Evening star., 1901-12-10
FAIR AND COLDER TONIGHT.
Wednesday Fair; Diminishing North.



westerly Winds.
Forecast till pm. Wednesday.-For the
District of Columbia, Maryland and Vir-
ginia, fair and colder tonight. Wednesday
fair; diminishing northwesterly winds.
Weather conditions and general fore
cast.-The storm central Monday morning
in Tennessee has moved rapidly to the st.
Lawrence valley, increasing greatly in in
tensity. A second storm is developing in
Kansas.
During the last twenty-four hours rain
or snow has fallen from the east
gulf states northeastward to the
lower lake region and New Eng
land. Rain continues in eastern New
York and New England, and snow in the
lower lake region and locally in the Mis-
souri, valley, the middle plateau and the
north Pacific coast.
the east gulf states, and in the south At
lantic states from North Carolina to north
ern Florida. 1t has become warmer in Kan
sas and Missouri.
Fair weather is indicated for all portions
Of the Washington forecast districts to-
night, except the lower lake region and the
mountain districts of West Virginia, west
ern Pennsylvania and eastern New York.
Rain is probable Wednesday in the lower
Mississippi valley and western Tennessee
and Kentucky.
1t will be colder tonight in the middle At
lantic states and central Florida, ana
warmer Wednesday in the lower Mississippi
valley.
Brisk northwesterly winds with snow will
continue on the lower lakes tonight, dmin-
ishing Wednesday. The winds along the
middle and south Atlantic coast will be
northwesterly. diminishing in force.
Steamers which depart today for Europe
an ports will have brisk west to northwest
winds and showers to the Grand Banks.
The following heavy precipitation Gn
inches) has been reported during the past
tWenty-four hours: Atlantic City, 1.16
cincinnati 102; Columbus, LBS; Cleveland
1.1S
The discontinuance of the display OF
storm warnings on the lakes for the season
of 1901 is announced as follows:
On Lake Pepin, at the termination of De-
cember 4; on Lakes Michigan, Huron and
st. Clair, at the termination of December
IA; on Lakes Erie and Ontario, at the ter
mination of December 10; on Lake Superior,
with the closing of the locks in the Saint
Marys canal.
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 8, pm, 81; s
pm, So; II midnight, 5S. December 10.
am, 53; am, 43; noon, 45; pm, 4S;
maximum, 80, at 3 am, December 10; min
imum, A. at $50 am, December 10.
Barometer-December 8, 4 pm, 29.9O: s
pm, 1913: II midnight. 29.65 December
pm, 30.05
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at
a.m.-Great Falls, temperature, 40; condi-
tion, 6; receiving reservoir. temperature, 36;
condition at north connection, 3; condition
at south connection, 3; distributing reser-
Voir, temperature, 80; condition at infiuent
gate house, 8; effiuent gate house. q.
Tide Table.
TOdav-T ow tide n, opd =, ~,
high tide, 1853 am. and SOB pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, 2:3S am. and 2:45
pm; high tide, S:37 am. and S:42 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rises, am; sun sets, 4:34
pm.
Moon sets, 4:33 pm, new moon at 9:53
pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises, 7:12 am.
The City Lights.
The 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 tf-
teen minutes after sunset and eXtinguished
forty-five minutes before sunrise.