Evening star., 1900-12-04

For Virginia rain and colder tonight.
| Wednesday fair, colder; high southerly
winds on the coast. shifting to northwest
erly by night.
Weather conditions and general forecast:
The disturbance noted Monday morning
in the west gulf states has developed into
moderately severe storm which Is central
this morning over North Carolina. In com
| bination with a lesser depression over the
upper lakes 1t has caused general rains
east OF the Mississippi river except in a
portion of New England From the Missis-
sippt river to the Rocky mountains the
weather has been mostly fair.
Temperatures are considerably higher in
the Atlantic states. but elsewhere they
have changed but little
There Will be rain tonight in the middle
Atlantic states. and rain or snow In New
England and the lower lake region. On
Wednesday the weather will be generally
fair east of the Mississippi river, except in
eastern New England and along the lower
lakes, where rain or snow will continue.
1t will be colder tonight in the middle and
south Atlantic states and upper Ohio valley
and colder Wednesday in the middle
Atlantic states and southern New England.
There will be frosts tonight in the middle
and east gulf and south Atlantic states.
On the New England coast the winds will
become high northeasterly, shifting to
northwesterly by Wednesday morning. On
the middle Atlantic coast they will be high
northeasterly, shifting to northwesterly to-
night. On the south Atlantic coast they
will shift to northwesterly this afternoon
and be high over the northern portion.
Over the lower lakes they will be fresh to
brisk westerly. and over the upper lakes
fresh west TO northwest.
Storm warnings are displayed from Hat
teras to Boston.
The following heavy precipitation dn
inches) has been reported during the past
twenty-four hours: Charlotte, 1872; Angus
ia. LBS; Macon, 1.22; Atlanta, 21O; Hat
teras LIP; Raleigh, 1.3O; Wilmington. 1.G4;
Washington, 100; Lynchburg, 2O6; Knox
vile, 1.16.
Records for Twcnty-Four Hours.
The following were the readings of the
thermometer and barometer at the weather
bureau for the twentyfour hours beginning
al pm. yesterday: Aar'Sl-
Observation-Disclosures 3, pm, so; s
pm, 40: IL midnight. 49,, December 4, 4
a. m.. Al; am. 46; II noon. 81: p.m 81.
Maximum. 81. at noon December a. mini
mum, AZ, at a. m. December t.
Barometer.Decem 3, pm. 1920; s
pm. 1920; II midnight, 30s15. 10 cember 4,
am. 30.O4; a.m.,, %. II; noon, 29.4O; 2
pm, 1881
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at
am: Great Falls temperature, A; condi-
ton, 8; receiving reservoir, temperature. As;
at south connection, ;; distributing reser-
voir temperature. Al: condition at infiuent
gate house, 2; eff1uent. gate house. B.
Tide Table.
Today-Low- tide e0f am. and 12:11
pm; high tide 5:49 am. and 6:17 pm
Tomorrowr-9>ow tide. 1859 am. and O7
pm; high tide, $40 am. and I'LL pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rises, 1906 am; sun sets. 35
pm. y 5-.
Moon sets, 6:O7 a. m. tomorrow
Tomorrow-Sun rises, 1907 am.
The City Lights.
The city lights and naphtha lamps all
lighted by thirty minutes after sunset; ex-
tingufshins begun one hour before sunrise.
All arc and incandescent lamps lighted fif-
teen minutes after sunset and extinguished
forty-ive minutes before sunrise