Evening star., 1901-12-04
BRISK NoRTHwEsTERLY WINDS.
Continued Cold Tonight and Thurs.
day.

Continued Cold Tonight and Thurs
day.
Forecast till pm. Thursday: For the
District of Columbia, eastern Pennsylva-
mia, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and
Virginia, fair and continued cold tonight
and Thursday; brisk northwesterly winds
diminishing
Weather conditions and general forecast:
The storm central Tuesday morning in the
northeastward and lies this morning off
Nova Scotia. 1t was attended off the
southern New England and Long Island
coasts by maximum wind velocities, rang
ing from fifty-two miles per hour at New
York to eighty miles at Block Island. The
wind this morning is off-shore, except at
Eastport, Me-, where it continues to blow
from the northeast at the rate of thirty
six miles per hour.
Rain or snow fell Tuesday from the Caro-
linas northward to New England and west
ward to the lake region. There was also
rain on the Pacific coast. and rain or snow
locally in the plateau region.
The temperature fell sharply over night
from the Ohio valley eastward to the coast
and southwark to central Florida.
Generally fair and continued cold weather
Will prevail in all parts of the Washington
forecast district. except in the mountain
regions and along Lakes Erie and Ontario,
where snow fiurries will continue.
Fresh northweSterly winds will diminish
along the lower lakes: on the middle At
lantic coast the winds will continue from
the northwest, diminishing somewhat to-
night; fresh westerly winds will prevail
along the south Atlantic coast
Storm warnings are displayed from Della
ware breakwater to Eastport and on the
Washington coast.
Steamers which depart today for Euro
pean ports will have brisk northwesterly
winds and clear weather to the Grand
Banks.
The following heavy precipitation (in
inches) has been reported during the past
twenty-four hours: Portland, Me-, 1.24; New
York, LIZ; Block Island, 1.76; Nantucket.
LA; Albany, LOO; Baltimore, 116; Wash
ington. LAB; Halifax, 1.ss; Boston. 1.62.
Records for Twenty-FOur Hours.
The following were the readings of the
thermometer and barometer at the weather
bureau for the twentyfour hours beginning
at p. m. yesterday:
Thermometer: December 3-4 pm, SO; s
pm, 80; II midnight, 30. December a
a. M, 2S; noon, %; pm, 81 Maximum
3S, at pm, December 3; minimum, 26, at
1880 Am. December 4.
Barometer: December "a pm. 29.66; 8
pm, $3.50; - midnight, 29.s6. December 4
4 am, 1885; am, 10; noon, 80. 16; 2
pm, 3014.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at 8
a. M: Great Falls temperature, SO; condi-
ton, 2; receiving reservoir, temperature,
81; condition at north connection, 1: conii-
tion at south connection, y; distributing
reservoir, temperature, 81: condition at in
fluent gate house, 4; effiuent gate house, 4.
Tide Table.
Today-Low tire, 9:1O am. and 9:57 pm;
high tide, 2:37 am. and 3:12 pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, 1904 am. and 1852
pm: high tide, 3:36 am. and 4:0S pm.
The SUN and Moon.
Today-Sun rises, 7:06 a.m.; sun SETS 4:35
pm.
Moon rises. 1 81 am. tomorrow.
Tomorrow-Sun rises, 1907 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 fif-
teen minutes after sunset and extinguished
forty-five minutes before sunrise.