Evening star., 1899-02-01
FAIR TONIGHT.
Not Quite So Cold Tomorrow, Winds
EccOEsin.s EnNterIy.

Forecast till 8 pm. Thursday: For the
District of Columbia, Delaware and Mary
land; fair; continued cold tonight; Thurs
day fair; not quite so cold light to fresh
winds, becoming eastcrly.
For Virginia, North Carolina and South
Carolina, fair and continued cold tonight
and Thursday; fresh northeasterly winds,
brisk on the coast.
Weather conditions and general forecast:
The storm which occupied the gulf states
Tuesday morning moved off the middle
Atlantic coast during the night after caus-
ing general rains ard SHOWS throughout
this district, the snow extending to the
northern borders of the gulf states.
The high pressure area and the Geld wave,
of which due warning was given, has con-
tinued eastward and southwark, and the
temperature has fallen from 10 degrees
to 80 degrees in the gulf and middle At
lantic states. except eastern Florida, with
freezing temperature almost TO the gulf
line Throughout the interior of the coun-
try low temperatures have continued with
clear weather except snow flurries in the
lake regions and light SHOWS i'll portions
of the northwest and extreme west.
The abnormally low pressure continues
in the north Pacific coast region and tx
tends with decreased intensity southeast
ward to western Texas. The eastward
movement of this depression has been re-
tarded by marked AREA of high pressure
with very low temperatures which covers
the entire extreme northwest.
The temperature Is from 20 degrees to
2G degrees below zero in Montana and
North Dakota, and other warnings, givin 6
notice of the approach of this cold wave
were distributed Tuesday afternoon.
Fair and cold weather will continue gen.
orally during Thursday throughout the At
lantic and east gulf states while in the
remaining districts there will be some
slight moderation of temperatures, with
probably rains Oh the gulf coast.
Fresh to brisk easterly winds will prevail
generally on the Atlantic and gulf coasts.
Records for T1enty-FOur Hours.
The following were the readings of the
thermometer and barometer at the weather
bureau for the twentyfour hours beginning
at pm. yesterday:
Thermometer: January 81 pm, "a, s
pm, 20; l. midnight, 90. February IA
m, u; am, 6; II noon, IA; 2 pm, 16
Maximum, "a, at pm. January 81: mini
mum, 6, at am. February l.
Barometer: January 81 PM, 299S; 8
pm, 1898; i midnight, 30.1O. February
IA am, 1929; pm, 30.39; noon, 30.4O;
pm, 3O.30.
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide. $50 am. and G15 pm. !;
high tide, 11:42 am. and II 80 pm.
TomOrrow-Low tide, 6:22 am. and 1:OS
pm; high tide, 1928 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
IOday-Sun rises, f.S9 am. sun SETS 5:1S
pm.
Moon rises, II "a pm.
TOmorrow-Sun rises, 1:0S am
The City Lights.
Gas lamps all lighted by 6:29 pm: ex-
tinguishing begun at 614 am. The lighting
is begun one hour before the time named.
Arc lamps lighted at 6:l4 pm; extin-
guishad at 6:29 am.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at 8
am: Great Falls temperature, 81; condi-
ton, s; receiving reservoir, temperature, 80
condition at north connection, u; condition
at south connection, g; distributing reser-
Voir. temperature, So; condition at infiuent
gate house, 4; effluent gate house, g.