The evening times., 1899-02-13
COVERING A WIDE AREA.
Not Alone the Victim
of NagtII Pole Terro-s-

" ash inStOu NoI
of Nasth Pole Terro-s
Washington does not suffer alone. This
blizzard extends over a vast area. The
temperature hovers around zero throughout
The hitherto sunny South. Florida is cut
of from communication with the North
and the Weather Bureau had great difficult
ty in preparing its forecast today owing
10 the meagreness of telographic advices
from many stations.
This is the storm which was discovered
on Saturday moving up through Florida
and along the Gulf. As it swept northward
along the Atlantic Coast it increased IN
energy and was central this morning OF
the Southern Virginia coast. As conse-
quence the heavy SHOWS have continued
generally in all the Atlantic States except
in the extreme northern portion of New
England and in Florida.
There was snow yesterday in the Gulf
States. followed generally by clearing
weather. The weather is mainly fair to-
day except in the Atlantic States, and in
the lower lake region.
The coolest weather on record prevails
today in the Gulf States, southeastern
Tennessee and Northern Georgia. At New
Orleans the mercury stood at degrees
above zero, 3 negroes lower than any
other temperature ever recorded there. At
Montgomery. Ala. the mercury indicated
degrees below zero. 3 degrees low
er than any previous record. II was 6
degrees below zero at Atlanta or 1 de-
grees below any previous record. At
Nashville. Tenn. it was 12 degrees below
zero or > degrees below the lowest pre-
yious record.
No reports were received by the Weather
Bureau today from any station in Florida
except that at Pensacola, where the tenn
perature last night was down to II. 1t IS
a certainty that the line of freezing wealth
er extends well down in the orangs penin-
sula and IT is reasonably certain that the
winter truckers have been frozen and that
the trees which rebuddod after the last
fIeeze have been killed.
Cold weather continues throughout the
Centras valleys but in the West there has
been a rise in temperature OF from 10 TO 65
degrees during the last twenty-four hours.
This rise is due 10 an area Of low pressure
which is moving in from the extreme
Northwest.
On the Pacific coast fair weather has
continued with little change in tempera-
lure except in the extreme northern por-
tion, where there has been rain.
For the twenty-four hours ending at S a.
IN. Sunday, there were SHOWS and rains in
The South, and generally snow in the Mid
die and north Atlantic States, except in
northern New England; there were asa
rains on the north Pacific coast.
Heavy snow will continue this afternoon
in the Atlantic States from North Caro-
lima northward, followed by clearing OF
the northern New England coast. whsre
snow viii probably continue. Generally
fair weather is indicated for Tuesday
throughout the entire districts from the
Gulf States northward, except in northern
New England.
II viii be colder tonight in the middle
Atlantic States and continue cold in New
England and the south Atlantic States
with a repetition of the freezing tempera.
ture in northern and central Florida. II
the west Gulf States and Ohio Valley th,
temperature will moderate Tuesday.
High northerly winds will prevail, caus
ing drifting snow in the middle and nortl
Atlantic States
Storm signals are displayed on the At
lantic coast from Eastport to ,JacksonyiI,
and on the Gulf coast from Cedar Keys t,
punta Gorda.
Ii. z. Williams. Acting Chief of tn,
Weather Bureau issued the following spe
cial bulletin at noon today:
By far the most important feature NJ n,
weather this morning Is the extreme cold Yye,fb
ar which prevails through the Gulf States an
Tenncsse. The line extends through cen
tral Louisiana, southern Mississippi soutber,
Alabama and central Georgia. At New Orle,n
the minimum temperature was q degrees vrbicJ
was . degrees lower than any previous record
At hicksbu-g the minimum temperature was
degree below At Montgomery 4 degree
below; at Atlanta, G degrees below and at Sa
Vannah, ) degrees above zero. In fact thra,,ph
out the whole Gulf region the teSnperatures wer
from degrees to degrees below any preyiou
record, except possibly in Florida. from whic
state reports this morning are missing IL
evident however, from inspection of the pre
Vaiiing conditions TO the northward that the lin
'af freezing temperature extends well into cen
irai Florida.
Advisory messages sent TO Florida a
carly as Saturday night, and this informatio
was supplemented Sunday morning by warn
fnes that the freezing temperature would extern