Evening star., 1902-02-17
PROBABLY COLDER TUESDAY.
Fair Tonight and Tomorrew; Fresh to
Brisk Northwesterly Winds.


Forecast till pm. Tuesday:
Fer the District of Columbia. fair tonight
and Tuesday: probably colder Tuesday;
fresh to brisk northwesterly winds
For Delaware, Marylan4 and Virginia,
fair tonight and Tuesday; hpfobably colder
Tuesday; brisk to high northwesterly winus
on the coast.
Weather conditions and general forecast:
The storm which passed off the northern
Florida coast Saturday, after moving to-
ward Bermuda, has taken a north-north-
westerly course. developing great intensity
during the last twenty-four hours. 1t is
central this morning off OF esS southern New
% T. inches at Atlantic City. High nort.,-
east to north winds. with snow, have pre-
vailed along the southern New England and
New Jersey coasts: The influence of this
storm has extended westward to the Ohio
valley and lake region. A second disturb
ance is developing on the central plateau.
Snow has fallen along the middle Atlantic
coast, southern New England, North Caro-
lima and Virginia; also in the lower lake re-
gion and portions of the Ohio and middle
Missouri valleys. Rain continues on the
Pacific coast and has extended eastward
over the northern and central plateaus.
The temperature continues to rise In the
southwest and has risen over night in the
lower lake region and New England.
Snow. with high nOrthwestrly winds, is in
New York and the lower lake region The
weather will probably clear In New York
Tuesday morning, but the winds will con-
tinue high on the coast.
The temperature will fall In the lower
Ohio valley and the northern portions Of
the east gulf states tonight and in the east
gulf and south and middle Atlantic states
Tuesday.
High northwesterly winds and gales will
prevail tonight on the New York and New
eJrsey coasts. and brisk to high northwest
erly winds southwark to the Carolinas. vn
the east gulf coast the winds will be light
and variable tonight, becoming northerly
Tuesday.
Storm warnings are displayed on the At
lantic coast from Eastport to Hatteras, and
on the racine coast from southern Califor-
MIA northWard.
Steamers which depart today for Euro
pean ports will have high northerly winds
and snow to the Grand Banks.
The following heavy precipitation Tin
twenty-four hours: Tacoma. 1.76; Cape
May, 1.O2; Atlantic City. 1.56: Cape Henry,
1.G2. During the twenty-four hours ending
am. Sunday: Tacoma, 152.
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:
ermometer-February 16 pm, 3G; 8
pm. 33; II midnight. 30. February II,
am, %; 8 am, 80; noon, 36; 2 pm, 3s.
Maximum 80, at 40 pm, February II;
minimum %, at am, February IL.
Barometer-February 49, pm, 299S; 8
p. M, 1854; IL midnight, 29.72. February
IL, In. 1886; am, %. 43; noon, 1876; 2
pm, 1880.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at 8
am: Great Falls. temperature, 33: condi-
ton. 30: Dalecarlia reservoir, temperature,
33; condition at north connection, 36; condi-
tion at south connection, Sc; Georgetown
distributing reservoir, temperature. 33: con-
dition at influent gate house, 36 condition
at e1.Eent gate house, 36. Washington city
reservoir temperature, RI: condition at in
fluent, "A; condition at effluent, 13.
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide, 9:20 am. and 1917 D. M !;
high tide. 2:49 m. and 3D. pm
Tomorrow-I4ow tide, 1874 M and HIS
pm; high tide. 1856 am. and 4:3O pm
The Sun and, Moon.
Today-Sun rises, 652 a.m.; sun sets, 5:37
pm.
Moon sets, 3:3S I'm. tomorrow
Tomorrow-Sun rises, $50 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 lign,ed fif-
teen minutes after sunset and extinguished
forty-hve minutes before sunrise.