Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-11-26
THE NOVEMBER BLIZZARD.
A Talk with Lieut.. Dunwoody About
fits Origin, Extent, and Duration.

fits Origin, Extent, and Duration.
| IT REACHED FROM NEW ENGLAND TO NORFOLK
AND BACK FROM THE COAST THIS fAn-cLEAR
WEATHER HERE THIS EVENING, BUT THE STORM
WILL CONTINUE AT THE NORTH.
Lieut.. Dunwoody, Of the signal Office, was
porting over q mysterious looking couglomera-
ton Of red and blue lines striped all over the
surface of q weather chart when STAR re-
porter called to see how much more Of such
stormy weather as that Of this morning WASH
ington would have to endure.
'It is pretty nearly over 90 far as the District
Of Columbia is concerned" replied the lieuten-
ant. THE probabilities are that the storm
win clear mp before evening"
'will it be colder?' asked the reporter.
mo; the temperature will, think, remain
at about the same figure, but the fall Of sleet
and snow will cease"
WHERE IT STATED.
'Where did the disturbance originated" was
the next query.
Indications of it first made their appear
ance off the southeast of Cape Hatteras Satur-
day afternoon" replied the lieutenant. "Storm
signals were hoisted all along. the coast from
Hatteras to Block Island, and during the even
ing the signals were extended a. far north as
Boston. The storm moved northward. On
Sunday morning the gale was raging along the
| southern New England coast, and high north
eriy winds, accompanied by light snow, pre-
vailed from New York to Hatteras. Snow COM
menced to fall in the interior of New England
Sunday morning, and during the day the fall
measured about inches On the coast there
was less snow. This morning the snow In
southeast New England has given place to rain,
but 1t still continues to snow in the interior.
THE SNOW AREA.
hat ;o % he 50. ~,
snow has fallen?"
The area extends from New England along
the middle Atlantic coast as far south as Nor
folk and to the interior as far as the District of
Columbia. The area is somewhat greater than
i expected. did not anticipate such q strong
movement to the southwark. This increase in
area is due largely to the fact that the storm
unusual in storm arising where this one did.
Ordinarily it would travel in northeasterly
direction"
THE STORM TO CONTINUE IN NEW ENGLAND.
"What are the indications for a cessation Of
the storm2" asked the reporter.
at will last some time. Snow and sleet will
succeed the rain on the New England coast; the
temperature there is falling. The high winds
now prevailing will cause the snow to drift and
pack, and this will interrupt telegraphic and
railroad communication. A special warming to
this effect was sent out by this Office yesterday
afternoon and was distributed to the railroads,
30 that they are probably prepared"
MERE ZEPHYR HERE.
"What was the highest velocity attained by
the wind?"
''Eighty-four miles an hour" replied the
lieutenant. ''That was at Block Island. The
gale was from the northeast and was accom-
panied by rain. That is higher velocity than
was developed at that place during the great
March blizzard. In this city, however, there
has comparatively been no wind-2O miles an
hour was the highest speed"
How is the weather in portions Of the
country where the storm has not touched?''
Good; in Virginia the weather is fair, and
the same conditions prevail throughout the
southern states and in the Ohio valley. Western
New York and western Pennsylvania have been
visited by light SHOWS. In the west and north
west the weather is clear and warm-that is
warm for this season Of the year in those
regions"