Evening star., 1902-01-16
CLOUDY TONIGHT.
Friday Probably Fair: Light Winds
Mostly NOrtherly

Mostly NOrtherly.
Forecast till pm. Friday.-For the Dis
trict of Columbia, Delaware and Maryland,
cloudy tonight. Friday probably fair; light
to fresh winds. mostly northerly.
For Virginia, cloudy tonight, probably
rain in extreme southeast portion. Friday
fair; variable winds, becoming northwest
erly and fresh.
Weather conditions and general forecast.
During the past twenty-four hours there
has been snow in the northern upper lake
region and along the lake shores of New
York and Pennsylvania, showers in Florida
and rain and snow in the north Pacific
states. There was no other precipitation
of consequence.
Temperatures have risen in the Atlantic
states and have fallen in the central val
leys and the slope region. They do not,
however, vary much from the seasonal av-
erage. except in the extreme northwest,
where they continue above.
Although conditions are much unsettled
in the Atlantic states, with disturbances of
moderate intensity over Maine, extreme
southern Virginia and central Florida it is
rot probable that anything of consequence
will develop, the present eastward move
ment of the disturbances indicating their
passage into the Atlantic Thursday night
The weather will also continue fair in the
Atlantic and east gulf states and cloudy
III the lower lake region, with snow over
Ontario and eastern Erie.
1t viii be colder, though not decidedly so
in the Atlantic states. with frost probable
tonight in the interior of extreme northern
Florida.
On the middle Atlantic coast winds will
be fresh and mostly northwesterly; on the
south Atlantic coast variable, becoming
northWeSterly and fresh, and on the east
gulf coast light to fresh and northerly
steamers which depart today for Euro
pean ports will have fresh westerly winds
and partly cloudy weather, probably snow
north of the forty-third parallel to the
Grand Banks
Records for Twenty-Four-Hou
The following We're the readings of the
thermometer and barometer at the weather
bureau for the twenty-four hours beginning
at pm. yesterday:
hermometer-January IS: pm, 40; s
pm, IS; - midnight, 49, January 16:
am. 80; am, "a; noon, Al; 2 pm. A.
Maximum 40, at 4 pm., January Is; mini
num- 80 at 4 am. January 49,
Barometer-January 10: pm. 2901; 8
pm, 2992; - midnight. 29.91. January 16:
am. 29.S9; 8 am, 29S7; noon, 29.S5;
pm, 29.S0.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at
am: Great Falls-Temperature, 80; condi-
tion, 36 Receiving reservoir-Temperature
"a; condition at north connection, sc; condi-
t1ons at south connection. %. Distributing
reServoir-Temperature 80; condition at in
iiueil SdtS must, eluuellI gate mouse,
90.
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide 6:44 am. and 7:o4 p.m.:
high tide, 1916 am. and 12:F pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, 7:34 am. and S:22
pm. high tide, :03 m. and 1:39 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rises, 7:21 am; sun sets, 4 80
m.
Moon sets, 1928 m. tomorrow
Tomorrow-Sun rises, 30 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-five minutes before sunrise