73.
Friday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 95.
Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 73.

Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under Archive

Weekend Trip: 50th Birthday Party For To Kill A Mockingbird

July 10, 2010

If you are looking for a short weekend trip, Monroeville, Alabama, would love to have you this weekend as they throw a birthday bash for the literary classic “To Kill a Mockingird”.

Published July 11, 1960, “To Kill a Mockingbird” was an instant success, and would go on to sell over 30 million copies in 40 languages. The plot and characters by Harper Lee were loosely based on the people and places she saw growing up in Monroeville.

This summer, Monroeville has turned into the fictional Maycomb of the novel, with events culminating this weekend.

The schedule on Saturday includes a preview screening of Sandy Jaffe’s upcoming documentary Our Mockingbird. The evening concludes with a giant lawn party of food, drink and conversation on the courthouse lawn. There will also be 1930s-era children’s games on the courthouse lawn and walking tours of downtown Monroeville including the sites where Harper Lee and Truman Capote lived as children. Museum volunteers will assist in these tours sharing their love of the famous novel and how it relates to their hometown.

The schedule for Sunday, the actual publication date of “To Kill a Mockingbird”, includes cake and ice cream on the courthouse lawn from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. The Pastry Shop in Mobile, Alabama, is creating a special cake for the event.

Throughout the weekend, visitors can participate in a silent auction for a signed, mint-condition, as-new 35th Anniversary Edition of “To Kill a Mockingbird” (all proceeds benefit the Monroe County Heritage Museum’s Education Fund.) The auction ends at 5 p.m. on Sunday. Also, the reading copy of a 50th Anniversary edition of To Kill a Mockingbird signed by all the readers in the marathon reading will be auctioned.

For more information visit www.tokillamockingbird.com or click here for a pdf schedule.

Pictured top: Monroe County’s world famous courtroom. Picture bottom: The Old Courthouse museum on the square in Monroeville. Courtesy photos for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.

Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under Archive

Today’s Schedule, Photo Gallery: Blue Angels At Pensacola Beach

July 10, 2010

Today is the annual Blue Angel’s Pensacola Beach Air Show.

The event begins at noon, with the Blue Angels scheduled to fly at 2 p.m. On Saturday, NewsRadio 1620 will have live narration during the air show beginning at noon with Paul Stadden and former Blue Angels solo pilot Len Anderson. NewsRadio 1620 and Cat Country 98.7 will have special traffic reports with live updates all day Saturday.

Aircraft scheduled to take part in the show include: a Grumman Widgeon G-44 flown by Julian MacQueen; Prometheus flown by Skip Stewart, Team RV; Red Star and the Dragon–Dragon Aviation; Fat Albert, a C-130 Hercules; and the Blue Angels F/A-18 Hornets.

For a photo gallery from Thursday’s Pensacola Beach practice show, click here. Photos courtesy Cheryl Casey Photography

Are you heading to the show? Send us your pictures! Email news@northescambia.com

Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under Archive

NWE Football Registration Continues Today

July 10, 2010

Registration will take place today for Northwest Escambia football in Walnut Hill.

Registration will continue each Saturday in July at Ernest Ward Middle School from 10 a.m. until noon.

The cost is $70 for the first child, $35 for the second child and free for additional children in the same family. Teams are available for children 5 to 13 years old. Birth certificates and social security cards are needed for each child for registration.

Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under Archive

Schedule: Blue Angels Beach Air Show This Weekend

July 9, 2010

It’s the big Red, White and Blues Week on Pensacola Beach, with the Blue Angels’ annual air show taking place this weekend.

On Friday, the show gets underway at noon with a full dress rehearsal. The Blue Angels fly at 2 p.m. On Saturday, the Pensacola Beach Air Show begins at noon, with the Blue Angels scheduled to fly at 2 p.m.

On Saturday, NewsRadio 1620 will have live narration during the air show beginning at noon with Paul Stadden and former Blue Angels solo pilot Len Anderson. NewsRadio 1620 and Cat Country 98.7 will have special traffic reports with live updates both Friday and Saturday.

Are you heading to the show? Send us your pictures! Email news@northescambia.com

Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under Archive

FHP To Conduct Highway 29 Checkpoint Tonight

July 9, 2010

The Florida Highway Patrol will conduct a safety checkpoint tonight and early Saturday morning on Highway 29 near Broad Street.

“he “Comprehensive Roadside Safety Checkpoint” will take place between 10:00 p.m. Friday and 3:00 a.m. Saturday. There will be approximately 25 uniformed officers participating, as well as support personnel from the Emerald Coast MADD Chapter.

During the operation, vehicles will be stopped to check for driver impairment. Should impairment be detected, roadside sobriety testing will be performed on site. Warning devices will be placed in strategic locations for the safety and protection of the public, according to the FHP.

Broad Street intersects Highway 29 just north of I-10.

Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under Archive

Rain Chances Increasing For The Weekend

July 9, 2010

We can expect a hot day today, with the heat index topping out about 105. It will not be as hot for the weekend, but we will have higher rain chances as the weekend progresses.

Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:

Friday: Isolated showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Partly cloudy, with a high near 96. Heat index values as high as 105. Calm wind becoming southwest between 5 and 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Friday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 72. West southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
Saturday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 95. Calm wind becoming west between 5 and 10 mph.
Saturday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 74. West southwest wind between 5 and 10 mph becoming calm.
Sunday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 92. West wind around 5 mph.
Sunday Night: Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 71. West southwest wind between 5 and 10 mph becoming calm. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Monday: Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 91. Southwest wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Monday Night: Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 73. South southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Tuesday: Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a high near 94. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Tuesday Night: Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 72. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Wednesday: Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a high near 95. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Wednesday Night: Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 73. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Thursday: Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a high near 94. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under Archive

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