Evening star., 1902-03-05
RAIN OR SNOW TONIGHT.
Thursday Fair; High, Northerly Winds
Indicated.

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Forecast till pm. Thursday:
For the District of Columbia, Delaware
and Maryland, rain or snow tonight, fol-
lowed by fair. Thursday fair; high north
erly winds.
For Virginia. fair in southern. rain or
snow in northern portion tonight. followed
by fair: much colder in southeast portion,
with a cold wave Thursday fair high
shifting winds, becoming northwestery.
Weather conditions and general forecast:
The southwestern storm has moved in an
east-northeasterly direction with steadily
increasing intensity, and is central this
morning over interior North Carolina. 1t
has been attended by general rain in the
south and quite heavy snow and rain in the
middle Atlantic states. There was no other
precipitation of consequence except on the
north Pacific coast.
1t is warmer on the south Atlantic coast.
IN the extreme northwest, and decidedly
colder in the gulf states and the southwest.
The flood situation in the Ohio remains
practically unchanged, with crest now in
the neighborhood of Cincinnati. The rain
and snow of the past twentyfour hours in
Kentucky and Tennessee will cause an adj
ditiOnal rise. but how much cannot be
definitely stated until the precipitation
ceases.
There will be rain or snow tonight in the
middle Atlantic states followed by fair
weather over the southern portion, and
snow in the lower lake region and extreme
upper Ohio valley. In the south the wealth
will be fair
1t will be much colder tonight In the
south Atlantic states. with cold wave in
the interior and frosts on the coast There
will also be frost in northern Florida and
heavy frost in the east gulf states.
On the middle Atlantic coast the winds
Will be high northerly, on the south At
lantic coast they will be high west to north
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northerly.
Storm warnings are displayed on the At
lantic coast from Savannah to New York.
Steamers which depart today for Euro
pean ports will have brisk to high north to
northeast winds and snow to the Grand
Banks
The following heavy precipitation (in
inches) has been reported during the past
twenty-four hours: Charleston. w. Va.
1.02; Chattanooga, 1.26; Portland, Ore, 1. 50;
Tacoma. 100.
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
thermometer and barometer at the weather
bureau for the twenty-four hours Begin
ming at pm. yesterday:
Thermometer: March a pm, 40;
p. m., "a: II midnight, 33. March "a am,
&'; am, 32; noon, 33; pm. 81. Maxi
nium-40 at pm. March 4. Minimum
81, at am. March 5.
b es ia March, Mdrfh ~ p Pm 29ss
4 am. 29SO am, 1858; noon, 29.4O;
pm. 29.4J.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at 8
am: Dalecarlia reservoir, temperature,
80; condition at north connection, 1 condi-
tiOn at south connection, l; Georgetown
distributing reservoir. temperature. 3S; con-
dition at influent gatehouse l: condition at
effuent gatehouse, /; Washington city res
ervoir, temperature. Sc; condition at in
fluent, l; condition at effiuent, 2.
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide. 1884 am. and 11:13
pm: high tide. $50 m. and AIS pm
Tomorrow-Lsw tide, 11:2S am; high
tide, 400 a. m. and 5:15 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rises, 6:2S am; sun sets, 5:56
pm.
Moon rises 400 m. tomorrow
TomorroW-Sun rises, 6:27 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-fve minutes before sunrise.