Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-05

DISTRICT OIL Columbia, leldNdTe, MdlS
and Virginia, fair tonight and Thursday;
diminishing westerly winds.
Weather conditions and general forecast
The storm of Tuesday assumed dangerous
proportions while moving UP the Atlantic
coast, and caused dangerous easterly gales
from Virginia northward, with maximum
ve1ocities of from sixty to eighty-four miles
an hour from New York northward, shift
ing afterward to northwesterly, except on
the Maine coast. Heavy rains also attend
ed the passage of the storm, the rain eX-
tending westward through the Ohio valley
and lake region. In the upper Ohio valley
and from the lower lake region eastward
the rain has changed to snow. which con-
tinueS this morning.
Temperatures are higher in the extreme
west and have fallen to the eastward They
are decidedly lower In the south Atlantic
states and frosts were evidently quite gen
eral over the cotton belt.
The weather will be fair tonight and
Thursday in the southwest and east Of the
Mississippi river, except in northern and
eastern New England and along the lower
lakes, where there will be snow tonight,
continuing Thursday over the latter dis
trict
1t will be somewhat colder tonight in the
middle Atlantic states and New England,
and frosts are again likely over the greater
portion of the cotton belt east of the Mis-
sissippi river and in northern and central
Florida.
On the New England coast there will be
north to west gales this afternoon and to-
night. On the middle Atlantic coast high
westerly winds will slowly diminish. On
the south Atlantic coast the winds will be
fresh westerly, and over the lake region
fresh to brisk west to northwest
Storm warnings are displayed from Sandy
Hook to Eastport, and from Cleveland to
OswegO.
The following heavy precipitation, In inch
es, has been reported during the past TWEEN
tyfour hours: Pittsburg, 10: Scranton
LA New York, 1.32; Philadelphia, 12O
Boston, 1.52; Albany. 1.64; Portland. Maine
1.5s; Oswego, 1.2s; Rochester, 1.04.
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 pm yesterday:
ermometer-December 4, 4 pm, As; 8
pm, 45; - midnight. Al:
noon, At; 2 p.m 40.
Maximum, 40 at 8 pm, December 4;
minimum, Al, at am, December 8.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 4, 4 pm, 29.35; 8
p. M, 29.4s; II midnight. 29.6O.
December g. am, 29.70; am, 29.7S:
noon, $3.50; pm, 1885.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at 8
a M: Great Falls, temperature, A; condi-
tion 1; receiving reservoir, temperature,
"A condition at north connection. 1; condi-
ton at south connection, 2; distributing
reservoir. temperature, As; condition at In
fluent gate house, 3; effiuent gate house, i.
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide, 1853 a. m. and O7 D. M :;
high tide, 8:49 m. and 7:11 pm
Tomorrow-Low tide, :52 am. and 2:O1
pm. high tide, 7:45 IN. and S:04 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rises, 1907 am: sun sets, 4:34
pm. Full moon, 5:3S am. tomorrow.
Tomorrow-Sun rises, 7:0S am.
The City Lishts.
Tho city lights and naphtha lamps all
lighted by thirty minutes after sunset; eX-
tinguishing begun one hour before sunrise.
All arc and incandescent lamps lighted f1f-
teen minutes after sunset and extingushed
forty-five minutes before sunrise.