Evening star., 1901-12-16
LIGHT NORTHERLY WINDS.
Partly Cloudy Tonight and Tues

day.
Forecast till pm. Tuesday.-For the
District of Columbia, Maryland and Vir-
ginia partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday
light northerly winds.
Weather conditions and general forecast
The weather this morning is fair and cold
from the gulf states nOrtheaStWard to New
England. In the middle Mississippi valley,
the Missouri valley and locally in the
northwest snow is falling. The precipita-
tion of the last twenty-four hours, how
ever, has been very light
The temperature is from 10 degrees to 80
degrees below the seasonal average east of
the Rocky mountains. During the last
twenty-four hours it has fallen ID degrees
to 30 degrees from Florida to New Eng
land, and now ranges from zero in Vermont
to II degrees above in northern Georgia
and freezing in northern Florida. There
has been a general rise in the Missouri and
middle Mississippi valleys and throughout
the northwest.
Cloudy and warmer weather will prevail
during the next thirty-siX hours in the in
terror valleys and the southwest. The tenn
perature will rise slowly in the lake region
and the middle Atlantic states. Snow is in
dicated for the lower lake region and pos
Sibly the Ohio valley: elsewhere generally
fair weather will prevail.
On the south Atlantic coast light to fresh
northeasterly winds will continue On the
middle Atlantic coast the winds will be
fresh northerly diminishing Tuesday.
Steamers which depart today for Euro
pean ports will have fresh north to north
west winds and fair weather to the Grand
Banks
The following heavy precipitation On
inches has been reported during the past
twenty-four hours: Block Island, LA; Sau-
green, 1.10.
During the twenty-four hours ending 8
a m. Sunday: Washington, 1.5S; Philadel-
phia, La Albany, $50; Buffalo, "a; Bing-
hamton, 2-2i; Cleveland, 110: Rochester,
220; Oswego, 2O1; Raleigh, 2OS; Charlotte,
1.40; Pittsburg, pa; Macon, 222; Mont
gomery, LA; Knoxville, 1.6O; Lynchburg,
LIS; ParkerSburg, 1O2.
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.
Observation-Disclosures 15 4 pm 27; S
pm, 30; ~ midnight II. December 16, 4
am, Is; am, IA; noon, 2O pm, 81.
Maximum, 81, at 4 pm. December Is;
minimum, IA, at am, December 16.
Barometer-December 15 4 pm, 80 10:
pm. 1921; - midnight. 1923. December
16, am, 1924; am, 1927; noon, 1925;
pm, 1920.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at s
a M: Great Falls, temperature, A; condi-
ton, 1; receiving reservoir, temperature, 3S;
condition at north connection, 1; condition
voir, temperature, 80; condition at inf1uent
gatehouse A; effluent gatehouse 4.
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide, 5:4S am. and 6:O4 pm
high tide, "A am
Tomorrow-Low tide, 6:30 am. and 654
pm; high tide, 1905 am. and 1890 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rises, 7:15 am; sun sets, :3G
pm.
Moon sets, 10:14 pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises, 7:16 am.
The City Lights.
The city lights and naphtha lamps all
lighted by thirty minutes after sunset; eX-
tinguishng begun one hour before sunrise.
All arc and incandescent lamps lighted tif-
teen minutes after sunset and extinguished
forty-five minutes before sunrise