Evening star., 1902-02-05
CONTINUED COLD TONIGHT.
Thursday IncreasfnE ClOudines
PrOhahlV Snow.

Probably Snow.
Forecast till pm. Thursday: For the
District of Columbia, Delaware and Mary
land, fair and continued cold tonight;
Thursday, increasing cloudiness, probably
snow in the afternoon at night, with ris-
ing temperature; light westerly winds, be-
coming easterly.
For Virginia, fair tonight; Thursday, in
creasng cloudiness, probably snow in the
afternoon or at night; fresh westerly winds
on the coast, becoming east to northeast.
Weather conditions and general forecast:
The predominating feature of the weather
this morning is an area Of high pressure
which occupies the lower Ohio valley and
Tennessee. The weather is clear and cold
from the Mississippi valley eastward, with
the single exception Of a portion Of the east
gulf coast, where 1t is raining. An area of
low pressure Of considerable magnitude ap-
pears this morning over eastern Colorado.
Snow is falling in the Dakotas, and rain
has fallen in Texas, Louisiana and on the
north Pacific coast, and snow or rain in the
northern and central plateaus.
There will be rain tonight in the lower
Mississippi valley, western Tennessee and
the east gulf states. The rain area win
probably spread northeaStward thursday,
reaching the Ohio valley, the lower lake
region, and extending eastward over the
south Atlantic states and the western por-
| tion of the middle Atlantic states.
| lantic coast districts. The temperature will
| rise slowly in the lower Ohio valley, the
| lower Mississippi valley, and generally east
| of the Mississippi river Thursday.
| The winds along the middle and south At
| lantic coast will be fresh north to north
| west, diminishing and becoming northeast
| erly on the south Atlantic coast. On the
| east gulf coast fresh northeasterly winds
| will prevail tonight, becoming southeasterly
| Thursday.
| Steamers which depart today for Euro
| pean ports will have fresh westerly winds
| and fair weather to the Grand Banks.
The following heavy precipitation dn
| inches) has been reported during the past
| twenty-four hours: Eureka, 2.3S
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 2 pm. yesterday:
| Thermometer: February A pm, "a;
pm. 20: II midnight, 16. February % a.
M. II; am, 8; noon, IL; pm, l9
| Maximum, %, at pm, February 4; min
imum, 5, at q am, February 3.
| Barometer: February "A pm, 1890;
p.m 3001: II midnight, 30o2. February
4 am. 1905; am, 30.15; noon, 30:11;
pm, 30 10.
l. Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at {
| am: Great Falls. temperature, 80; condi
| ton, 1; receiving reservoir, temperature, 80
condition at north connection. 3; condition
| at south connection, Il distributing reservoir
temperature, 50; condition at infuent gatt
house, 3; effiuent gate house, .
| Tide Table.
| Today--Low tide, II am. and 1914 pm.
| high tide, SAT am. and 500 pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, 12:4S am. and 10
pm: high tide, $40 am. and 1858 pm
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rises, 7:06 am; sun sets, So
pm.
Moon rises, 5:2S am tomorrow.
| Tomorrow-Sun rises, 1905 am
The City Lights.
The city lights and naphtha lamps al
/, 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 extinguishe,
forty five minutes before sunrise.