Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-12-28
COLDER TONIGHT.
Not So Cold Thursday Afternoon
NOrthvesterly Winds.

Forecast till pm. Thursday-For the
District of Columbia, eastern Pennsylvania,
New jersey, Delaware. Maryland and Viz
ginia, fair; colder tonight, not so cold
Thursday afternoon; fresh northwes. erly
winds, becoming variable
Weather conditions and general foreca ST.
The storm. central Tuesday morning in
Ontario, has moved to New Brunswick and
| has caused light snow and violent north
westerly gales in the lake regions and New
England, Cleveland reporting u westerly
wind of siXty-tWo miles an hour last night
and New York 4 northwesterly wind of
iifty-two miles this morning. A second
storm of great intensity has moved from
Alberta to Manitoba. Prince Albert reports
a pressure of -. 10 inches this morning. and
Medicine Hat and Havre southwesterly
winds of forty-eight miles hour a re-
markable chinook accompanies this storm.
Miles City reports a temperature of - de-
grees, or 50 degrees above normal; Helena
Havre and Medicine Hat, As degrees, which
are, respectively b, IS and IL degrees
above, and Pueblo Cheyenne, Rapid City
Bismarck and Williston, A degrees, which
are, respectively, 81, %, %, 40 aud Al de-
greeS above normal.
a ridge of high pressure extends from the
Gulf of Mexico to Ontario. and a decided
fall in temperature has occurred in the
northern portion of this ridge, Parry Sound
reporting fall of 80 degrees in twenty-four
hours and to IS degrees below zero; Rock
below zero: Rochester and Oswego fall
of p degrees.
The temperature has risen decidedly in
the upper Missouri and Red River of the
North valleys. 1t has also fallen on the
extreme north Pacific coast.
The weather has been fair on the Pacific
coast, except light rain in the northern
states.
The weather Will clear and will be de-
cidediy colder. with violent aorthwesterly
gales in New England and New York. Fair,
colder weather may be expected In the mid
die and south Atlantic states: fair and not
so cold Thursday In the Ohio valley, gen.
orally fair in the middle and west gulf
states.
The cold in the Atlantic states will be of
short duration and the Temperature Will
moderate by Friday morning.
Storm signals are displayed on the At
lantic coast from Sandy Hook to Eastport.
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
The following were the readings of the
thermometer and barometer at the weather
bureau for the twenty-four hours beginning
al pm yesterday:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 27-4 pm, ~: 8
pm, 20; u midnight, 40. December 2S+
am. IS; am. %: IL noon. %; pm. %.
Maximum, Al, at pm, December 81; min
imun, D. at am. December 8.
acknowledgements 27-i pm. 29.9T:
pm, 2e.6S; II midnight, 29.T7. December
284 am, 1892: am, 30.u5; II noon,
1925; pm, 1928.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at
am: Great Falls. temperature, "a: condi-
ton, 6; receiving reservoir, temperature "a;
condition at north connection, 9: condition
at south connection. +; distributing reser-
voir, temperature, IS; condition at infiuent
gate house, 4: eff1uent gate house, 8.
The City Lights.
Gas lamps all lighted by 5:54 pm: ex-
tinguishing begun at 6:27 am. The light
ing is begun one hour before the time
named.
Arc lamps lighted ct Use p.m.; extin-
Guished at 6.42 am.