Evening star., 1902-01-24
PARTLY CLOUDY TONIGHT.
Saturday Fairy Colder Saturday Night
Light WfndR.

Forecast till pm. Saturday.-For the
District Of Columbia, New Jersey, Delaware
and Virginia, partly cloudy tonight. Sat
urday fair; colder Saturday night; light
winds. mostly northeasterly.
For Maryland, partly cloudy tonight and
Saturday; snow Saturday in extreme west
ern portion; colder Saturday night ; light
winds, mostly northwesterly.
Weather conditions and general forecast.
The most prominent feature the
weather map this morning is wave Of alb
normally high pressure, with a cold wave
in the northwest, with it's crest over AL
berta and an equally marked disturbance
on the Washington coast. There has also
been a decided fall in Texas. In the gulf
states it is considerably warmer.
Conditions unsettled in the east and
south, and there have been local rains and
SHOWS, except in the middle and south At
lantic states. There were also light SHOWS
over the cold wave area in the northwest,
and general rains and SHOWS west Of the
Rocky mountains, except in the middle pla-
teau.
There will be a cold wave tonight and
Saturday In the gulf states and lower Ohio
valley. 1t will also be colder tonight in
the western lower lake region, colder Sat
urday in the Ohio valley, lower lake region
and east gulf states, and colder Saturday
night in the middle and south Atlantic
states. There will be rain tonight in the
south Atlantic and east gulf states and rain
Saturday in the former district.
On the middle Atlantic coast winds will
be light to fresh westerly; on the south
Atlantic coast they will be variable, and
on the gulf coast variable, becoming north
westerly and fresh.
Steamers which depart today for Euro
pean ports will have light to fresh winds,
mostly westerly, and fair weather to the
Grand Banks.
The following heavy precipitation dn
inches) has been reported during the past
twenty-four hours: Los Angeles, 1.18; St.
Johns, 1872
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 pm. yesterday:
Thermometer-January q, 4 pm, SO; 8
pm So So = am man1sht ss noon S a. 2ansafy pm a. a
Maximum, 4S. at pm. January "a; min
imum, 32, at am. January "a.
Barometer-January %, pm, $3.50: 8
pm. 1897; u midnight, 29.96. January "a,
4 am, 5000; 8 am, 5000; noon. 5000: 2
pm, 9O.O6.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition Of water at 8
am: Great Falls-Temperature. SO; condi-
tion, 1. Receiving ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
"a; condition at north connection, SO; con-
ditions at south connection, &c. Distribut-
Ing reservoir-Temperature, S5; condition at
inluent gate house, s; effiuent gate house,
10.
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide, 2:14 am. and 2:3i pm );
high tide, S:13 am. and 1892 pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide 3:04 am. and 3:25
pm; high tide, 1902 am. and 9:21 pm.
The sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rises, ZIG am: sun sets, sos
pm.
Moon rises, 6:1s pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises. 7:16 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-f1ve minutes before sunrise.