Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-11-21
RAIN AND COLDER TONIGHT.
Thursday Fair, Colder, Brisk South to
West Winds.

| Forecast till pm Thursday.-For the
District Of Columbia, Delaware and Mary
| land, rain and colder tonight. Thursday
| fair. colder; brisk south to west winds.
For Virginia, rain tonight; colder in north
| ern and western portions. Thursday fair,
colder; brisk southerly winds, shifting to
noTthweSterly.
Weather conditions and general forecast.
The depression in the middle Mississippi
| valley assumed definite storm formation
| during Tuesday night, and moved rapidly
northeastward to eastern Lake Huron with
| greatly increased intensity. Reports from
districts west of Rocky mountains are miss
| ing. but conditions evidently remain unset
| tied.
cally the entire country, but during Tuesday
night the weather cleared in the middle
| Mississippi valley. Excessive rains have
| fallen from the Ohio valley southwestward
| into Arkansas, Nashville, Tenn, reporting
| 6.02 inches during the past twenty -four
hours. - =
Temperatures have fallen decidedly in the
middle slope region and central valleys, ex-
the Atlantic and gulf states and low in the
west, although there has been some moder-
alton in the extreme west.
There will be rain tonight in the middle.
south Atlantic and southern portion of the
gulf states, followed by fair weather Thurs
day. There will be rain from the lower
| lakes eastward over New England, prob
ably turning into snow Thursday. From the
Ohio valley southwestern the weather will
be fair.
1t will be much colder from the Ohio val
ley and Tennessee eastward and northeast
ward and somewhat colder in the gulf
states. .i..
On the New England and middle Atlantic
coasts the winds viii be brisk to nigh south
westerly, shifting TO northwesterly tonight
over the latter district On the south At
lantic coast they will be fresh south to west
and over the lake region there will be west
to north gales.
Storm warnings are displayed on Lakes
Erie, Huron and Ontario, and on the Allan
tic coast from Delaware breakwater to
PASSPORT.
The following heavy precipitation Gin
inches) has been reported during the past
| twenty-four hours: Louisville, 1.G6; Little
Rock, 1.36; Memphis, 2.S4; Nashville, COZ;
Cincinnati, las; Lexington, 2.20; Saugeen,
1856; Montreal, LOO; Charleston, w. Va.
10; Catlettsburg, KY, 19S; Portsmouth,
Ohio 2.36; Point Pleasant. w. Va, 2.36.
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:
Thermome ter-November 20, 4 pm, 60; g
pm. Go; u midnight, Sc. November q. 4
| am, 66; am, 6S; u noon, IA: pm, IT.
Maximum, II. at 2 pm, November p;
minimum, 60, at pm. November 20.
o
pm. 30.06; ~ midnight, 5000. November
81. 4 am, 1885; am, 1888; noon, $3.50:
pm, 1916.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition Of water at
a. m.-Great Falls, tempera ture, SO; condi-
ton, 80; receiving reservoir, temperature,
81; condition at north connection, SO; condi-
| ton at south connection. SO; distributing
| reservoir, Temperature 66: condition at in
| fluent gate house, SO; effluent gate house, SO.
| Tide Table.
Today-Low tide, 40 am and :42 p
high tide, 1926 a. m. and 7:39 pm.
| Tomorrow-Low tide, 2:2O am. and 2:2l
pm; high tide. SO4 al and S:16 pm.
The City Lights.
The city lights and naphtha lamps all
lighted by thirty minutes after sunset; ex-
| tinguishtng begun one hour before sunrise.
| All arc and incandescent lamps lighted fif-
| teen minutes after sunset and eXtinguished
| fOrty-fVe minutes before sunrise.