Evening star., 1903-12-26
COLD WAVE PREDICTED.
Sunday Fair and Cold; Fresh to Brisk
Northwest to North Winds.

Northwest to North Winds.
Forecast Till pm. Sunday: For the Dis
trict of Columbia. Maryland and Virginia.
fair; much colder tonight, with a cold wave.
Sunday fair ard cold; fresh to brisk north
west to north winds.
Minimum temperature. past twenty-four
hours, 22; year ago. 10.
Weather conditions and general forecast:
A cold wave covers the entire country this
morning east of the Rocky mountains, ex-
cept along the Atlantic coast and in the ex-
treme northwest. The temperatures are 8
to SO degrees below the seasonal average.
and the line Of zero temperature extends
into southern Indiana.
The low pressure area is moving off the
Atlantic coast and high pressure prevails
everywhere in the interior, except in the
British northwest
Shows and rains were general during FRI
day from the Mississippi valley eastward,
followed by clearing weather. except from
the lower lake region eastward. In the west
the weather was fair with the exception of
little snow in the northwest.
The cold wave will reach the coast states
tonight, with zero temperature indicated for
the upper Ohio valley, the lower lake region
and the interior of the northern portion of
the middle Atlantic states. Freezing tenn
peraturc is expected as far south central
Florida. The cold weather will continue
Sunday In the east and south, although II
will not be quite so cold In the Ohio and
Mississippi valleys. The weather will be
fair tonight and Sunday, except along the
eastern lower lakes, where there will be
snow tonight.
On the middle and south Atlantic coast
winds will be brisk to high northwesterly,
diminishing by Sunday morning and on the
east Gulf coast fresh north to northeast.
Storm warnings are displayed on the At
lantic coast from Savannah to Eastport,
and cold wave warnings in the Atlantic
states, Florida and extreme southern Ala
bama
The following heavy precipitation dn
inches) has been reported during the past
twenty-four hours: New Orleans, Its; Mo-
bile, 152: Macon, 1.02; Augusta. 102.
Steamers departing today for European
ports will have high west to northwest
winds, with snow and low temperature to
the Grand Banks.
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
The following were the readings of the
thermometer and barometer al the weather
bureau for the twenty-four hours beginning
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS %, p. m, 40;
8 pm, 81; II midnight 80. December 2G,
4 am. 35; 8 am, IS; II noon, %; pm. %.
Maximum. 40. at pm, December %;
Barometer-December 25, pm, 1880;
pm. 1856: IL midnight, 29.54. December
26. am, $3.50; am, 1913; noon, 1880;
pm, 29.91.
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide, 1854 am. and T:20 pm
high tide, 12:16 am. and 12:46 pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, 7:35 am and SIP
pm; high tide, ] am and l :53 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rises, 7:21 am; sun sets. SO
p.m.
Tomorrow-Sun rises, 7:21 am.
Moon sets, 1900 am. tomorrow.
First quarter, 9:22 pm.
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.