Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-08
RAIN TONIGHT.
Snow Friday. With Cold Wave at
Night. High Winds.

Night. High Winds.
Forecast till pm. Friday: For the Dis
trict of Columbia. Delaware Maryland and
Virginia rain this afternoon and tonight.
Friday rain, turning into snow. with cold
wave late Friday and Friday night: increas-
ing easterly, shifting Friday to high north
westerly winds.
Weather conditions and general forecast:
The northwest cold wave has reached the
extreme upper Mississippi valley. and has
extended southwark over New Mexico and
central Texas carrying the line of zero
temperature into Kansas and southern Col
orado. The storm center which precedes
this cold wave occupies southern Lake
Michigan, with lowest reported barometric
pressure. 22.l4 inches. at Milwaukee. East
of the Mississippi unseasonably high tenn
perature and rain has prevailed, and in the
Ohio valley and the southern lake region
the temperature is 80 degrees to 40 degrees
above the normal.
During the next thirty-six hours the
storm center will move eastward to the At
lantic coast, and the cold wave will cover
the Ohio and Mississippi valleys and the
middle and west gulf states tonight, and
the Atlantic coast and east gulf states dur
ing Friday and Friday night, its advance
being attended by rain changing to snow,
and high north to northwest winds. The
temperature will continue very low over the
eastern and southern districts Saturday,
after which it will begin to moderate. BY
to freezing along the immediate west gulf
coast. and Friday night freezing tempera-
ture may be expected along the east gulf
coast and as far south as northern Florida.
Along the Atlantic coast the winds will
increase in force from easterly and shift to
high northerly and northwesterly Friday.
Cold wave signals are displayed in all
states east of the Mississippi except in
northern New England, and special warn
inss have been sent to the gulf states and
Florida.
Storm signals are displayed from Pensa-
Gotta to Brownsville.
The following heavy precipitation lin
inches) has been reported during the past
tWenty-four hours: Fort Smith, $50; Du-
buque. 102; Milwaukee. 1.30; st. Louis. 1.9O;
Grand Haven, 1.20: Johnstown, Pa, LIS.
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 m. yesterday:
Thermometer: February IA pm. 40; s
pm, Al; u midnight, A. February 81
am. 80; am, 40; - noon, So; pm, 81
Maximum, 81, at PM, February 8; MIMI
mum, 80. at am, February s.
Barometer: February IA pm, 1925; 8
pm. 1923: IL midnight, 3O.1S February $
+ am, 3O.12; am, 30.06; noon, 2996
pm, 1890
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at s
am: Great Falls. temperature. SO; condi-
ton, IS: receiving reservoir, temperature
"a; condition at north connection. 80; condi-
| ton at south connection, %; distributing
reservoir. temperature. sc; condition at in
| fluent gate house, %; eff1uent gate house, 81.
Tide Table.
Today--Low tide, 900 In and 1910 D. m
high tide DAD am. and 3:19 pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, 1923 am. and II 90
pm: high tide, 1856 m. and 4 :23 pm.
The sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rises, 7:02 am: sun SETS 5:o7
pm.
Moon SETS 3:32 am. tomorrow.
Tomorrow-Sun rises, 7:01 am.
The City Lights.
Gas lamps all lighted by Cos pm: ex-
tingushing begun at GOT am The light
ing is begun one hour before the time
named.
Arc lamps lighted at 5:53 PM: extin-
| guished at 6:22 am.