Evening star., 1902-02-15
LIGHT NoRTHwEsTERLY WINDS.
Partly Cloudy Weather Indicated for
| Tonight and Sunday.

Forecast till pm. Sunday: For the Dis
trict Of Columbia and Maryland partly
cloudy tonight and Sunday: light to fresh
northwesterly winds.
For Virginia, generally fair tonight, ex-
cept probably snow in southeast portion:
Sunday fair; fresh northwesteriy winds.
Weather conditions and general forecast:
The disturbance In the lower Mississippi
valley Friday morning has moved almost
due east to the Florida coast. Pressure has
fallen to the northward and eastward, SO
that the crest of the high, which covered
the north-central portion of the country
has been displaced to the westward A sec
ond disturbance appears to be developing in
the middle Missouri valley.
Snow has fallen in Tennessee. eastern
Kentucky, the Caro1inaS, and southern Nir-
ginia, and rain in the lower Mississippi val
ley. the east gulf. South Carolina and Geor-
gia. Rain has also fallen on the Pacific
coast from central California northward
and over the middle and northern plateaus
The temperature has fallen sharply in tae
middle and lower Mississippi valley, Louis
lana and Texas, and risen over Florida and
locally along the south Atlantic coast.
Generally fair weather is indicated to-
night and Sunday. except along the Atlantic
coast districts tonight, where snow fiurries
are probable.
1t will be much colder tonight in Florida
and the temperature will also fall in less
degree In Georgia and South Carolina
The winds along the middle and south At
lantic and east gulf coasts. will be fresh to
brisk northwesterly.
The following heavy precipitation Gin
lnches) has been reported during the past
twenty-four hours; Red Bluff. 40; Chatta-
nooga, 1.O4; Charlotte, 1.64; Winnipeg. I76;
San Francisco. 1.04.
Steamers which depart today for Euro
pean ports Will have fresh to brisk north
westerly winds and probably snow 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:
ermometer-February A. pm. 81; 8
p. M, 2S; 12 midnight 81. February Is,
am, "a; 8 am. a. Maximum, 81, at 4
pm, February IA; minimum, %, at am.
February To-
Barometer-February IA, 4 pm. 1926: 8
p. m., 3O.27; IL midnight. 80 2G. February Is.
4 am, 1920; 8 am, 1921; noon. 3O.21; .
m. 3O17.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at 8
am: Great Falls. temperature. 80; condl-
ton, SO; Dalecarla reservoir. temperature,
33; condition at north connection. SO; condl-
tion at south connection. SO; Georgetown
distributing reservoir temperature, 33: con-
dition at influent gate house. SO: condition at
efiluent gate house. 36; Washington city res
ervoir, temperature, 80: condition at in
fluent, Is; condition at eft1uent, 13.
Tide Table.
Today-I1ow tide, 1:21 am and SIP pm !;
high tide, 1850 am. and 1:23 pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, So, m. and 0:15
pm; high tide, 1:47 I'm. and 2:21 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rises, 6:54 am; sun sets. 5:35
pm.
Moon sets, 1:41 am. tomorrow.
Tomorrow-Sun rises, 6:53 am.
The City Lights.
The city lights and naphtha lamps all
lighted by thirty minutes after sunset; ex-
tingulshfng begun one hour before sunrise
All arc and iEcandescent lamps lighted fif-
teen minutes after sunset and extinguished
forty-five minutes before sunrise.