Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-16


Colder by Night.
Forecast till pm Tuesday: For the Dis
trict of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland and
Virginia, rain tonight; clearing and colder
| Tuesday; much colder by Tuesday night;
increasing southerly, shifting to northwest
erly winds.
Maximum temperature past twenty-four
hours, 20; year ago, IS.
Weather conditions and general forecast:
Since Saturday storm has moved from
the north Pacific coast southeastward to
Utah and thence eastward to southern
Michigan, with an increase in intensity dur
ing the last twelve hours Following this
storm an area of high barometer Of great
magnitude covers the west and northwest,
and 4 cold wave has swept over the coun-
try generally west of the Mississippi valley
and as far south as northwestern Texas,
northern New Mexico and northern Ari
IONA.
Temperatures below zero are reported
this morning in Montana and North Dako-
ia, and the line of freezing temperature is
traced over northwestern Texas, central
New Mexico and central Arizona.
The Pacific storm has been attended by
but little precipitation west of the Missis
sippi, but moderate to heavy rains occurred
last night in the Ohio valley and the lower
lake region.
The storm central over southern
Michigan will continue a north of east
course, attended by rain in the Atlantic
coast districts, and followed by a very
marked fall in temperature in the Ohio val
ley and lower lake region tonight, and in
the Atlantic states and the interior of the
east gulf states Tuesday. Freezing tenn
peratures will be reached in, the middle At
lantic states Tuesday night, and the cold
period will extend throtlgh Wednesday.
Along the middle Atlantic coast high
southerly winds will shift to northwesterly
Tuesday morning; on, the south Atlantic
coast brisk southerly winds. will shift to
westerly; on the east gulf coast brisk
southerly winds will sfl.-- to northerly, and
on the lower lakes easterly gales will shift
to northerly and northwest rly.
Storm warnings are displayed on the
Great Lakes, and on tie Atlantic coast
from Baltimore to Eastport -
Cold wave warnings Were ordered Sunday
in eastern Montana, the Daketas, Mime
sota,, Nebraska,f, Kansas, Colorado eastern
and southern Utali, northern Arizona iowa,
Missouri, Wisconsin, Indiana, Illin6is, Mich
igan and Oklahoma and this morning We're
extended over Ohio, western Pennsylvania,
West Virginia, Kentucky and western Ten
nessee.
Steamers departing today for European
ports will have. high southerly, shifting to
westerly winds, with rain, to the Grand
Banks.
The following heavy precipitation dn
inches) has been reported during the TWEEN
ty-four hours ending am. Sunday: Rose
burg, LOO; Kalispell, 1.24.
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:
hermometer-November Is, pm, &c;
S pm, 46; II midnight, Al. November 10,
a m. Al; an, 81; - noon, 60; pm, 50.
Nov ivn1,r Of no., n.
| minimum, 40 at 1870 am, November 16.
Barometer-November 49, pm, 1924; 8
pm, 1923; II midnight 3O.16; November
10, 4 a M. 1906! am, 1902; noon, 1894; 2
pm, 1892.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of the water
at 8 am: Great Falls, temperature. Al;
condition, IS; Dalecarlia reservoir, temper
ature Al; condition at north connection, SO;
condition at south connection, &c. George
town distributing reservoir. temperature,
40; condition at infiuent gate house. 80;
condition at effluent gate house, So; Wash
| ington city reservoir, temperature 90; con-
dition at inf1uent, So; condition at effluent,
80.
Tide Table
Today-Low tide, Has am; high tide,
80 IN. and 5:4S pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide 1920 am. and 1887
pm; high tide, $40 am and 6:42 pm.
Ihe Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rises, GAG am; sun sets, 4:44
pm.
Moon rises, "a a. m tomorrow.
Tomorrow-Sun rises, CAT 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-tv minutes before sunrise.
Up-River Waters.
Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
HARPER'S FERRY, w. Va, November
16.-Both rivers are clear here.