Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-06
RAIN TONIGHT.
Wednesday Colder and Generally
Fair, Winds Shifting to the West.

fair; winds shifting to westerly and north
westerly and increasing in force.
For Virginia, rain tonight. Wednesday
colder and fair; brisk southerly winds, be-
coming northwesterly.
Weather conditions and general forecast
The depression which covered the southwest
Monday morning has developed into Sc
we're storm which moved northeastward
with great rapidity and increasing intensi-
ty, and is central this morning in lower
Michigan, with a barometer reading of 20. 40
inches at Lansing. This storm has caused
much snow, sleet and rain from the Rocky
mountains eastward. and Is especially re-
markable for the wide area covered by
sleet,, which has prevailed from Iowa east
ward into New York. The sleet, however,
has changed to rain along the lower lakes.
Warnings of heavy snow and sleet were
distributed Monday from Iowa eastward to
western Massachusetts and western Con-
necticut.
The storm will continue northeastward
during Tuesday, and the snow in New Eng
land and eastern New York will probabl
change to rain during Tuesday night. Rain
will continue in the lower lake region, Ohio
valley and middle Atlantic states, and there
Will also be rain in the south Atlantic, east
and middle gulf states. Clearing weather
will, however, follow Wednesday, except
from the lower lakes eastward where rain
will probably change again to snow.
1t will be much colder tonight in the Ohio
valley and west gulf states, and colder
Wednesday from the east gulf states north
eastward through the Ohio valley, lower
lake region and Atlantic states.
On the New England and middle Atlantic
coast the winds will be high easterly, be-
coming westerly during Wednesday and
continuing high. On the south coast they
will be fresh to brisk south to west
Storm signals are displayed on the Allan
tic coast from Wilmington to Eastport
The following heavy precipitation Gin
inches) has been reported during the past
tWenty-f0llr hntlrS. 1
field, Ill, 1.3O; Saint Louis, LOS; Indianapo-
lis, LIZ; Davenport, LOO; Keokuk, 1.O4.
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 2 pm. yesterday:
Thermometer: March 5-Four pm, 81: 8
p. m, 43; IL midnight, 81.
March 6-Four am, 3s; 8 am, 40; II
noon, ii; pm, 49,
Maximum 81, at pm, March ); mini
mum, &c, at 1 am, March 6.
Barometer: March 5-Four pm, 1882; 8
pm. 1884; y midnight. 30.s6.
March 6-Four am, 30.2S; am 80 %:
noon, 1910; pm, 2997.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at 8
am: Great Falls, temperature. A; condi-
ton, 2; receiving reservoir Temperature 81 !.
condition at north connection, 3; condition
at south connection, 1: distributing reser-
gate house, 2; effiuent gate house, .
Tide Table.
Today-Lox tide, 5:56 am. and GAL nm. !.
high tide, IL :52 am.
Tomorrow-Low tide, 6:54 am. and 7:42
pm; high tide, 12:14 am. and 12:4S pm.
I s-s-i- - The Sam aaa-aGo0n. s----7
Foday-sun rises, B;;2s am; sun sets, 5:57
pm. 49,. - 80
Moon sets, 1909 am. tomorrow.
Tomorrow-Sun rises, 6:25 am.
The City Lights.
Gas lamps all lighted by 6:37 pm: extin-
gushing begun at 5:31 a m. The lighting is
begun one hour before the time named
Arc lamps lighted at G:22 pm; extin-
guished at 5:46 am.