Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-26
FAIR AND COLD TONIGHT.
Saturday Continued Cold, Diminish
ing North.vesterly Winds.

SessuAu ay SOlu, Dtm1nIGh.
ing NOrthwesterly Winds.
Forecast till pm. Saturday-For the
District of Columbia, Delaware and Mary
land. fair tonight, with minimum tempera-
ture about 10 degrees above zero Satur-
day fair and continued cold; diminishing
nOrthwesterly winds.
For Virginia, fair tonight, with minimum
temperature 10 to 20 degrees above zero in
southern portion of state. Saturday fair,
with warmer in western portion diminish
ing northwesterly Winds
Weather conditions and general forecast
Inc cold wave which covered the middle
western and northwestern states Thursday
morning has extended over the middle
and south Atlantic and, gulf states, where
more.
The storm which was central over east
ern Ontario Thursday morning has moved
eastward to the Maine coast with a decided
increase in energy, and its passage has
been attended by high winds on the middle
Atlantic coast with a. maximum velocity
Oh seVenty-s1X miles an hour from the
northwes: at New York.
during the next twenty-four hours the
cold wave will overspread New England,
and a further fall in temperatl1re will oc
cur In the middle and south Atlantic states.
me line of freezing temperature will eX-
tend southwark tonight to northern Flor
ida' ahd heavy frost is indicated for north
ern and light frost for central parts of TN,
Florida peninsula. marked fall in tenn
perature Will occur oyer southern Florida
ana possibly as far south as Cuba and
along the west gulf coast to Tampico,
Along the north and middle Atlantic
coast high northwesterIy winds will dimin-
ish In force, but will continue dangerously
high today from New York northward.
On the south Atlantic coast fresh north.
westerly winds will prevail
storm signals are displayed from Sandy
Hook to EaStport.
Cold wave signals are displayed in New
England.
The following heavy precipitation lin
ihches) mas been reported during the past
!Wenty-four hours: Halifax, LIP: Sydney
Las; Portland, Me-, 12O
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
The following were the readings of the
thermometer and barometer at the weather
bureau for the twenty-fou hours beginnine
at pm. yesterday:
mometer.January 25 pm, 4s; 8
pm. 40; II midnight, SO. January 26'
an, ~ an 20; u noon p; pm. "a.
mum, 10, at am, January &c
MISUNDERSTANDING %, pm, 1864;
pm, @.a9; II midnight, 1858. January 2S,
4 am, 29.77; am, 1890; noon, 1895; 2
pm, 1892.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at s
am: Great Falls. temperature, 81; condi-
ton, l. receiving reservoir, temperature, 81;
condition at north connection, 3; condition
at south connection, .; distributing reser-
voir, temperature, 81; condition at infuent
gate house, 3; eff1uent gate house, 8.
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide 9:J3 a. M and 10 80 p.m,:
high tide 300 am. and 1913 pm.
Iomorrow-Low tide, 1855 am. and II 80
pm; nigh tide, 4:16 m. and 4:55 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rises, TIA am, sun sets, sill
pm.
Moon rises, 4:O4 am tomorrow
Tomorrow-Sun rises, 7:13 am.
The City Lights.
Gas lamps all lighted by 552 pm; ex-
tlnsuishing begun at 6:19 am. The light
ing Is begun one hour before the time
ramed.
Arc lamps lighted at 5:37 PM; extin-
guished at 6:37 am