Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-05

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Virginia. fair and colder tonight. Tuesday
| fair; diminishing northwesterly winds.
Weather conditions and general forecast
Since Saturday storm of marked strength
has moved eastward from Kansas over the
Ohio valley and the middle Atlantic states,
and is central this morning off Cape Cod,
with minimum reported barometric press
ure, 1892 inches, at Nantucket. The pass
age of this storm has. been attended by
general rains over the southern districts
and by rain or snow over the northern dis
tricts from the Mississippi valley to the At
| lantic coast. and by general fall in tenn
perature east of the Mississippi river.
Along the middle Atlantic and New Eng
land coasts high southeastery winds have
shifted to northwesterly, with maximum
reported velocity of sixty-four miles an
hour at New York city. Continuing a
ncrtheasterly course, this storm will be fol-
lowed tonight by cold wave in New Eng
land and eastern New York. and by dimin-
ishing nOrthwesterly gales along the New
England and middle Atlantic coasts. There is
evidence of a storm development over Ok
lahoma.
in the eastern and southern districts will
be of short duration. and that cloudy
weather with rain snow will prevail
generally in those districts by Tuesday
night Wednesday.
Along the New England coast northwest
erly gales will continue this afternoon and
tonight On the middle Atlantic coast high
northwesterly winds will diminish in force
On the south Atlantic coast light to fresh
northerly winds will prevail.
Storm signals are displayed from Della
ware Breakwater to Eastport and cold
wave signals in New England and eastern
New York.
The following heavy precipitation. in
inches has been reported during the past
twenty-four hours: Baltimore. liz: Tam
pa. LA; Hatteras. 40; Portland Me-, 164:
New York 1.6O For the twenty-four hours
ending a. m. Sunday: Mobile, . A; Merid-
ian. 1.12.
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 pm. yesterday:
ermometer-February T. p.m So s
m, 46; IL midnight, As. February 5.
m, A; am, IS; u noon, 40; pm, Al.
Maximum, 81 at pm February 4: mini
mum. 30, at am. February ).
Barometer-February T. pm. 2915; s
pm, 10. 10; IL midnight, 29.46. February 5,
4 am. 296s; am, 1913; noon, 5000; 2
p m, 5000.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at 8
am: Great Falls, temperature, "a; condi-
ton, 10; receiving reservoir, temperature.
30. condition at north connection, Sc; con-
dition at south connection, 30; distributing
reservoir, temperature, So: condition at in
fluent gate house, IS; effuent gate house,
Is.
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide, 500 am. and 7:O4 o. m :;
high tide 1911 pm.
TomOrrow-Low tide, 7:17 a. m and sos
pm; high tide, 12:37 IN. and lib pm
The Sun and Moon
Today-Sun rises. 1908 a. NJ; sun sets SOB
pm. Moon sets, 1922 am. tomorrow To-
mOrrow-Sun rises, 1:04 am.
The City Lights.
Gas lamps all lighted by 6:O4 pm; ex-
tinguishing begun at 6:10 a. m. The light
ing Is begun one hour before the time
named. Arc lamps lighted at $40 pm; ex-
tinguished at 6:25 am.