Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-13
INCREASING CLOUDINESS TONIGHT.
Friday Rain and Colder; Winds Be
coming NOrtherIy,


Forecast till 8 pm. Friday; For the Dis
trict of Columbia, Delaware and Maryland.
increasing cloudiness tonight. Friday rain
and colder: fresh south to west winds, be-
coming northerly Friday.
For Virginia, cloudy tonight, with rain in
southern portion. Friday rain and colder;
fresh south to west winds, shifting to north
erly Friday.
Weather conditions and general forecast:
The northern storm has reached central On
tariO with increased intensity, the one over
the west gulf is now central near the mouth
Of the Mississippi river, while the north
western one remains near the province OF
Alberta. In connection with the two former
storms there have been local SHOWS from
the lake region eastward and rains in the
gulf states; elsewhere the weather has been
fair.
Temperatures have risen decidedly from
the gulf states northward and northeast
ward and in the central and northern Rocky
mountain region, and have fallen from the
Dakotas eastward through the northern up
per lake region.
Rain or snow may be expected generally
tonight and Friday from the gulf and
south Atlantic states northeastward. with
the snow line probably extending into Penn
sylvania and New Jersey: The rain in the
gulf states. however will be followed by
fair weather by Friday morning.
Temperatures will be lower in the middle
Atlantic states, New England, the lower
lake region, Ohio valley and over the south
ern portion of the gulf states.
On the New England coast the winds will
be brisk to high south to west. On the mid
die Atlantic coast they will be fresh to
brisk west to north, and on the south At
lantic fresh 10 brisk and mostly northeast
erly. Over the lower lakes they will be
brisk to high west to north, slowly dimin-
ishng, and over the upper lakes fresh
northerly.
Storm warnings arc diSplayad IN the A.
lantic coast from Sandy Hook to Eastport,
and on the gulf coast from Pensacola to
New Orleans.
The following heavy precipitation Gn
inches) has been reported during the past
twenty-four hours: Galveston, 2.S4
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
The following were the readings of the
thermometer and barometer at the weather
bureau for the twentyfour hours beginning
az 2 pm. yesterday:
s pm. 35: IL midnight, "a. December 10, 4
am, SO; am, SO; II noon, 80; pm, So.
Maximum, 90. at pm, December 10;
minimum, "a, at am, December 13.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Il, pm. sc. %; s
pm, 30.1S; II midnight, 10 December
10, am, 1902; am, 1886; noon, 1892
pm, 1888
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of wabr at 8
am: Great Falls temperature, &c. condi-
tlon, Il, receiving reservoir temperature,
81; condition at north connection. IL; cond-
ton at south connection, q; distributing res
ervoir. temperature, 40; condition at in
fluent gate house, 4; effluent gate house, 4.
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide, 7:31 am. and 1:0S p. m. !;
high tide, 12:41 am. and 30 pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, $40 am. and 900
pm; high tide 1:27 am. and 2:10 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rises, TIA am; sun SETS "a
pm.
Moon rises, 12:11 am. tomorrow.
Tomorrow-Sun rises, 7:15 am.
The City Lights.
The city lights and naphtha lamps all
lighted by thirty minutes after sunset; ex-
tingushing begun one hour before sunrise
All arc and incandescent lamps lighted If
teen minutes after sunset, and extinguished
forty-five minutes before sunrise.