Evening star., 1902-02-14
CLoUDINEss TONIGHT.
Saturday Snow; Fresh Northerly
Winds Indicated.
recast tin 8 p.m. Saturday,


Forecast till pm. Saturday:
For the District Of Columbia and Mary
land, increasing cloudiness tonight. Satur-
day snow; fresh northerly winds.
For Virginia. fair in northern, snow in
southern portion tonight. Saturday proba-
bly, snow; fresh northeasterly winds.
Weather conditions and general forecast:
The predominating feature Of the wealth
this morning is an area Of high pressure
that covers the north central portion of the
country. On its southern front pressure is
relatively low and there are indications
OF a storm development in the lower Mis-
sissippi valley.
1t is showing in Kansas. Missouri, CEN
tral tennessee. the upper lake region and
locally in Montana. Rain has fallen in Ar
kansas, Mississippi, western Tennessee and
on the north Pacific coast.
1t Is much colder In the central Rocky
mountain region, New Mexico, northern
Texas, Oklahoma, the Dakotas and Mon
tana. The temperature has risen in the
lower Mississippi valley, on the Pacific
coast and over the middle plateau.
Snow is indicated for tonight in the Ohio
valley, Tennessee, and rain in the east gulf
states and the southern portion of the south
Atlantic states. Snow is probable Saturday
In the Ohio valley and the lower half Of
the middle Atlantic states.
1t viii! be much colder tonight In the
lower Mississippi valley, and it will be
colder Saturday in Florida and the south
ern portion Of the south Atlantic states.
The winds the east gulf coast will
shift to brisk northwesterly tonight or Sat
urday morning. Along the middle Atlantic
fresh to brisk northerly winds will con-
tinue. On the south Atlantic coast the
winds will be mostly fresh east to south
east. becoming northwesterly.
Storm warnings are displayed on the
Texas coast and on the California coast
from Port Hartford to Eureka.
Steamers which depart today for Euro
pean ports will have fresh to brisk north
west winds and fair weather 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:
Thermometer-February 13A pm, p; 8
pm. "a; IL midnight, 10. February IA
am, 16; am, IS; noon, 81: 2 pm, %.
Maximum, 20, at pm. February Il; mini
mum, Is, at 6 am, February IA.
Barometer-February 13-4 pm, 5000; 8
pm, BOLT; IL midnight. 1922. February IA
4 am, 1925; am, 3O.33; noon, 8O.33; 2
pm, 5000.
Condition Of the Water.
Temperature and condition Of water at
am.: Great Falls, temperature, 80; con-
dition, &c. Dalecarlia reservoir, tempera
ture, So; condition at north connection, 36;
condition at south connection, 36; George
town dlStrlDutlnS reservoir, temperature,
49, condition at influent gate house, 36; con-
dition at eff1uent gate house, 81; Washing
ton city reservoir, temperature, 80; condi-
tion at inf1uent, 16; condition at eff1uent, 10.
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide, 6:25 am. and I'll pm. :
high tide, 1900 am. and 1920 pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, 7:21 am. and S:12
pm; high tide, 1850 am. and 1:23 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rises, 6:55 am; sun sets, 5:34
pm.
Moon sets 1896 a. m. tomorrow.
Tomorrow-Sun rises, G:54 am.
The City Lights.
The city lights and naphtha lamps all
lighted by thirty minutes after sunset; ex
tinguishing began one hour before sunrise.
All arc and incandescent lamps lighted fif-
teen minutes after sunset and eXtinguished
forty-five minutes before sunrise.