Evening star., 1898-11-21
INCREASING CLOUDINESS.
Rain Promised for Tomorrow and
May BE Snow Wednesday.

Forecast till pm. Tuesday-For the Dis
trict of Columbia, eastern Pennsylvania,
New Jersey and Delaware. increasing
cloudiness and warmer tonight; Tuesday
rain; increasing east to southeast winds;
Wednesday rain or snow and much colder.
For Maryland, Virginia and North Caro-
lima, warmer and partly cloudy tonight.
with rain in western portions; Tuesday
rain; increasing east to southeast winds.
Weather conditions and general forecast
The western cold wave has overspread the
middle Missouri valley, Kansas, northwest
ern Oklahoma and Indian territory and eX-
treme northern Texas, causing a fall in
temperature of 30 to 80 degrees from the
middle Missouri valley over the middle
Rocky mountain districts, and snow as far
south as the Panhandle of Texas. The line
of zero temperature is traced to northwest
ern Nebraska and southern Wyoming. Dur
ing the next twenty-four hours the cold
wave will extend over the Mississippi and
lower Ohio valleys, causing q fail IN tenn
perature of 30 to 40 degrees and carrying
the line of freezing weather almost to The
middle and west gulf coast.
In Texas and the southwestern states a
severe nOrther for the season will prevail
tonight. Warnings of this severe cold
wave have preceded it's arrival at all points
IN the western states about twenty-four
hours. Similar warnings have been tele-
gTaphed to points throughout the Missis-
sippi valley and the southwest, and weather
bureau officials have been instructed 10 ad-
wise ali commercial and shipping interests
to adopt precautionary measures III ad-
vance of a wave of very low temperature,
which will be injurious to perishable goods
In the Atlantic coast states rain will
probably set iT by Tuesday morning and a
decided fall in temperature may be expect
ed by Wednesday.
Storm signals are displayed at all lake
stations. and on the gulf coast from Pensa-
cola to Brownsville.
Tne following heavy precipitation lin
lncheS) has been reported during the past
twenty-four hours, During the twenty
four hours ending al Sunday-East-
port l32; Vineyard Haven, 10.
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide, S:11 am. and SIC D. m :;
nigh tide, 81 am. and 2:OG pm.
TomorrCw-Low tide OIL am and g.IS
pm; high tide, 2:42 am. and 1906 pm
The sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rises, ESQ am; sun sets, 4:42
pm.
Moon sets, 100 am. tomorrow.
TOmorrow-Sun rises, Col am.
The City Lights.
Gas lamps all lighted by 80 pm; ex-
tinsulshlng begun at 800 a m. The light
ing Is begun one hour before the time
named.
Arc lamps lighted at 5:35 pm; extin-
guished at 6:14 am.
Condition of the Water
Temperature and condition of water at S
I'M: Great tFalls-Temperature 45; condi-
ton, 3. Receiving ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
AZ; condition at north connection, 2; condi-
ton at south connection, g. Distributing
serVolr-Temperature, Al; condition at in
fluent gatehouse, 23; ettiuent gatehouse, 25.
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
at pm. yesterday:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 20, 4 pm. 81; 3
pm, a. II midnight, 81 November n 4
a m, 81; s a. m. 30; Il noon, 30; pm, "a.
Maximum, %, at pm, November n !:
minimum. 81. at I am, November p.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 20, pm, 3OI3: s
pm, 300; II midnight, 1924. November
p, am, 1925; am, 30.31; noon 30. 80:
= pm. 30.26.