Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-02
FAIR.
Weather Indications for Tonight and
Saturday.


Forecast till pm. Saturday-For the
District of Columbia. Delaware. Maryland
and Virginia, fair tonight and Saturday;
winds mostly fresh westerly.
Weather conditions and general FORE
cast-The storm has continued northeast
ward with still further slight increase in
intensity. and is central this morning near
Portland. Maine, with a barometer reading
of 800 inches
The precipitation which began as snow in
northern New England changed Thursday
to heavy rain and again to snow this morn
ing, except in eastern Maine. Snowfalls
ranging from one to three feet have been
reported from western New York north
eastward into New Hampshire, and rail-
read traffic this morning in northern YER
mont is suspended. 1t is still showing over
these districts; elsewhere throughout the
country generally fair weather prevails, ex-
cept in the upper Mississippi valley, where
there has been little snow.
Temperatures have fallen ten degrees to
twenty degrees in the middle and south
Atlantic states, have risen proportionately
in the Mississippi valley and west gulf
states and have fallen ten degrees to
thirty-eight degrees in the northwest and
extreme central west
Frosts occurred far extreme north
ern Florida, warnings for which issued
Thursday morning.
Generally fair weather is indica ted for to-
night and Saturday east of the Mississippi
river, except snow tonight in Maine. 1t
will also be fair in the southwest.
1t will be colder tonight in central and
northern New York and in New England
with a cold wave in Maine. New Hamp-
shire and Vermont. 1t will be warmer to-
| night or Saturday from the middle gulf
states eastward.
will shift to high northwesterly. On the
| middle Atlantic coast they will be north
westerly and slowly diminish. On the
south Atlantic coast they will be fresh and
mostly west to north.
Cold wave signals are displayed in Maine
New Hampshire and Vermont.
The following heavy precipitation Din
irches) has been reported during the past
twenty-four hours: Quebec, 142: Montreal.
LII; Mortified. 10; Albany, 2.10 East
| port. 1.61; Portland, Me, 3.2S; Boston, 10.
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
The following were the readings of the
thermometer and barometer the weather
| bureau for the twenty-four hours beginning
| at pm yesterday:
Thermometer: March IA pm, 81; g
p. M, 49, II midnight, 30. March "A m,
3d. a m. 3D. II noon, 30; pm, Al. Maxi
mum-o2, at p. m March l. Minmum-31,
at I am. March .
Barometer March Il pm, 29.37; 8
pm, 2939: II midnight, 1886. March "a
am, 291O; am, 1915; noon, 29.S5; Q
| pm. 29.S4.
| Condition of the Water.
| Great Falls. temperature. 40: condition, 1;
Daiecarlia reservoir, temperature, "a; con-
| dition, and 8; distributing reservoir, tenn
perature, 81; condition, 8 and 8.
| Tide Table.
Today-Low tide, 2:B3 am and 10 D. m
high tide $3.50 am and 9:O1 pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, 800 am. and 400
PM; high tide. 9:26 a. m. and GAS pm.
The Sun and Noon.
| Today-Sun RISES 6:32 a. M: sun sets, $50
| PM
Moon sets, 7:46 pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises, 631 am.
The City Lights.
Gas lamps all lighted by 6:S3 pm, ex-
| ttnguishing begun at 537 a. m The lighting
| Is begun one hour before the time named.
Arc lamps lighted at 6:1S pm, extn-
| gushed at 1852 am