Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-03
The Present Storm Extended Over a
Wide Area Of Territory.
A COLD WAVE is COMING HERE
Way Below Zero in North Dakota
and Montana.
ATL ANTIC FOREC A S T

began TO Idll WIFI SUCH case diu IcS uiedAASy
that it looked as though Washington was
in for a good old-time snowstorm, such as
we had a couple of years ago. Before
o'clock the ground was white. and the
whole town was swathed in a garment of
white, and occasionally the sound of the
merry bells might be heard in the streets.
Those who were so fortunate as to own
sleighs saw visions of rare delight and
the chance to lord 1t over their less for
tunate friends.
The Joy of such as these was short-lived,
however, for 1t was not long after day.
light this morning when the mercury Went
far enough upwards in the official ther-
mometer at the weather bureau to show
that the snow could not last long. Nor did
1t, for before noon the beautiful, pure white
had resolved itself into a soiled and dirty
brown. The walking was anything but
pleasant, and the slush, on top of what
was lett of the preceding snowstorm of
able day OF the winter under foot. At
o'clock this morning the record Their
mometer registered six degrees below the
freezing point, but 1t did not linger in the
twenties long. The promise of the weather
bureau for the day included the probability
Of threatening weather, with occasional
rain or snow. There Is no reason to think
that there will be any particular change
in the weather, either for the better or the
worse, during the next thirty-six hours, at
the end Of which time it Is expected that
Washington will receive some of the eff
fectS OF cold wave that has generated in
the far northwest, and is making it's way
eastward, with the chance of getting here
In a much attenuated form.
The Area of the Storm.
The present storm, although it has been
marked by an almost entire absence Of
wind, is very general in the matter of ter
rftory covered. All the country to the east
of and including the Mississippi valley has
been visited by a rainfall varying in guam
tity and quality. North of Tennessee it
has taken the form Of snow. In this city
the precipitation amounted to but six-one-
hundredths OF an inch. and this in the
form OF snow would usually amount to a
fall OF about q half inch. But this time
1t was particularly light, and as it did not
pack a bit 1t would probably be called a
fall OF an inch. 1t did not amount to a
picayune as snowstorm, but as a nuis-
ance to pedestrians and those who had
to clean OF their own sidewalks it was a
bowling success. =
Cold In the Dakotas.
IT the weather is comparatively mild
here today the same cannot be said of some
of the other sections Of the United States.
In North Dakota and Montana the small
children who were starting to school this
had to go well bundled up, for through
those two delightful states the thermome-
ter averaged sixteen degrees below zero at
o'clock: st; Vincent was the coolest
point in the United States, for there the
spirits in the glass found resting place at
just twenty below. In Florida, on the
other hand, the extreme cold snap which
has done so much damage to the orange
and other crops has to large extent pass
ed off, and since New Year morning the
weather has been moderating, until now
1t has got to something like the normal
for this time of year. The reports that
country, though, are all to the effect that
the cold weather lasted plenty long
enough to do inestimable damage to fruits
and vegetables.
A Cold Snap Coming.
Mr.. Morrill,, the forecast officer at the
weather bureau. told a Star reporter this
morning that while there was no chance
of anything like a blizzard reaching Wash
ington, we would yet feel the touch of the
Another low area is developing to the
south Of it that may possibly push it
aside to certain extent, but that is hardly
likely to prevent it from reaching here al
together. The coolest in this city so far
this winter was six degrees above some
days ago, but there Is no reason for ex-
pecting anything of the sort here again in
the near future.
Atlantic Forecast.
The forecast for January on the North
Atlantic, issued by the photographic office,
shows that there will be stormy weather
north of the fortieth parallel and along
the American coast norht of Hatteras.
There will be strong westerly and north
westerly gales along the transatlantic
steamship routes. The effect of these gales
is frequently felt as far south as latitude
35 north. Occasional gales in the vicinity
of the Azores. Northers may be expected
in the gulf. Fog at Intervals on the Grand
Banks, but not in extended areas Ice may
appear near Cape Race during the latter
part of the month.