Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-24
COLD WAVE TONIGHT.
Temperature-W Will Fall to Fifteen De-
Srees by Morning.


Forecast till s pm. Sunday.-For the
District of Columbia, eastern Pennsylvania,
New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland. rain
snow, followed by clearing and cold
wave tonight. Sunday fair and colder: tenn
perature about fifteen degrees above zero
Sunday morning: increasing southwesterIy
winds. shifting to ncrthwestery gales to-
night.
For Virginia, rain snow, followed by
clearing and cold wave tonight. Sunday
fair and colder: temperature fifteen 10 twen-
~ degrees above zero Sunday morning: in
creasing souihwesterly. shifting 10 north
westerly gales tonight.
Hoist Cold Wave Flag.
Office Of the chief of the weather bureau.
Washington. D. c.. February "A, 1890.
Hoist cold wave flag. temperature will
fall twenty degrees by Sunday
MOORE.
Weather conditions and general forecast
The barometric depression which extended
from the upper lake region to Texas Fri
day morning has moved eastward, and this
morning extends from the eastern lake re-
sion TO the middle gulf coast. Attending
the eastward movement of this depression
rain has fallen in southern and rain or
snow in northern districts, and a cold wave
has oYerspread the western and northwest
ern states. carrying the line of zero tenn
perature TO northern Missouri and the line
of freezing temperature TO central and
southwestern Texas.
During the next twenty-four hours the
cold wave will overspread the middle and
south Atlantic and gulf states, carrying the
line of freezing temperature TO the gulf and
south Atlantic coasts. In the middle At
lantic states the temperature will fall to fif-
teen TO twenty degrees above zero by Sun
day morning. During Sunday and Sunday
night the cold wave will extend over the
north Atlantic states.
The rain area will extend to the Atlantic
coast this afternoon and tonight and Will
be followed by clearing weather Sunday.
The cold wave Will be of short duration
and the temperature will begin to moder-
ate in. the central valleys and the SOUTH
west Sunday and in the Atlantic coast dis
tricts Monday.
Storm signals are displayed from New
Orleans to Passport
Cold wave signals are displayed in all
districts east of the Mississippi, except over
southern Florida
Advisory messages of marked fall in
temperature tonight have been sent to the
northern states of Mexico and Havana,
Cuba, has been notified of a marked fall
in temperature and high northwesterly
winds in western Cuba late tonight and
Sunday.
The following heavy precipitation lin
inches) has been reported during the past
twenty-four hours: Sydney, 1.94.
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
Ihe following were the readings OF the
thermometer and barometer at the weather
bureau for the twenty-four hours begin
ming at pm yesterday:
Thermometer: February 23+ pm, IS:
pm, 43: II midnight, 35. February pa
a m, 81; S am, SO: u noon. As; pm, "a.
Maximum, 81, at pm. February "A; min
imum, 80 at an February "a.
Barometer: February 234 pm, 800;
S pm. 29.7T; u midnight, $3.50. February
PA am, 29.7s; am. 29.73; noon, 1851
2 p.m-. 29.4s.
Condition of the Water.
ruary "a, at s am: Great Falls-Te9npera-
ture, 40; condition, l. Receiving reservoir
Temperature, 30: condition at north con-
Hection, 1; condition at south connection, 2.
Distributing Observation-Disclosures. 81;
condition at inffuent gate house, 3: effiuont
gate house, 3.
Tide Table.
Today-Isow tide, $40 am. and $40 pm;
high tide. 1877 am and 2:22 pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, a:25 am. and 1910
The SUN and Moon.
Today-Sun rises, 6:43 AIM: sun sets, 5:45
p.m
Moon rises at 2:45 am tomorrow.
Tomerrow-Sun rises, Gal am
The City Lights.
Gas lamps all lighted by ga p.m.: extin-
gushing began at~5:4S am. The lighting
is begun one hour before the time named.
Arc lamps lighted at 500 Pm: extin-
guished at 6:03 am. -
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