Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-25
SNOW LATE TONIGHT.
Friday Clearing, With Cold
Waye.

Wave.
Forecast till pm. Frday-For the Dis
trict Of Columbia, Delaware and Maryland.
rain, changing late tonight to snow fiurries
with much lower temperature Friday
clearing with cold wave; easterly, shift
ing to fresh and brisk northwesterly winds.
For Virginia, rain and colder tonight
Friday clearing and much colder; easterly,
shifting to brisk northwesterly winds.
Weather conditions and general fore
cast-The cold wave which appeared in the
extreme northwest Wednesday morning has
overspread districts lying between the
middle and upper Mississippi valley and
the Rocky mountains, with fall in tenn
perature of about thirty degrees in the mid
die and upper Mississippi valley. Over the
eastern part of the country and in the ex-
IRENE northwest the temperature has risen
and in the upper Ohio valley and lower lake
region the temperature Is about twenty de-
grees above the seasonal average.
A storm of considerable strength has
moved eastward over the lake regions, at
tended by rain or snow in an area extend
ing from the great lakes over the Ohio and
Mississippi valleys.
The indications are that this storm will
advance eastward over the Canadian Mari
time provinces, attended by rain changing
to snow f1urries in the middle and north
Atlantic states and followed by a cod wave
in the Atlantic coast districts.
by Friday night the temperature will
probably fall near the freezing point along
the east coast of the Gulf of Mexico, and
in northern Florida, and will approach the
freezing point tonight. with heavy frosts to
the west gulf coast. Low temperature will
continue Saturday in the eastern and south
ern districts.
Along the north Atlantic coast brisk to
high eaStprlV winds wi shift To rl1,
and northwesterly tonight with much lower
temperature. Along the middle Atlantic
coast brisk easterly winds, will shift to
westerly tonight. Along the south At
lantic coast fresh northwesterly winds will
prevail.
Cold wave signals are displayed in Ten
nessee and the Ohio valley and lower lake
region. and over the middle Atlantic states
and Vermont.
Storm signals are displayed from Sandy
Hook to Eastport.
Records for Twenty-FOur Hours.
The following were the readings of the
thermometer and barometer at the weather
bureau for the twenty-four hours begin
ming at 2 pm yesterday:
Thermometer: January PA p.m., ~; 8
pm, 40; II midnight, 40. January 25-4
am. SO; q. m. 49, u noon, AZ; pm, A.
MaXimum-44, at pm. January %. Mini
mum-38, at I'm January %.
Barometer: January pa pm, 80. IS; 8
pm, 80 10: 70 midnight. 1908. January %
4 a. m. 1898; 8 am, 29.S6; noon, 1914; 2
pm, % 6S.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at
8 am.-Great Falls, temperature, 43; con-
dition, l; receiving reservoir, temperature,
3S; condition at north connection, 2; condi-
ton at south connection, 3; distributing
reservoir, temperature, 80; condition at in
fluent gate house. 3; eff1uent gate house 4.
Tide Table
Today-Low tide, S:53 am. and 9:52 pm ;
high tide, 2:07 am and 2:53 pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, 9:53 am. and 1852
pm; high tide, 800 am. and 1858 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rises, 7:15 am; sun sets, $40
pm.
Moon rises. 3:4 am tomorrow.
Tomorrow-Sun rises TIA am.
The City Lights.
Gas lamps all lighted by sol pm, extin-
gushing begun at $40 am. The lighting is
begun one hour before the time named.
Arc lamps lighted at $3.50 pm, extin-
guished at $50 am