Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-10
FRESH WESTERLY wIADs.
Fair Weather Indicated for Tonight
and Friday.

and Friday.
Forecast till pm. Friday.
For the District of Columbia, fail tonight
and Friday; fresh westerly winds.
For Maryland, fair tonigh9 except snow
and colder in mountain districts. Friday
fair; fresh westerly winds.
For Virginia, fair tonight, except snow
and colder in extreme western portion. FRI
day fair; fresh westerly winds.
Minimum temperature past twenty four
hours, %; year ago, 20. T. e
Weather conditions and general forecast:
The two storms of Wednesday morning
have merged into one general disturbance,
which covers the greater portion of the
country east of the Mississippi river The
storm center Overlies the state of Maine,
with a barometer reading of 1900 inches at
Portland. Another disturbance OF moderate
character is moving over the extreme north
west.
Rains and SHOWS have been general east
of the Rocky mountains, except in the mid
die and southern slopes and gulf states.
Temperatures continue below the seasonal
average, except in the extreme northwest
states.
They have fallen decidedly in the Missouri
and upper Mississippi valleys.
The weather will be fair tonight and FRI
day in the Ohio valley, the middle and
southern states. Along the lower lakes and
In the mountain districts snow will likely
continue.
1t will be colder tonight in the lower lake
region and middle Atlantic states.
On the middle Atlantic coast winds will be
fresh to brisk westerly: on the south Allan
tic coast fresh west to northwest; on the
east gulf coast light to fresh and mostly
northerly, and on the lower lakes fresh to
brisk westerly.
Storm warnings are displayed on the New
England coast.
Steamers departing today for European
ports will have brisk to high westerly winds
with rain or snow to the Grand Banks.
The following heavy precipitation dn
tnches) has been reported during the past
twenty-four hours:
Montreal, LEO: Portland Me-, 19O; North
field, LOS.
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:
Observation-Disclosures 8, pm., 81; 8
p.m.. 81; IL midnight, 33; December 10. 4
am, 80: am, 80; II noon, 40: pm, 80.
Maximum. 40. at pm December 10; min
imum, %. at am. December TO-
Observation-Disclosures 9. 4 pm, 1851; 8
pm, 29.46; IL midnight. 29.b1: December 10,
am. 1888; am, 1895; noon, 1894; 2
p. m, 1898.
Condition Of the Water.
Temperature and condition Of water at
a M; Great Falls, temperature, 80; condi-
ton. 36; Dalecarlia reservoir, temperature,
"a; condition at north connection. SO; condi-
ton at south connection, SO; Georgetown
distributing reservoir temperature 35; con-
dition at influent gate house, SO; condition
at eff1uent gate house, S6; Washington city
reservoir. temperature, "a; condition at in
fluent gate house, SO; condition at effluent
gate house, SO.
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide, GAO am. and 7:O7 pm.
high tide. 1927 pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, 1876 am. and 500
p. M; high tide, II 20 am and LA pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-sun rises, 7:1O a.m.;, sun sets, "a
pm.
Moon rises, II 90 pm ="
Tomorrow-Sun rises, I'll 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-tive minutes before sunrise. n