Evening star., 1900-12-21
THREATENING WEATHER.
Fair Satusday; Fresh NOrther1y Winds
Indicated.

Forecast till 8 pm. Saturday: For the
District of Columbia and Delaware, threat
ening this afternoon and tonight. SATURDAY
fair; fresh northerly winds.
For Maryland, cloudy and threatening
this afternoon and tonight, probably snow
on the east shore. Saturday fair; fresh to
brisk northerly winds.
For Virginia, cloudy tonight. with rain or
snow in extreme southeast portion. Satur-
day fair; northerly winds, brisk to high on
the coast.
Weather conditions and general forecast:
The southern storm has moved on the
North Carolina coast with much Increased
Intensity. but without high winds. except
from Norfolk to Hatteras, warnings for
which were issued Thursday afternoon:
There was no precipitation Of conse-
quence north of southern Virginia, and the
weather has cleared through the gun
states. In the central valleys and south
west the weather has also remained fair
Throughout the west the pressure has
fallen greatly, and is abnormally low In the
extreme northwest. with reading OF 2S94
inches at Swift Currenti'As result tenn
peratures have risen throughout the west,
and are generally from ten to thirty-f1ve
degrees above the seasonal average. In the
Atlantic and gulf states 1t Is four to eigh-
teen degrees colder than on Thursday
morning. with freezing temperatures in
central Mississippi.
Generally fair weather may be expected
tonight and Saturday in the east and south.
preceded by rain tonight on the Virginia
and east North Carolina coasts.
1t will be warmer tonight or Saturday in
the Ohio valley. gulf states and the south
west.
On the New England and middle Atlantic
coasts the winds will be fresh northerly.
On the south Atlantic coast they will also
be northery, diminishing tonight over the
northern portion
Storm warnings are displayed from West
Point to Hatteras.
The following heavy precipitation dn
1nches) has been reported during the past
twenty -four hours: Portland. Ore, 1.38;
Tacoma, 1.SS; Roseburg, 1926; Charlotte,
1.2O; Raleigh LOG.
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
The following we're the readings Of the
thermometer and barometer at the weather
bureau for the twenty-four hours beginning
at pm. yesterday:
Therm rmometer-December 90 pnl so: 8
pm. 3S: II midnight, 33.
December 21+ am. "a: am, "a; IL
noon, 80: pm. 35
Maximum, so, at pm, December 20;
Barometer-December 20, PM, 1904; 8
IN. 1908: IL midnight. 5000.
December q. am, 2997: am. 29.95:
noon. 29.93: pm, 1890.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition Of water at
am: Great Falls, temperature. 33: condi-
ton. 32: receiving reservoir, temperature,
"a: condition at north connection. 36; condi-
tion at south connection, 80: distributing
reservoir, temperature, 81; condition at in
fluent gate house. 26; effluent gate house, q.
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide 1852 am. and l: :54 D. m:
high tide, 1886 am. and 1850 pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide 2:36 am and 2:36
PM; high tide, S:1S am. and S:32 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rises. 7:19; sun SETS 4:3s
Moon sets. 4:39 pm abe
Tomorrow-Sun rises, 1:19.'
The City Lights
The city lights and tnaphtha lamps all
lighted by thirty minutes after sunset ex-
tlnguish1ng begun one hour before sunrise,
All arc and incandescent lamps lighted fif-
teen minutes after sunset and extinguished
forty-five minutes before sunrise