Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-28
PROBABLY CLEARING TONIGHT.
Fair Tuesday, Somewhat Lower Tenn
perature, Brisk Winds.

Forecast till pm. Tuesday:
For the District of Columbia, probably
clearing tonight and fair Tuesday, some
what lower temperature; brisk and occa-
sionally high west to northwest winds.
For Maryland, probably clearing tonight
and fair Tuesday; somewhat lower tenn
perature in eastern portion; brisk and high
west to northwest winds
For Virginia. continued cold, fair wealth
er, except clearing on the coast tonight.
Tuesday fair; brisk to high northwesterly
winds, with gales on the coast.
Weather conditions and general forecast:
The barometer continues unusually low
in the Atlantic states and lower lake re-
gion and thence southeastward to the
south Atlantic coast, with readings of %
| inches, or lower on the Massachusetts
coast, and in Maine, Nova Scotia and the
lower ST. Lawrence valley. Father Point,
Quebec, reports a barometer reading OF
20 .S inches. High winds and gales are re-
ported from the Carolina and New York
coasts, northern Georgia and the lower lake
region.
Shows or rain are reported from northern
New England, eastern portions OF Virginia
and North Carolina, upper Ohio valley, lake
regions, on the extreme north and extreme
south Pacific coast and in southwestern
Arizona.
The temperature has risen in the middle
Atlant1c states, eastern lower luke region
and from the lower and central Missouri
valley westward, with marked changes In
| western Texas and New Mexico; elsewhere
1t has fallen, with decided changes in the
gulf states, Georgia, South Carolina, south
ern North Carolina, the western lake region
and the upper Mississippi valley.
Very threatening conditions obtain along
the Atlantic and east gulf coasts, and high
northwesterly winds and gales are indi-
Gated from North Carolina northward, and
brisk to high west to southwest winds on
| the south Atlantic coast; fresh to brisk
southwest to northwest winds on the east
gulf coast and brisk to high northwesterly
winds in the lake regions
Vessels leaving Atlantic coast ports will
encounter very heavy weather.
Shows are probable tonight and Tuesday
in the New England states and lower lake
region and clearing weather on the middle
day in southwestern Texas and New Mex
leo and fair weather in the south Atlantic
and gulf states and the Ohio valley.
Somewhat lower Temperatures are indi-
Gated for the Atlantic and east gulf states;
rising temperature in northern Texas, Ar
kansas, Oklahoma and the lower Ohio val
ley Tuesday; elsewhere no marked changes
in temperature are indicated.
Storm warnings are displayed on the east
gulf coast and the Atlantic coast from
Jacksonville to Eastport.
Steamers which depart today for Euro
pean ports VIII have westerly gales to the
Grand Banks.
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:
MISUNDERSTANDING q, pm, 30; s
pm, IS; II midnight, "a. January 2S, 4
am, SO; am. 50; II noon, 80; 2 pm, :s3
Maximum, SO. at $3.50 Pm. January y;
minimum, 81, at 7:4O am, January 2S
Barometer-January q. pm, 29.34: 8
pm, 1892; II midnight, 1928. January 2S
am, 1926; 8 am, 1884; noon. 1886; 2
pm, 1885,
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at 8
am: Great Falls, temperature, 80; condi-
ton, %; receiving reservoir, temperature.
"a; condition at north connection, "a; condf-
ton at south connection, %; distributing
reservoir temperature, "a; condition at in
| fluent gate house, IA; effiuent gate house,
IL.
Tide Table.
Today-Iow tide, $3.50 IN and 9:24 p IN;
high tide, POI Am. and 1882 pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide. 9:33 ar and 1923
IN; high tide, 1903 am. and 1924 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rises, 7:l5 am; sun sets, 5:13
pm.
Moon sets, 2:46 am. tomorrow.
Tomorrow-Sun rises, 1872 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 fncandeScent lamps lighted fif-
teen minutes after sunset and extinguished
forty-tive minutes before sunrise.