Evening star., 1899-02-03
SPECIAL NOTICES.
CLEARING.
Fair and Colder Weather Indicated
for Saturday..

Forecast till pm. Saturday-For the Dis
trict of Columbia. Delaware and Maryland,
clearing late this afternoon or tonight; Sat
urday fair and colder; fresh to brisk east
erly winds, becoming northwesterly Satur-
day.
For Virginia, clearing late this afternoon
or toright: Saturday fair: colder in north
west portion; fresh to brisk southeasterly
winds, becoming northwesterly Saturday.
Weather conditions and general forecast
The features of special interest this morn
ing are, first, a trough of low pressure
which extends from Texas northeastward
through the Ohio valley. and which has
caused general rains and thunder storms
throughout these districts and the south
with much higher temperature; second, the
persistence of the cold wave in the extreme
northwest and the central west.
The high pressure area in these latter
districts has again increased in magnitude,
and the temperatures range from twenty
degrees to forty degrees below zero. Tenn
peratures below zero still continue from
Colorado northeastward to Lake Superior.
Light snow has fallen in the lake regions,
upper Mississippi valley, and almost the
entire west and northwest. On the Pacific
coast fair and cold weather has continued
in The northern portion, while in California
there have been light showers
1t will snow in the north Atlantic states
and lower lake region tonight and Saturday.
and rain in the gulf and remaining Atlantic
states tonight. followed by clearing and
colder weather. Rain or snow is also indi-
Gated for tonight in the Ohio valley. fol-
lowed by clearing and colder weather. 1t
will clear off in the southwest and become
colder tonight.
Fresh to Irisk easte,lv winds are indicat ed
for the Atlantic states, becoming north
westerly Saturday.
The following heavy precipitation Gn
inches) has been reported during the past
twenty-four hours: Montgomery, 1.04; Au-
guSta, 1..4.
Record. for TweDty-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:
ermomcter-February II pm. 80; .
pm. 10; midnight, p.
February 81 am, %; am, 26; u
noon, 30: pm. 81.
Maximum. 81 at . pm. February 3;
minimum. II. at am. February g..
Barometer-February a pm. 5000: 8
pm, 3o.23; l. midnight ao.2o.
February 81 am. 50. 10; S am, 20. 10;
noon, 29.95; pm, 2992,
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at 8
a m: Great Falls temperature, 81; condi-
tion. -: receiving reservoir. temperature,
%: condition at north connection. %: con-
djtion at south connection, 13; distributing
reservoir. temperature, 30; condition at in
fluent gate house, 6; ettuent gate house ..
Tide Table.
Today-I,ow tide, I:12 am. and S:01 pm. ;
high tide. 12::sS a. m. and |: IL pm.
TomorrOw-Iow tide. $40 am and $40
pm; high tide. / 80 am ana 2:13 pm
The san and Moon.
Today-Sun rises 7:01 am: sun sets. 5:2l
pm.
Moon rises Sc a m. tomorrow
TomOrrOw-Sun rises, . :O6 a m.
The City Lights.
Gas lamps all lighted by G:32 pm. ex-
unguishing begun at 612 a m. The lighting
is begun one hour before the time named
Arc lamps lighted at 6I7 pm; eXtin-
guished at 6:2T am