Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-02-07
IT WILL BE COLDER
Promise of a Hard Freeze Tonight and
Tomorrow
This Storm Also Comes Sailing VI
From the Sunny South-In
Other Places.

This snow, like the others Wnich nave
preceded it, is a product of the sunny
south, the alleged land of sunshine, poetry,
romance, song and flowers. The sunny
south has originated four of these storms
within the last three weeks. They begin to
make themselves heard away down in the
gulf region, aid then they come north.
They take the form Of rain and wind down
there, but when they get into the Caro-
linas, they change to snow, and thus it is
that the sleigh bells jingle and the people
say Pretty deep snow"
This storm was frs observed on Tuesday
in the western gulf section. Yesterday
morning it was spreading itself over Lou
isiana, and apparently increasing in inten-
sity. Yesterday afternoon it was passing
through Alabama, and last night 1t reached
Washington, and wrapped the city IN ITS
white embrace. Nothing unusual has been
the matter with the mercury today. n
complication is to be noted in the weather,
however. A steep fall in the temperature
is to be looked for tomorrow. as cold
wave is sweeping down from the north
west Tho mercury is expected to go down
beyond zero
The indications are: For the District OF
Columbia, Maryland, Virginia and North
Carolina, snow today and tonight, fair Fri
day; colder; northeasterly, shifting to
forthwesterly winds. increasing; gales on
the coast, and temperature far below freez-
ing.
In Other Places.
The storm has moved from the middle
gulf to the South Atlantic coast, increasing
in intensity.
The area Of very high pressure has moved
from the north of Montana to North Da-
kota, a pressure of 31.12 inches being re-
ported from Bismarck.
Rain or snow has fallen in the gulf states
q I'm all the remaining districts, GX-
cept in the extreme northwest and New
England.
The temperature has risen in the Atlantic
states and the lower lake region and has
generally fallen elsewhere.
The minimum temperature recorded last
night over eastern Kansas, southern MIS-
souri,. western Tennessee, western Mfssis-
sippi, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Indian terri
tory Texas and Louisiana, except at New
Orleans, was lower than ever previously
recorded for the first ten days OF feDru-
airy by from degrees to 20 degrees.
Steep barometric gradients between North
Dakota and the South Atlantic coast viii
give one of the saverest storms, winds and
cold waves ever noted at all places south
of latitude 81 and east of the 10oth meridian;
that is, from Arkansas, Kentucky and Nir-
ginia southwark. The temperature in In
dian territory and northern portions OF
Texas and Louisiana has fallen 36 to 38
degrees In the past twenty-four hours and
is now 40 degrees below the normal.
Unprecedentedly cold weather is being
felt through southern Texas. At various
points the thermoE1etric readings are l3
degrees lower than ever before registered
for the first week in February. This rec
ord holds good at Shreveport, La, where
the mercury is IL degrees lower than the
corresponding week in any other year; at
Little Rock it is lower than ever; at Gal
weston, s; at San Antonio. 13. and at Abb
line, II.
Emergency warnings for northwest gales
and freezing weather have been sent to
south Louisiana and Mississippi, to Ala
bama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Car
olina and Florida. Warning of a decided
freeze in northern Florida was sent last
night, and made more emphatic this morn
ing. Northwest storm signals were hoisted
the gulf coast last night, and have been
hoisted from Jacksonville to New York
city today, with warning of decided fall
ditions.
At the Capitol.
Secretary Merton is the most popular
member of the cabinet with Congressman
these days. The branch weather bureau,
which he has established in the lobby OF
the House, is attracting more attention to-
day than the financial bill The weather is
uppermost in every mans mind, and men,
berS crowd around Mr.. Randolph, The
weather clerk, to study the map and the
recording instrument under his charge
Yesterday the special bulletin of The
weather bureau, forecasting the coming
blizzard was distributed among members
by Mr. Randolph, and a great many warn
ing kilograms were sent out by western
members TO their friends and homes, di-
recting that precautions should be taken
as to stock. and so forth.