Evening star., 1901-12-14
RAIN AND coLDEF. TONIGHT.
Sunday Clearing. With Cold
Wave.

Sunday Clearing, with a Cold
Wave.
Forecast TIL pm Sunday: For the Dis
trict of Columbia and Maryland, rain ana
colder tonight. Sunday, clearing and much
colder, with cold wave; brisk southeriy
shifting to northwesterly winds. For Vir-
ginia, rain and colder tonight. Sunday
clearing and much colder. with a cold wave;
brisk to high southerly winds on the coast,
becoming westerly Sunday.
Weather conditions and general forecast:
One of the severest storms of recent years
is prevailing just west of and paralleiing
the Appalachians. The rain area extends
well in front into the lower lake region ana
New England and trails in the rear to
eastern Texas. West of the storm an area
Of intense cold for the season prevails, with
snow from the upper lake region south
ward to western Tennessee. The tempera-
ture at Chicago is degrees below zero,
fall of "a degrees during the last twenty
four hours In ST. Louis the thermometer
at o'clock this morning stood at zero,
with indications of going lower during the
day. The line of zero temperature extends
from northern Illinois and Michigan south
westward into Oklahoma The tempera-
ture has continued to rise In the Atlantic
coast districts, the rise in some regions
being as much as so degrees. West of the
Mississippi river the weather remains clear
and cold with temperatures ranging from
zero to 30 degrees below.
Rain, turning into snow, is indicated for
the middle Atlantic states and the noun
tain districts of the south Atlantic states.
1t will clear in the last-named region Sun
day morning and in the middle gulf states
tonight Snow will probably continue in
the upper Ohio valley and the lower lake
region tonight and Sunday.
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region, Ohio valley, eastern Tennessee,
eastern Kentucky, Alabama and western
Georgia tonight, and decidedly colder in all
the coast districts, including Florida, on
Sunday.
The winds along the Atlantic coast will
be brisk to high southerly, becoming west
erly Sunday. On the lower lakes brisk to
high northwesterly winds will prevail.
Storm warnings are displayed on the At
iantic and gulf coasts, except over southern
Florida. and on Lakes Michigan, Huron,
Erie and Ontario.
Steamers which depart today for Euro
pean ports will have rain and brisk to high
southeast to south winds to the Grand
Banks.
The following heavy precipitation Qn
inches) has been reported during the past
twenty-four hours: Knoxville, 1.S6; Toledo,
LA; Detroit, 1.96; Shreveport, LBS; Vicks-
burg, LAS; Cincinnati. 1.O4; Columbus, IO4;
Indianapolis, 222; ST. Louis, 136; Nash
Vile, 1.92: Louisville LIS; Little Rock, 2 80;
Chattanooga, 2.26; Meridian, 1.46: Memphis,
2.04; Cairo, 266; Parry Sound, 1S2; Evans
vile. 25O
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 Lake Superior, at the termi-
nation of December IL; on Lakes Michigan,
huron and st. Clair, at the termination of
December IA; on Lakes Erie and Ontario.
at the termination of December 15
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 p. m. yesterday:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 13, pm. 40; 8
pm, As; II midnight, 5S December a.
am, 81; am. 62; noon, &c; 2 pm, 65.
Maximum, 66, at 1:5O pm, December IA
Minimum, 49, at pm. December 13
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 13, pm, 3d. 25: 8
pm, 3016; u midnight, BOIL. December
IA, 4 In, 30.03; am, 1904; noon, % 81;
pm, % 81.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water De-
cember IA at am: Great Falls, tempera-
ture, 40; condition, A. receiving reservoir,
temperature. 80; condition at north connec-
tion, 2; condition at south connection, 3;
distributing reservoir, temperature, Al; con-
gatehouse, g.
Today-Low tide, 4:32 am and Abs p.m.:
high tide, 1924 am. and 1912 pm.
e Tomorrow-Low tide, sos am and b.22
pm; high tide, 1O3 am. and 11:24 nm
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rises, 7:14 a m; sun sets. 4:35
pr Moon sets, $40 pm
Tomorrow-Sun rises, 7:15 am
The City Lights.
The city lights and naphtha lamps all
nghted by thirty minutes after sunset; ex-
tinguishing begun one hour before sunrise
All arc and incandescent lamps lighted fif-
teen minutes after sunset and extinguished
forty-five minutes before sunrise
PROMISES TO Re SEVERE.
The Cold Wave Will Reach Atlantic
Coast Districts Tomorrow.
1:3O p.m.-The cold wave predicted By
the weather bureau for the middle Missis-
sippi and Missouri valleys and the upper
lake region has spread to the eastward and
southeastward as far as Chicago and st.
Louis; at both Of which places temperature
fell 81 degrees during the last twenty-four
hours. reaching degrees below zero at
Chicago and zero at st. Louis respectively.
The front of the cold wave this morning
extends from northern Illinois southwest