Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-14
INCREASING CLOUDINEsS.
Rain or Snow Thursday, Winds Shift.
ing to Fresh Easterly.

Rain or Snow Thursday, Winds Shift
ing to Fresh Easterly.
Forecast for Thursday and Fr!day-For
the District of Columbia, Delaware and
Maryland, increasing cloudineSs tonight;
rain or snow Thursday; winds shifting to
fresh eaSterly.
For Virginia, fair tonight; rain Thursday
winds shifting to fresh easterly.
Weather conditions and general forecast
The temperature continues very low in the
northwestern states and ranges 10 to 20
degrees below zero in the Dakotas, Mime
sofa and Montana. The temperature has
fallen decidedly east of the Mississippi, and
has risen in the southwest.
Rain has been followed by clearing wealth
err in the Atlantic coast states, and fair
weather prevails this morning in the south
ern states, the lake regions and on the Pa
cific coast.
A disturbance, which promises to develop
considerable strength, has moved south
eastward over the plateau and southern
Rocky mountain region to western Texas,
attended by snow from the upper Missis-
sippi river to the middle Rocky mountain
region. This disturbance will probably
move north of east, causing rain in the
southern states and rain or snow in the
Ohio valley tonight and rain or snow in the
middle and north Atlantic states Thurs
day. In the rear of the disturbance the
temperature will fall decidedly, with a cold
wave, snow fiurries and high northerly
winds tonight over Oklahoma, the interior
of Texas and eastern New Mexico, and
much colder weather Thursday generally in
the middle and west gulf states.
By Friday a decided fall in temperature
may be expected in the Atlantic coast
states.
Along the middle and north Atlantic
coasts variable winds will shift to fresh
easterly Thursday. On the south Atlantic
coast northeasterly winds will shift to
easterly and become brisk.
The following heavy Precipitation, in
inches, has been reported during the past
twenty-four hours: Northfield, l. IS; East
port, LIZ; Quebec, 1.9S.
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
The following were the readings of the
thermometer and barometer at the weather
bureau for the twentyfour hours beginning
at pm. yesterday:
hermometer-February1 10, pm, "a; 8
pm, ~: II midnight, SO. February IA, 4
an, 80; am, 81: y noon. 81; 2 pm. a.
minimum, 80, at am, February IA.
Barometer-February ID, pm, 29.6S; y
pm, 30.03; II midnight 3O.16. February a.
4 am, 1923; am, 1892; noon, 1896; 2
pm, 5000.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at S
am: Great Falls, temperature, A; condi-
ton. 1; receiving reservoir. temperature. SO;
condition at north connection, 1; condition
at south connection, 2; distributing reser-
voir, temperature. IS: condition at infuent
gate house, 4; efiuent gate house. g.
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide, 2:24 am. and 2:41 p.m.;
| high tide, S:25 am. and S:33 pm
Tomorrow-Low tide, 1902 am and 3:ol
pm; high tide, S:59 I'm. and 9:OS pm
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rises, 6:54 am; sun sets, 5:34
| pm.
Moon rises, $50 pm. Full moon $50 a M
| today.
Tomorrow-Sun rises. 6:53 am.
| The City Lights.
| Gas lamps all lighted by 6:14 pm; eX-
tinguishing begun at a m. The lighting
| is begun one hour before the time named.
Arc lamps lighted at $50 p. M; extinguished
at 6:15 am.